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Largest American population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 243. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Oglala Lakota County, SD, up 29 places to #27.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest American population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6919,101+73%
02Pennington County, SDSD116,7924,052+16%
03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1453,599+125%
04▲2Brown County, SDSD37,5611,720+25%
05▲2Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591,522+45%
06▼2Davison County, SDSD20,0691,446+66%
07▼2Meade County, SDSD30,7111,417−18%
08Codington County, SDSD29,5621,185+33%
09▲1Beadle County, SDSD19,6241,091+58%
10▲1Union County, SDSD17,402829+62%
11▲7Hughes County, SDSD17,570810+28%
12Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303705+338%
13▲3Turner County, SDSD9,314659+189%
14▲16Butte County, SDSD10,856647+25%
15▼2Yankton County, SDSD23,635568−28%
16▼2Brookings County, SDSD37,635540−12%
17▲2Brule County, SDSD5,278512+642%
18▲14Lyman County, SDSD3,694489+1222%
19▼10Lake County, SDSD10,993486−11%
20Custer County, SDSD9,431470−26%
21▲16Grant County, SDSD7,534455+18%
22▼7Clay County, SDSD15,031449+77%
23▲16Walworth County, SDSD5,217414+149%
24▼1McCook County, SDSD5,964374+89%
25▲19Tripp County, SDSD5,708373+64%
26▼4Fall River County, SDSD7,467323+102%
27▲29Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338316–
28▼7Moody County, SDSD6,632305+202%
29▲7Hamlin County, SDSD6,900298−2%
30▲8Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284256+42%
31▼2Jerauld County, SDSD1,654248+451%
32▼6Spink County, SDSD6,155247−31%
33▲16Gregory County, SDSD4,037243+138%
34▼17Hanson County, SDSD3,456237+76%
35▲26Day County, SDSD5,484224−35%
36▼8Perkins County, SDSD2,853209+22%
37▼10Aurora County, SDSD2,801207+53%
38▼14Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413194−26%
39▲2Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244192+57%
40▼5Corson County, SDSD3,781178+424%
41▼16Sanborn County, SDSD2,388167+86%
42▲8Roberts County, SDSD10,255162−57%
43▲11Clark County, SDSD4,031159+24%
44▼4Ziebach County, SDSD2,389156+206%
45▲13Hand County, SDSD3,121154+35%
46▼15Dewey County, SDSD5,419144+336%
47▲12Jones County, SDSD913140+600%
48Todd County, SDSD8,863139+36%
49▼15Stanley County, SDSD3,018132+81%
50▼5Buffalo County, SDSD1,802130–
51▲14Mellette County, SDSD2,137126+950%
52▲3Douglas County, SDSD2,888113−28%
53▼2Edmunds County, SDSD4,02295−3%
54▼7Potter County, SDSD2,377940%
55▼22Miner County, SDSD2,28187−15%
56▼13Deuel County, SDSD4,40883−34%
57Sully County, SDSD1,47977+67%
58▼5Bennett County, SDSD3,30774+12%
59▼13Haakon County, SDSD1,80274+222%
60▼8Harding County, SDSD1,33164+94%
61▼19Marshall County, SDSD4,42657−54%
62▲2Campbell County, SDSD1,37752+37%
63▼15Faulk County, SDSD2,17835−66%
64▼4Hyde County, SDSD1,191350%
65▼3Jackson County, SDSD2,66620+300%
66▼3McPherson County, SDSD2,34719−69%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES