RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 64 SHOWN OF 64

Highest Scottish population share, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Scottish ancestry (2020 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Scottish residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 64 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 64 is 0.9%.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH SHAREVS 2010

01Sully County, SDSD1,4794.6%+3.8 pts

02Jerauld County, SDSD1,6543.5%+3.0 pts

03Haakon County, SDSD1,8022.7%+0.7 pts

04Faulk County, SDSD2,1782.4%+0.6 pts

05Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592.4%+0.2 pts

06Custer County, SDSD9,4312.3%+0.2 pts

07Meade County, SDSD30,7112.3%−0.6 pts

08Pennington County, SDSD116,7922.2%0.0 pts

09Walworth County, SDSD5,2172.2%+1.9 pts

10Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.0%−1.8 pts

11Stanley County, SDSD3,0182.0%+0.9 pts

12Jones County, SDSD9131.9%−0.1 pts

13Clay County, SDSD15,0311.8%+0.3 pts

14Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.7%+1.3 pts

15Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.7%+0.2 pts

16Butte County, SDSD10,8561.7%+0.3 pts

17Brown County, SDSD37,5611.6%+0.5 pts

18Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001.4%+0.8 pts

19Hand County, SDSD3,1211.3%−1.3 pts

20Roberts County, SDSD10,2551.3%+0.5 pts

21Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.3%+1.0 pts

22Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.3%−0.1 pts

23Moody County, SDSD6,6321.3%−1.5 pts

24Harding County, SDSD1,3311.3%−0.9 pts

25Davison County, SDSD20,0691.1%+0.1 pts

26Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%+1.0 pts

27Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.1%+0.7 pts

28Lake County, SDSD10,9931.0%−0.6 pts

29Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6911.0%0.0 pts

30Codington County, SDSD29,5621.0%+0.5 pts

31Brookings County, SDSD37,6351.0%−0.1 pts

32Union County, SDSD17,4020.9%−1.3 pts

33Jackson County, SDSD2,6660.8%+0.4 pts

34Lincoln County, SDSD77,1450.8%−0.6 pts

35Deuel County, SDSD4,4080.8%−0.1 pts

36Spink County, SDSD6,1550.7%−0.2 pts

37Gregory County, SDSD4,0370.7%−0.2 pts

38Hughes County, SDSD17,5700.7%−0.5 pts

39Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.6%−2.7 pts

40Todd County, SDSD8,8630.6%+0.2 pts

41McCook County, SDSD5,9640.6%−0.4 pts

42Beadle County, SDSD19,6240.5%−0.4 pts

43Day County, SDSD5,4840.5%+0.1 pts

44Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.5%−0.3 pts

45Turner County, SDSD9,3140.5%−0.6 pts

46Lyman County, SDSD3,6940.5%−0.4 pts

47Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2840.5%−0.7 pts

48Clark County, SDSD4,0310.5%−0.3 pts

49Bennett County, SDSD3,3070.4%–

50Yankton County, SDSD23,6350.4%−1.0 pts

51Brule County, SDSD5,2780.4%−0.9 pts

52Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.4%+0.3 pts

53Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.3%–

54Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3030.3%−0.1 pts

55McPherson County, SDSD2,3470.3%−1.5 pts

56Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.3%−0.4 pts

57Grant County, SDSD7,5340.3%−0.2 pts

58Corson County, SDSD3,7810.2%+0.1 pts

59Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.1%−0.2 pts

60Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.1%0.0 pts

61Miner County, SDSD2,2810.1%−0.6 pts

62Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.1%–

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.1%0.0 pts

64Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.0%−0.3 pts

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