Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Finnish Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 4.35K people in South Dakota with Finnish ancestry (0.49% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Hamlin County had the highest percentage of its population with Finnish ancestry (13.65%), followed by Clark County (6.70%), and Custer County (1.41%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Finnish ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in South Dakota.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Finnish Ancestry in 2021
Hamlin County
Clark County
Custer County
Kingsbury County
Lawrence County
Codington County
Harding County
Faulk County
Brown County
Lake County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Finnish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Hamlin County 13.65
2 Clark County 6.70
3 Custer County 1.41
4 Kingsbury County 1.35
5 Lawrence County 1.32
6 Codington County 1.17
7 Harding County 0.85
8 Faulk County 0.83
9 Brown County 0.73
10 Lake County 0.72
11 Hughes County 0.66
11 Jackson County 0.66
12 Deuel County 0.56
13 Pennington County 0.55
14 Clay County 0.52
15 Roberts County 0.50
16 Brookings County 0.48
17 Day County 0.42
18 Yankton County 0.37
19 Grant County 0.36
19 Tripp County 0.36
20 Butte County 0.34
20 Walworth County 0.34
21 Moody County 0.30
22 Minnehaha County 0.27
23 Miner County 0.26
24 Meade County 0.25
25 Marshall County 0.23
26 Haakon County 0.21
27 Beadle County 0.19
27 Campbell County 0.19
28 Edmunds County 0.18
29 Perkins County 0.17
30 Bon Homme County 0.14
31 Charles Mix County 0.11
32 Brule County 0.10
33 Hutchinson County 0.08
33 Sully County 0.08
34 Union County 0.07
35 Corson County 0.05
35 Davison County 0.05
36 Spink County 0.02
36 Turner County 0.02
37 Lincoln County 0.01