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Highest German population share, South Dakota counties · 2020

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

01Campbell County, SDSD1,37764.0%–

02McPherson County, SDSD2,34761.7%–

03Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41360.2%–

04Edmunds County, SDSD4,02258.9%–

05Faulk County, SDSD2,17857.7%–

06McCook County, SDSD5,96451.4%–

07Grant County, SDSD7,53450.6%–

08Hand County, SDSD3,12148.5%–

09Walworth County, SDSD5,21747.6%–

10Deuel County, SDSD4,40847.1%–

11Brown County, SDSD37,56146.9%–

12Hyde County, SDSD1,19146.0%–

13Douglas County, SDSD2,88845.8%–

14Codington County, SDSD29,56245.5%–

15Turner County, SDSD9,31445.5%–

16Gregory County, SDSD4,03745.5%–

17Potter County, SDSD2,37745.1%–

18Sanborn County, SDSD2,38844.8%–

19Hanson County, SDSD3,45643.9%–

20Spink County, SDSD6,15543.7%–

21Sully County, SDSD1,47943.3%–

22Aurora County, SDSD2,80142.5%–

23Perkins County, SDSD2,85342.3%–

24Day County, SDSD5,48441.8%–

25Clark County, SDSD4,03141.3%–

26Stanley County, SDSD3,01841.2%–

27Lake County, SDSD10,99340.9%–

28Jerauld County, SDSD1,65440.9%–

29Brookings County, SDSD37,63540.7%–

30Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24439.5%–

31Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28439.4%–

32Miner County, SDSD2,28139.0%–

33Tripp County, SDSD5,70838.9%–

34Haakon County, SDSD1,80238.9%–

35Fall River County, SDSD7,46737.6%–

36Marshall County, SDSD4,42637.3%–

37Yankton County, SDSD23,63537.3%–

38Beadle County, SDSD19,62437.0%–

39Davison County, SDSD20,06936.9%–

40Moody County, SDSD6,63236.2%–

41Lawrence County, SDSD29,45936.1%–

42Lincoln County, SDSD77,14536.0%–

43Hughes County, SDSD17,57036.0%–

44Clay County, SDSD15,03135.6%–

45Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69135.3%–

46Custer County, SDSD9,43135.0%–

47Brule County, SDSD5,27833.8%–

48Meade County, SDSD30,71133.7%–

49Union County, SDSD17,40233.4%–

50Hamlin County, SDSD6,90032.7%–

51Pennington County, SDSD116,79231.3%–

52Jones County, SDSD91329.3%–

53Butte County, SDSD10,85628.3%–

54Harding County, SDSD1,33127.9%–

55Roberts County, SDSD10,25526.6%–

56Lyman County, SDSD3,69425.2%–

57Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30321.8%–

58Mellette County, SDSD2,13720.8%–

59Bennett County, SDSD3,30719.8%–

60Corson County, SDSD3,78119.1%–

61Jackson County, SDSD2,66616.0%–

62Dewey County, SDSD5,41912.4%–

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,38912.1%–

64Buffalo County, SDSD1,8025.5%–

65Todd County, SDSD8,8633.5%–

66Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3383.3%–

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