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Largest American population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6918,785+67%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7924,209+20%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452,012+26%

04Davison County, SDSD20,0691,829+110%

05Meade County, SDSD30,7111,422−18%

06Brown County, SDSD37,5611,159−16%

07Lawrence County, SDSD29,459903−14%

08Codington County, SDSD29,562878−1%

09Lake County, SDSD10,993826+51%

10Beadle County, SDSD19,624824+19%

11Union County, SDSD17,402655+28%

12Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303634+294%

13Yankton County, SDSD23,635617−22%

14Brookings County, SDSD37,635581−6%

15Clay County, SDSD15,031495+96%

16Turner County, SDSD9,314456+100%

17Hanson County, SDSD3,456449+233%

18Hughes County, SDSD17,570397−37%

19Brule County, SDSD5,278394+471%

20Custer County, SDSD9,431388−39%

21Moody County, SDSD6,632388+284%

22Fall River County, SDSD7,467362+126%

23McCook County, SDSD5,964346+75%

24Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413335+27%

25Sanborn County, SDSD2,388333+270%

26Spink County, SDSD6,155304−16%

27Aurora County, SDSD2,801292+116%

28Perkins County, SDSD2,853261+52%

29Jerauld County, SDSD1,654256+469%

30Butte County, SDSD10,856253−51%

31Dewey County, SDSD5,419237+618%

32Lyman County, SDSD3,694225+508%

33Miner County, SDSD2,281225+121%

34Stanley County, SDSD3,018215+195%

35Corson County, SDSD3,781211+521%

36Hamlin County, SDSD6,900204−33%

37Grant County, SDSD7,534196−49%

38Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284183+2%

39Walworth County, SDSD5,217178+7%

40Ziebach County, SDSD2,389176+245%

41Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244160+31%

42Marshall County, SDSD4,426151+21%

43Deuel County, SDSD4,408141+13%

44Tripp County, SDSD5,708133−42%

45Buffalo County, SDSD1,802114–

46Haakon County, SDSD1,802102+343%

47Potter County, SDSD2,37793−1%

48Faulk County, SDSD2,17889−13%

49Gregory County, SDSD4,03787−15%

50Roberts County, SDSD10,25581−79%

51Edmunds County, SDSD4,02280−18%

52Harding County, SDSD1,33175+127%

53Bennett County, SDSD3,30771+8%

54Clark County, SDSD4,03171−45%

55Douglas County, SDSD2,88870−55%

56Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33865–

57Sully County, SDSD1,47955+20%

58Hand County, SDSD3,12154−53%

59Jones County, SDSD91349+145%

60Hyde County, SDSD1,19148+37%

61Day County, SDSD5,48447−86%

62Jackson County, SDSD2,66639+680%

63McPherson County, SDSD2,34732−48%

64Campbell County, SDSD1,37727−29%

65Mellette County, SDSD2,1377−42%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS