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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 (2023 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN SHAREVS 2000

01McPherson County, SDSD2,34761.1%–

02Campbell County, SDSD1,37758.8%–

03Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41358.8%–

04Edmunds County, SDSD4,02258.3%–

05Faulk County, SDSD2,17853.7%–

06Walworth County, SDSD5,21751.8%–

07Hyde County, SDSD1,19151.2%–

08Marshall County, SDSD4,42646.3%–

09Haakon County, SDSD1,80246.1%–

10Hanson County, SDSD3,45646.1%–

11McCook County, SDSD5,96445.4%–

12Grant County, SDSD7,53444.3%–

13Miner County, SDSD2,28144.1%–

14Spink County, SDSD6,15543.8%–

15Gregory County, SDSD4,03743.1%–

16Perkins County, SDSD2,85343.0%–

17Brown County, SDSD37,56142.7%–

18Sanborn County, SDSD2,38841.9%–

19Potter County, SDSD2,37741.0%–

20Hand County, SDSD3,12140.6%–

21Tripp County, SDSD5,70840.4%–

22Clark County, SDSD4,03140.2%–

23Codington County, SDSD29,56239.8%–

24Day County, SDSD5,48439.2%–

25Jerauld County, SDSD1,65438.9%–

26Brookings County, SDSD37,63538.5%–

27Deuel County, SDSD4,40838.4%–

28Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24437.5%–

29Aurora County, SDSD2,80136.9%–

30Lake County, SDSD10,99336.4%–

31Yankton County, SDSD23,63536.0%–

32Davison County, SDSD20,06936.0%–

33Lincoln County, SDSD77,14535.8%–

34Hughes County, SDSD17,57035.5%–

35Union County, SDSD17,40234.7%–

36Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28434.4%–

37Clay County, SDSD15,03134.1%–

38Turner County, SDSD9,31434.0%–

39Brule County, SDSD5,27833.1%–

40Lawrence County, SDSD29,45932.0%–

41Custer County, SDSD9,43131.7%–

42Moody County, SDSD6,63231.6%–

43Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69131.5%–

44Beadle County, SDSD19,62431.3%–

45Stanley County, SDSD3,01831.2%–

46Meade County, SDSD30,71130.7%–

47Fall River County, SDSD7,46730.0%–

48Pennington County, SDSD116,79229.1%–

49Douglas County, SDSD2,88827.9%–

50Roberts County, SDSD10,25527.8%–

51Hamlin County, SDSD6,90027.8%–

52Sully County, SDSD1,47927.5%–

53Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30326.5%–

54Harding County, SDSD1,33125.1%–

55Butte County, SDSD10,85623.4%–

56Jones County, SDSD91320.7%–

57Corson County, SDSD3,78117.8%–

58Lyman County, SDSD3,69415.7%–

59Jackson County, SDSD2,66614.4%–

60Mellette County, SDSD2,13713.0%–

61Ziebach County, SDSD2,38912.7%–

62Bennett County, SDSD3,30712.3%–

63Dewey County, SDSD5,41911.5%–

64Buffalo County, SDSD1,8027.2%–

65Todd County, SDSD8,8635.9%–

66Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3381.6%–

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