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Highest American population share, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are American ancestry (2023 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: American residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN SHAREVS 2000

01Sanborn County, SDSD2,38814.0%–

02Hanson County, SDSD3,45613.1%–

03Jerauld County, SDSD1,65412.7%–

04Aurora County, SDSD2,80110.6%–

05Miner County, SDSD2,28110.2%–

06Davison County, SDSD20,0699.2%–

07Perkins County, SDSD2,8538.7%–

08Brule County, SDSD5,2787.5%–

09Stanley County, SDSD3,0187.0%–

10Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3036.8%–

11Lake County, SDSD10,9936.5%–

12Harding County, SDSD1,3316.4%–

13Ziebach County, SDSD2,3896.4%–

14McCook County, SDSD5,9646.2%–

15Moody County, SDSD6,6326.0%–

16Lyman County, SDSD3,6945.9%–

17Buffalo County, SDSD1,8025.7%–

18Jones County, SDSD9135.6%–

19Turner County, SDSD9,3145.5%–

20Fall River County, SDSD7,4675.4%–

21Haakon County, SDSD1,8025.3%–

22Corson County, SDSD3,7815.1%–

23Meade County, SDSD30,7115.1%–

24Spink County, SDSD6,1554.7%–

25Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4134.6%–

26Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6914.6%–

27Beadle County, SDSD19,6244.5%–

28Custer County, SDSD9,4314.4%–

29Sully County, SDSD1,4794.3%–

30Union County, SDSD17,4024.2%–

31Dewey County, SDSD5,4194.1%–

32Potter County, SDSD2,3774.0%–

33Faulk County, SDSD2,1783.8%–

34Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.7%–

35Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2843.7%–

36Clay County, SDSD15,0313.5%–

37Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593.5%–

38Lincoln County, SDSD77,1453.4%–

39Hamlin County, SDSD6,9003.3%–

40Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.3%–

41Walworth County, SDSD5,2173.3%–

42Deuel County, SDSD4,4083.3%–

43Codington County, SDSD29,5623.1%–

44Marshall County, SDSD4,4263.1%–

45Brown County, SDSD37,5613.0%–

46Grant County, SDSD7,5342.8%–

47Yankton County, SDSD23,6352.7%–

48Butte County, SDSD10,8562.5%–

49Tripp County, SDSD5,7082.4%–

50Douglas County, SDSD2,8882.4%–

51Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442.3%–

52Hughes County, SDSD17,5702.3%–

53Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.1%–

54Bennett County, SDSD3,3072.1%–

55Edmunds County, SDSD4,0222.1%–

56Clark County, SDSD4,0311.9%–

57Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.9%–

58Hand County, SDSD3,1211.8%–

59Brookings County, SDSD37,6351.7%–

60McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.4%–

61Jackson County, SDSD2,6661.2%–

62Day County, SDSD5,4840.9%–

63Roberts County, SDSD10,2550.8%–

64Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.5%–

65Mellette County, SDSD2,1370.3%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES