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Highest French population share, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are French ancestry (2020 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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RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH SHAREVS 2010
01Union County, SDSD17,4024.6%−1.7 pts
02McCook County, SDSD5,9644.4%+3.1 pts
03Lake County, SDSD10,9933.9%+1.4 pts
04Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.7%−0.1 pts
05Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.6%−6.2 pts
06Jackson County, SDSD2,6663.6%+0.6 pts
07Custer County, SDSD9,4313.6%−0.1 pts
08Davison County, SDSD20,0693.3%+0.5 pts
09Butte County, SDSD10,8563.2%−3.1 pts
10Hamlin County, SDSD6,9003.2%−0.1 pts
11Spink County, SDSD6,1553.2%−2.1 pts
12Tripp County, SDSD5,7083.0%+0.7 pts
13Brown County, SDSD37,5612.7%+0.2 pts
14Jones County, SDSD9132.6%−3.0 pts
15Hughes County, SDSD17,5702.5%−0.4 pts
16Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3382.5%–
17Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592.4%−1.5 pts
18Sully County, SDSD1,4792.4%−5.3 pts
19Hyde County, SDSD1,1912.4%−0.5 pts
20Clark County, SDSD4,0312.3%+0.4 pts
21Clay County, SDSD15,0312.3%−0.7 pts
22Potter County, SDSD2,3772.1%−1.6 pts
23Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.1%−0.2 pts
24Hand County, SDSD3,1212.0%−1.0 pts
25Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.0%−1.2 pts
26Fall River County, SDSD7,4671.9%−2.9 pts
27Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.9%−0.7 pts
28Brookings County, SDSD37,6351.9%−0.8 pts
29Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.8%−1.6 pts
30Stanley County, SDSD3,0181.7%+0.7 pts
31Turner County, SDSD9,3141.7%−0.8 pts
32Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.7%−0.1 pts
33Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.6%+0.0 pts
34Day County, SDSD5,4841.6%−0.9 pts
35Meade County, SDSD30,7111.6%−1.6 pts
36Moody County, SDSD6,6321.6%−2.0 pts
37Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.5%−1.0 pts
38Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.4%−1.9 pts
39Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.4%−1.8 pts
40Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031.4%+0.3 pts
41Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.3%−0.1 pts
42Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.3%−1.2 pts
43Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.3%−1.0 pts
44Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.2%−1.8 pts
45Brule County, SDSD5,2781.2%−1.4 pts
46Miner County, SDSD2,2811.2%−0.5 pts
47Walworth County, SDSD5,2171.2%−1.0 pts
48Roberts County, SDSD10,2551.1%−0.2 pts
49Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.1%−0.6 pts
50Codington County, SDSD29,5621.1%−1.9 pts
51Lyman County, SDSD3,6941.1%−1.6 pts
52McPherson County, SDSD2,3470.9%+0.8 pts
53Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.9%−0.4 pts
54Grant County, SDSD7,5340.9%−1.2 pts
55Harding County, SDSD1,3310.8%−0.4 pts
56Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.7%−0.5 pts
57Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.7%−1.8 pts
58Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.7%−3.4 pts
59Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.7%−1.0 pts
60Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.5%−2.9 pts
61Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2840.5%−1.7 pts
62Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.5%−2.0 pts
63Corson County, SDSD3,7810.3%−1.3 pts
64Todd County, SDSD8,8630.3%−0.9 pts
65Mellette County, SDSD2,1370.1%−4.8 pts
66Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.1%−1.7 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS