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Highest German population share, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are German ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: German 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 35.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Marshall County, SD, up 28 places to #8.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN SHAREVS 2010

01▲1McPherson County, SDSD2,34761.1%−13.4 pts

02▼1Campbell County, SDSD1,37758.8%−9.7 pts

03Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41358.8%−8.9 pts

04Edmunds County, SDSD4,02258.3%−12.5 pts

05Faulk County, SDSD2,17853.7%−16.4 pts

06▲3Walworth County, SDSD5,21751.8%−5.1 pts

07▲5Hyde County, SDSD1,19151.2%+6.0 pts

08▲28Marshall County, SDSD4,42646.3%+0.7 pts

09▲25Haakon County, SDSD1,80246.1%+0.7 pts

10▲9Hanson County, SDSD3,45646.1%−17.7 pts

11▼5McCook County, SDSD5,96445.4%−16.1 pts

12▼5Grant County, SDSD7,53444.3%−5.5 pts

13▲19Miner County, SDSD2,28144.1%−10.0 pts

14▲6Spink County, SDSD6,15543.8%−8.8 pts

15▲1Gregory County, SDSD4,03743.1%−11.4 pts

16▲7Perkins County, SDSD2,85343.0%−4.4 pts

17▼6Brown County, SDSD37,56142.7%−12.2 pts

18Sanborn County, SDSD2,38841.9%−4.7 pts

19▼2Potter County, SDSD2,37741.0%−24.3 pts

20▼12Hand County, SDSD3,12140.6%−16.7 pts

21▲12Tripp County, SDSD5,70840.4%−6.4 pts

22▲3Clark County, SDSD4,03140.2%−11.8 pts

23▼9Codington County, SDSD29,56239.8%−14.5 pts

24Day County, SDSD5,48439.2%−4.7 pts

25▲3Jerauld County, SDSD1,65438.9%−11.8 pts

26▲3Brookings County, SDSD37,63538.5%−9.4 pts

27▼17Deuel County, SDSD4,40838.4%−12.0 pts

28▲2Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24437.5%−11.1 pts

29▼7Aurora County, SDSD2,80136.9%−17.4 pts

30▼3Lake County, SDSD10,99336.4%−14.3 pts

31▲6Yankton County, SDSD23,63536.0%−11.7 pts

32▲7Davison County, SDSD20,06936.0%−15.9 pts

33▲9Lincoln County, SDSD77,14535.8%−11.3 pts

34▲9Hughes County, SDSD17,57035.5%−7.2 pts

35▲14Union County, SDSD17,40234.7%−7.4 pts

36▼5Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28434.4%−8.4 pts

37▲7Clay County, SDSD15,03134.1%−9.8 pts

38▼23Turner County, SDSD9,31434.0%−13.8 pts

39▲8Brule County, SDSD5,27833.1%−18.5 pts

40▲1Lawrence County, SDSD29,45932.0%−12.5 pts

41▲5Custer County, SDSD9,43131.7%−10.4 pts

42▼2Moody County, SDSD6,63231.6%−8.3 pts

43▲2Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69131.5%−12.3 pts

44▼6Beadle County, SDSD19,62431.3%−14.1 pts

45▼19Stanley County, SDSD3,01831.2%−15.2 pts

46▲2Meade County, SDSD30,71130.7%−9.8 pts

47▼12Fall River County, SDSD7,46730.0%−9.7 pts

48▲3Pennington County, SDSD116,79229.1%−8.9 pts

49▼36Douglas County, SDSD2,88827.9%−6.1 pts

50▲5Roberts County, SDSD10,25527.8%−3.5 pts

51▼1Hamlin County, SDSD6,90027.8%−14.5 pts

52▼31Sully County, SDSD1,47927.5%−29.6 pts

53▲4Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30326.5%−3.7 pts

54Harding County, SDSD1,33125.1%−6.7 pts

55▼2Butte County, SDSD10,85623.4%−17.5 pts

56▼4Jones County, SDSD91320.7%−28.1 pts

57▲3Corson County, SDSD3,78117.8%−6.5 pts

58▼2Lyman County, SDSD3,69415.7%−11.6 pts

59▲2Jackson County, SDSD2,66614.4%−6.3 pts

60▼2Mellette County, SDSD2,13713.0%−12.7 pts

61▲2Ziebach County, SDSD2,38912.7%−3.3 pts

62▼3Bennett County, SDSD3,30712.3%−8.6 pts

63▼1Dewey County, SDSD5,41911.5%−1.7 pts

64Buffalo County, SDSD1,8027.2%+1.7 pts

65Todd County, SDSD8,8635.9%+0.9 pts

66Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3381.6%–

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