RANKING · 2024 ACS · 62 SHOWN OF 62

Highest Scottish population share, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Scottish ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Scottish residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 62 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH SHAREVS 2010

01Custer County, SDSD9,4313.6%+1.5 pts

02Perkins County, SDSD2,8532.7%+2.2 pts

03Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.6%−1.1 pts

04Pennington County, SDSD116,7922.4%+0.2 pts

05Brule County, SDSD5,2782.2%+0.9 pts

06Davison County, SDSD20,0692.0%+0.9 pts

07Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.9%−0.2 pts

08Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.9%+1.0 pts

09Meade County, SDSD30,7111.6%−1.2 pts

10Clay County, SDSD15,0311.5%+0.1 pts

11Butte County, SDSD10,8561.4%+0.0 pts

12Union County, SDSD17,4021.4%−0.8 pts

13Gregory County, SDSD4,0371.4%+0.5 pts

14Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.3%+0.9 pts

15Grant County, SDSD7,5341.2%+0.8 pts

16Brookings County, SDSD37,6351.1%−0.1 pts

17Haakon County, SDSD1,8021.0%−1.0 pts

18Harding County, SDSD1,3311.0%−1.1 pts

19Moody County, SDSD6,6321.0%−1.7 pts

20Stanley County, SDSD3,0181.0%−0.1 pts

21Brown County, SDSD37,5611.0%−0.0 pts

22Jackson County, SDSD2,6661.0%+0.5 pts

23Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.0%−0.4 pts

24Clark County, SDSD4,0311.0%+0.2 pts

25Walworth County, SDSD5,2170.9%+0.6 pts

26Sully County, SDSD1,4790.9%+0.1 pts

27Lincoln County, SDSD77,1450.9%−0.5 pts

28Hand County, SDSD3,1210.9%−1.8 pts

29Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6910.9%−0.2 pts

30Lake County, SDSD10,9930.8%−0.8 pts

31Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.8%+0.1 pts

32Faulk County, SDSD2,1780.7%−1.1 pts

33McCook County, SDSD5,9640.7%−0.3 pts

34Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.7%+0.3 pts

35Beadle County, SDSD19,6240.7%−0.3 pts

36Edmunds County, SDSD4,0220.6%+0.5 pts

37Hughes County, SDSD17,5700.6%−0.7 pts

38Turner County, SDSD9,3140.6%−0.5 pts

39Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.6%−0.2 pts

40Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.5%+0.4 pts

41McPherson County, SDSD2,3470.5%−1.2 pts

42Potter County, SDSD2,3770.5%+0.2 pts

43Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.5%−1.0 pts

44Codington County, SDSD29,5620.5%−0.0 pts

45Spink County, SDSD6,1550.5%−0.5 pts

46Bennett County, SDSD3,3070.4%–

47Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.4%−2.9 pts

48Corson County, SDSD3,7810.4%+0.2 pts

49Day County, SDSD5,4840.3%−0.0 pts

50Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.3%+0.2 pts

51Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3030.3%−0.0 pts

52Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2840.3%−0.9 pts

53Jones County, SDSD9130.3%−1.7 pts

54Roberts County, SDSD10,2550.3%−0.6 pts

55Lyman County, SDSD3,6940.2%−0.6 pts

56Tripp County, SDSD5,7080.2%−1.2 pts

57Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.2%+0.1 pts

58Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.2%−0.3 pts

59Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.2%−0.2 pts

60Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.1%−0.5 pts

61Miner County, SDSD2,2810.1%−0.6 pts

62Todd County, SDSD8,8630.1%−0.4 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES