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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 3.05K people in South Dakota with Swiss ancestry (0.35% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Faulk County had the highest percentage of its population with Swiss ancestry (2.23%), followed by Harding County (1.19%), and Lake County (1.03%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Swiss 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 Swiss Ancestry in 2021
Faulk County
Harding County
Lake County
Union County
Jones County
Perkins County
Marshall County
Gregory County
Jerauld County
Turner County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Swiss Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Faulk County 2.23
2 Harding County 1.19
3 Lake County 1.03
3 Union County 1.03
4 Jones County 0.98
5 Perkins County 0.97
6 Marshall County 0.94
7 Gregory County 0.87
8 Jerauld County 0.83
9 Turner County 0.73
10 Deuel County 0.70
11 Lawrence County 0.66
12 Sanborn County 0.63
13 Yankton County 0.59
14 Spink County 0.53
15 Walworth County 0.49
16 Clark County 0.48
17 Minnehaha County 0.45
18 Butte County 0.44
19 Brown County 0.41
20 Custer County 0.40
21 Charles Mix County 0.36
21 Fall River County 0.36
21 Hand County 0.36
21 Pennington County 0.36
21 Roberts County 0.36
22 Hanson County 0.32
22 Lyman County 0.32
23 Jackson County 0.31
24 Brule County 0.29
25 Clay County 0.28
26 Hutchinson County 0.26
27 Davison County 0.24
28 Kingsbury County 0.21
29 Lincoln County 0.20
30 Campbell County 0.19
30 Todd County 0.19
31 Miner County 0.17
31 Moody County 0.17
32 Edmunds County 0.15
32 Hughes County 0.15
33 McCook County 0.14
33 Tripp County 0.14
34 Brookings County 0.13
34 McPherson County 0.13
35 Beadle County 0.10
36 Meade County 0.09
37 Sully County 0.08
38 Corson County 0.05
39 Bon Homme County 0.03
39 Grant County 0.03
40 Codington County 0.02