Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Danish Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 15.59K people in South Dakota with Danish ancestry (1.77% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Kingsbury County had the highest percentage of its population with Danish ancestry (6.90%), followed by Turner County (6.73%), and Clay County (4.27%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Danish 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 Percentage of Population with Danish Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingsbury County | 6.90 |
| 2 | Turner County | 6.73 |
| 3 | Clay County | 4.27 |
| 4 | Yankton County | 4.10 |
| 5 | Brookings County | 3.27 |
| 6 | Custer County | 2.98 |
| 7 | Sully County | 2.89 |
| 8 | Jerauld County | 2.65 |
| 9 | Moody County | 2.53 |
| 9 | Potter County | 2.53 |
| 9 | Union County | 2.53 |
| 10 | Hand County | 2.29 |
| 11 | Hamlin County | 2.24 |
| 12 | Faulk County | 2.18 |
| 13 | Minnehaha County | 1.87 |
| 14 | Codington County | 1.83 |
| 15 | Gregory County | 1.82 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 1.80 |
| 17 | Bennett County | 1.73 |
| 18 | Tripp County | 1.71 |
| 19 | Lyman County | 1.68 |
| 20 | Meade County | 1.63 |
| 21 | McCook County | 1.59 |
| 21 | Pennington County | 1.59 |
| 22 | Clark County | 1.58 |
| 23 | Brule County | 1.56 |
| 24 | Hughes County | 1.54 |
| 25 | Fall River County | 1.45 |
| 26 | Miner County | 1.44 |
| 27 | Jones County | 1.42 |
| 28 | Lake County | 1.36 |
| 29 | Hutchinson County | 1.35 |
| 30 | McPherson County | 1.29 |
| 31 | Lawrence County | 1.27 |
| 32 | Bon Homme County | 1.20 |
| 33 | Davison County | 1.19 |
| 34 | Aurora County | 1.17 |
| 35 | Roberts County | 1.15 |
| 36 | Grant County | 1.11 |
| 37 | Day County | 1.09 |
| 38 | Harding County | 1.02 |
| 39 | Perkins County | 1.01 |
| 40 | Deuel County | 0.96 |
| 40 | Haakon County | 0.96 |
| 41 | Butte County | 0.95 |
| 42 | Mellette County | 0.94 |
| 43 | Buffalo County | 0.91 |
| 44 | Brown County | 0.87 |
| 45 | Douglas County | 0.85 |
| 46 | Charles Mix County | 0.79 |
| 47 | Stanley County | 0.78 |
| 48 | Walworth County | 0.77 |
| 49 | Edmunds County | 0.72 |
| 50 | Campbell County | 0.71 |
| 51 | Hanson County | 0.61 |
| 52 | Beadle County | 0.57 |
| 53 | Spink County | 0.56 |
| 54 | Sanborn County | 0.46 |
| 55 | Marshall County | 0.34 |
| 55 | Oglala Lakota County | 0.34 |
| 56 | Hyde County | 0.22 |
| 57 | Todd County | 0.20 |
| 57 | Ziebach County | 0.20 |
| 58 | Corson County | 0.15 |
| 59 | Dewey County | 0.11 |