Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population with Norwegian Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 106.24K people in South Dakota with Norwegian ancestry. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest population with Norwegian ancestry (28.22K), followed by Pennington County (9.39K), and Lincoln County (9.18K).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with Norwegian ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in South Dakota.
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Related Topics: South Dakota ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population with Norwegian Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnehaha County | 28221 |
| 2 | Pennington County | 9385 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 9179 |
| 4 | Brookings County | 6175 |
| 5 | Codington County | 4898 |
| 6 | Brown County | 4882 |
| 7 | Lawrence County | 3056 |
| 8 | Meade County | 2782 |
| 9 | Lake County | 2445 |
| 10 | Hughes County | 2393 |
| 11 | Yankton County | 2126 |
| 12 | Beadle County | 1902 |
| 13 | Roberts County | 1757 |
| 14 | Davison County | 1689 |
| 15 | Union County | 1588 |
| 16 | Clay County | 1487 |
| 17 | Day County | 1443 |
| 18 | Grant County | 1212 |
| 19 | Kingsbury County | 1163 |
| 19 | Marshall County | 1163 |
| 20 | Moody County | 1142 |
| 21 | Turner County | 1108 |
| 22 | Deuel County | 1053 |
| 23 | Butte County | 1048 |
| 24 | Hamlin County | 1015 |
| 25 | Clark County | 861 |
| 26 | Custer County | 817 |
| 27 | Perkins County | 688 |
| 28 | Spink County | 555 |
| 29 | Fall River County | 481 |
| 30 | Walworth County | 479 |
| 31 | Edmunds County | 460 |
| 32 | Stanley County | 438 |
| 33 | Haakon County | 435 |
| 34 | McCook County | 404 |
| 35 | Hutchinson County | 398 |
| 36 | Brule County | 393 |
| 37 | Charles Mix County | 368 |
| 37 | Miner County | 368 |
| 38 | Bon Homme County | 367 |
| 39 | Jerauld County | 357 |
| 40 | Sanborn County | 346 |
| 41 | Lyman County | 330 |
| 42 | Faulk County | 295 |
| 43 | Harding County | 261 |
| 44 | Gregory County | 260 |
| 45 | Aurora County | 225 |
| 45 | Tripp County | 225 |
| 46 | Potter County | 194 |
| 47 | Campbell County | 192 |
| 48 | Hanson County | 188 |
| 49 | Hand County | 182 |
| 50 | Douglas County | 181 |
| 51 | Hyde County | 163 |
| 52 | McPherson County | 156 |
| 53 | Bennett County | 136 |
| 54 | Jackson County | 131 |
| 55 | Dewey County | 118 |
| 55 | Sully County | 118 |
| 56 | Corson County | 110 |
| 57 | Jones County | 86 |
| 58 | Mellette County | 72 |
| 59 | Ziebach County | 59 |
| 60 | Buffalo County | 18 |
| 61 | Oglala Lakota County | 16 |
| 62 | Todd County | 1 |