RANKING · 2024 ACS · 66 SHOWN OF 66

Highest French population share, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are French ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: French residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH SHAREVS 2010

01Union County, SDSD17,4024.5%−1.8 pts

02Jackson County, SDSD2,6664.5%+1.5 pts

03McCook County, SDSD5,9643.8%+2.5 pts

04Pennington County, SDSD116,7922.7%−1.1 pts

05Davison County, SDSD20,0692.6%−0.2 pts

06Custer County, SDSD9,4312.5%−1.1 pts

07Yankton County, SDSD23,6352.4%−0.2 pts

08Harding County, SDSD1,3312.4%+1.2 pts

09Tripp County, SDSD5,7082.3%+0.0 pts

10Walworth County, SDSD5,2172.3%+0.1 pts

11Brown County, SDSD37,5612.2%−0.3 pts

12Spink County, SDSD6,1552.2%−3.1 pts

13Sanborn County, SDSD2,3882.2%−0.1 pts

14Clay County, SDSD15,0312.1%−0.9 pts

15Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442.1%−0.5 pts

16Potter County, SDSD2,3772.0%−1.7 pts

17Mellette County, SDSD2,1372.0%−3.0 pts

18Grant County, SDSD7,5341.9%−0.2 pts

19Day County, SDSD5,4841.9%−0.7 pts

20Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.9%−2.1 pts

21Clark County, SDSD4,0311.8%−0.1 pts

22Meade County, SDSD30,7111.8%−1.5 pts

23Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001.7%−1.6 pts

24Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031.7%+0.6 pts

25Codington County, SDSD29,5621.6%−1.4 pts

26McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.6%+1.4 pts

27Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6911.6%−0.7 pts

28Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.5%−1.8 pts

29Lyman County, SDSD3,6941.5%−1.1 pts

30Todd County, SDSD8,8631.4%+0.2 pts

31Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.4%−1.1 pts

32Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.4%−1.2 pts

33Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.3%−0.4 pts

34Fall River County, SDSD7,4671.3%−3.5 pts

35Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.3%−0.4 pts

36Sully County, SDSD1,4791.3%−6.4 pts

37Brookings County, SDSD37,6351.3%−1.4 pts

38Miner County, SDSD2,2811.3%−0.4 pts

39Gregory County, SDSD4,0371.2%−1.9 pts

40Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.2%−2.2 pts

41Jones County, SDSD9131.2%−4.5 pts

42Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3381.2%–

43Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.1%−1.8 pts

44Buffalo County, SDSD1,8021.1%−0.1 pts

45Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%−1.3 pts

46Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.0%−2.2 pts

47Turner County, SDSD9,3141.0%−1.6 pts

48Moody County, SDSD6,6320.9%−2.7 pts

49Butte County, SDSD10,8560.9%−5.4 pts

50Roberts County, SDSD10,2550.9%−0.5 pts

51Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.8%−0.6 pts

52Lake County, SDSD10,9930.8%−1.7 pts

53Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.8%−1.8 pts

54Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.7%−3.3 pts

55Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.7%−0.9 pts

56Brule County, SDSD5,2780.6%−1.9 pts

57Edmunds County, SDSD4,0220.6%−2.3 pts

58Hand County, SDSD3,1210.6%−2.4 pts

59Corson County, SDSD3,7810.6%−1.0 pts

60Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.6%−0.8 pts

61Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.5%−2.4 pts

62Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.5%−0.5 pts

63Bennett County, SDSD3,3070.4%−9.4 pts

64Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.3%−3.1 pts

65Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.2%−1.5 pts

66Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.2%−1.6 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES