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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 (2023 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 2000

01Union County, SDSD17,4024.6%–

02McCook County, SDSD5,9644.4%–

03Lake County, SDSD10,9933.9%–

04Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.7%–

05Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.6%–

06Jackson County, SDSD2,6663.6%–

07Custer County, SDSD9,4313.6%–

08Davison County, SDSD20,0693.3%–

09Butte County, SDSD10,8563.2%–

10Hamlin County, SDSD6,9003.2%–

11Spink County, SDSD6,1553.2%–

12Tripp County, SDSD5,7083.0%–

13Brown County, SDSD37,5612.7%–

14Jones County, SDSD9132.6%–

15Hughes County, SDSD17,5702.5%–

16Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3382.5%–

17Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592.4%–

18Sully County, SDSD1,4792.4%–

19Hyde County, SDSD1,1912.4%–

20Clark County, SDSD4,0312.3%–

21Clay County, SDSD15,0312.3%–

22Potter County, SDSD2,3772.1%–

23Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.1%–

24Hand County, SDSD3,1212.0%–

25Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.0%–

26Fall River County, SDSD7,4671.9%–

27Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.9%–

28Brookings County, SDSD37,6351.9%–

29Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.8%–

30Stanley County, SDSD3,0181.7%–

31Turner County, SDSD9,3141.7%–

32Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.7%–

33Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.6%–

34Day County, SDSD5,4841.6%–

35Meade County, SDSD30,7111.6%–

36Moody County, SDSD6,6321.6%–

37Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.5%–

38Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.4%–

39Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.4%–

40Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031.4%–

41Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.3%–

42Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.3%–

43Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.3%–

44Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.2%–

45Brule County, SDSD5,2781.2%–

46Miner County, SDSD2,2811.2%–

47Walworth County, SDSD5,2171.2%–

48Roberts County, SDSD10,2551.1%–

49Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.1%–

50Codington County, SDSD29,5621.1%–

51Lyman County, SDSD3,6941.1%–

52McPherson County, SDSD2,3470.9%–

53Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.9%–

54Grant County, SDSD7,5340.9%–

55Harding County, SDSD1,3310.8%–

56Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.7%–

57Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.7%–

58Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.7%–

59Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.7%–

60Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.5%–

61Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2840.5%–

62Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.5%–

63Corson County, SDSD3,7810.3%–

64Todd County, SDSD8,8630.3%–

65Mellette County, SDSD2,1370.1%–

66Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.1%–

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