RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 66 SHOWN OF 66

Highest German population share, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are German ancestry (2020 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 38.9%.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN SHAREVS 2010

01Campbell County, SDSD1,37764.0%−4.5 pts

02McPherson County, SDSD2,34761.7%−12.8 pts

03Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41360.2%−7.6 pts

04Edmunds County, SDSD4,02258.9%−11.9 pts

05Faulk County, SDSD2,17857.7%−12.3 pts

06McCook County, SDSD5,96451.4%−10.1 pts

07Grant County, SDSD7,53450.6%+0.7 pts

08Hand County, SDSD3,12148.5%−8.8 pts

09Walworth County, SDSD5,21747.6%−9.3 pts

10Deuel County, SDSD4,40847.1%−3.3 pts

11Brown County, SDSD37,56146.9%−8.0 pts

12Hyde County, SDSD1,19146.0%+0.7 pts

13Douglas County, SDSD2,88845.8%+11.8 pts

14Codington County, SDSD29,56245.5%−8.8 pts

15Turner County, SDSD9,31445.5%−2.2 pts

16Gregory County, SDSD4,03745.5%−9.0 pts

17Potter County, SDSD2,37745.1%−20.2 pts

18Sanborn County, SDSD2,38844.8%−1.9 pts

19Hanson County, SDSD3,45643.9%−19.8 pts

20Spink County, SDSD6,15543.7%−8.9 pts

21Sully County, SDSD1,47943.3%−13.8 pts

22Aurora County, SDSD2,80142.5%−11.8 pts

23Perkins County, SDSD2,85342.3%−5.1 pts

24Day County, SDSD5,48441.8%−2.1 pts

25Clark County, SDSD4,03141.3%−10.8 pts

26Stanley County, SDSD3,01841.2%−5.2 pts

27Lake County, SDSD10,99340.9%−9.8 pts

28Jerauld County, SDSD1,65440.9%−9.8 pts

29Brookings County, SDSD37,63540.7%−7.1 pts

30Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24439.5%−9.1 pts

31Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28439.4%−3.4 pts

32Miner County, SDSD2,28139.0%−15.2 pts

33Tripp County, SDSD5,70838.9%−7.9 pts

34Haakon County, SDSD1,80238.9%−6.6 pts

35Fall River County, SDSD7,46737.6%−2.1 pts

36Marshall County, SDSD4,42637.3%−8.2 pts

37Yankton County, SDSD23,63537.3%−10.5 pts

38Beadle County, SDSD19,62437.0%−8.5 pts

39Davison County, SDSD20,06936.9%−14.9 pts

40Moody County, SDSD6,63236.2%−3.7 pts

41Lawrence County, SDSD29,45936.1%−8.4 pts

42Lincoln County, SDSD77,14536.0%−11.2 pts

43Hughes County, SDSD17,57036.0%−6.7 pts

44Clay County, SDSD15,03135.6%−8.3 pts

45Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69135.3%−8.4 pts

46Custer County, SDSD9,43135.0%−7.1 pts

47Brule County, SDSD5,27833.8%−17.8 pts

48Meade County, SDSD30,71133.7%−6.8 pts

49Union County, SDSD17,40233.4%−8.6 pts

50Hamlin County, SDSD6,90032.7%−9.6 pts

51Pennington County, SDSD116,79231.3%−6.8 pts

52Jones County, SDSD91329.3%−19.5 pts

53Butte County, SDSD10,85628.3%−12.6 pts

54Harding County, SDSD1,33127.9%−3.8 pts

55Roberts County, SDSD10,25526.6%−4.7 pts

56Lyman County, SDSD3,69425.2%−2.1 pts

57Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30321.8%−8.4 pts

58Mellette County, SDSD2,13720.8%−4.9 pts

59Bennett County, SDSD3,30719.8%−1.1 pts

60Corson County, SDSD3,78119.1%−5.2 pts

61Jackson County, SDSD2,66616.0%−4.7 pts

62Dewey County, SDSD5,41912.4%−0.8 pts

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,38912.1%−3.9 pts

64Buffalo County, SDSD1,8025.5%−0.1 pts

65Todd County, SDSD8,8633.5%−1.6 pts

66Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3383.3%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS