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Highest English population share, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are English ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: English residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 6.6%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Hanson County, SD, up 39 places to #10.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH SHAREVS 2010

01Fall River County, SDSD7,46715.0%+3.8 pts

02▲3Hand County, SDSD3,12114.9%+6.8 pts

03Sully County, SDSD1,47914.6%+0.5 pts

04▲15Hyde County, SDSD1,19113.9%+5.4 pts

05▼3Butte County, SDSD10,85613.1%+2.6 pts

06▲1Lawrence County, SDSD29,45912.0%−1.5 pts

07▲1Pennington County, SDSD116,79211.9%+1.7 pts

08▲4Stanley County, SDSD3,01810.8%0.0 pts

09▲5Hughes County, SDSD17,57010.4%+0.8 pts

10▲39Hanson County, SDSD3,45610.2%+4.0 pts

11▼7Custer County, SDSD9,43110.1%−1.2 pts

12▲33Tripp County, SDSD5,7089.2%+4.7 pts

13▲4Lake County, SDSD10,9938.5%+2.0 pts

14▼4Meade County, SDSD30,7118.3%−3.0 pts

15▼6Spink County, SDSD6,1558.3%−0.9 pts

16▼5Union County, SDSD17,4028.2%+0.3 pts

17▲15Harding County, SDSD1,3318.0%−5.2 pts

18▲12Brown County, SDSD37,5617.8%+1.6 pts

19▼1Davison County, SDSD20,0697.8%+0.4 pts

20▲22Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2447.6%+3.1 pts

21▲7Yankton County, SDSD23,6357.5%+0.9 pts

22▼1Brookings County, SDSD37,6357.4%+0.5 pts

23▲2Perkins County, SDSD2,8537.3%−3.5 pts

24▼11Sanborn County, SDSD2,3887.2%+1.0 pts

25▲18Gregory County, SDSD4,0377.1%0.0 pts

26▲7Lincoln County, SDSD77,1457.1%+1.9 pts

27▼12Jerauld County, SDSD1,6547.1%−4.6 pts

28▲1Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6917.1%+0.8 pts

29▲12Mellette County, SDSD2,1377.1%+0.9 pts

30▲7Moody County, SDSD6,6327.0%+1.9 pts

31▼4Beadle County, SDSD19,6246.8%−2.0 pts

32▼16Jones County, SDSD9136.8%+2.3 pts

33▼27Clark County, SDSD4,0316.6%−1.1 pts

34▼11Haakon County, SDSD1,8026.5%−2.1 pts

35▲11Day County, SDSD5,4846.5%+2.3 pts

36▼10Clay County, SDSD15,0316.3%−2.4 pts

37▼2Codington County, SDSD29,5626.2%−0.6 pts

38▼2Aurora County, SDSD2,8016.1%−1.1 pts

39▼1Brule County, SDSD5,2785.6%−0.6 pts

40▲10Bennett County, SDSD3,3075.3%+2.1 pts

41▼2Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2845.3%−1.8 pts

42▲11Deuel County, SDSD4,4085.2%−0.2 pts

43▼3Edmunds County, SDSD4,0225.2%−0.7 pts

44▲4Miner County, SDSD2,2815.2%−0.5 pts

45▼14Hamlin County, SDSD6,9005.2%−1.9 pts

46▼12McCook County, SDSD5,9645.1%−0.1 pts

47▲4Walworth County, SDSD5,2174.9%+0.7 pts

48▲6Jackson County, SDSD2,6664.8%−0.8 pts

49▼29Potter County, SDSD2,3774.6%−3.4 pts

50▼3Grant County, SDSD7,5344.5%−1.1 pts

51▲6Campbell County, SDSD1,3774.3%+2.4 pts

52▼8Turner County, SDSD9,3144.1%−0.6 pts

53▲2Douglas County, SDSD2,8884.0%+0.1 pts

54▼32McPherson County, SDSD2,3473.9%−2.8 pts

55▲5Marshall County, SDSD4,4263.9%−1.3 pts

56▼32Faulk County, SDSD2,1783.7%−3.4 pts

57▼1Lyman County, SDSD3,6943.6%−0.4 pts

58▼6Roberts County, SDSD10,2553.5%−0.8 pts

59▼1Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3033.2%−1.4 pts

60▲1Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4132.9%−0.8 pts

61▼2Ziebach County, SDSD2,3892.7%−0.5 pts

62Dewey County, SDSD5,4191.8%−1.8 pts

63Corson County, SDSD3,7811.1%−0.9 pts

64▲2Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.9%–

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.5%−2.1 pts

66▼2Todd County, SDSD8,8630.5%+0.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES