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Largest French Canadian population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian 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 51 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Lawrence County, SDSD29,459386+18%

02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691372−61%

03Beadle County, SDSD19,624294+282%

04Pennington County, SDSD116,792287−57%

05Davison County, SDSD20,069163+92%

06Brookings County, SDSD37,635158−5%

07Lincoln County, SDSD77,145154−11%

08Codington County, SDSD29,562137+88%

09Meade County, SDSD30,711104−76%

10Clay County, SDSD15,03196+20%

11Brown County, SDSD37,56178−42%

12Butte County, SDSD10,85676−54%

13Union County, SDSD17,40253−73%

14Hughes County, SDSD17,57052−24%

15Yankton County, SDSD23,63544−58%

16Fall River County, SDSD7,46740+233%

17Stanley County, SDSD3,01837–

18Brule County, SDSD5,27836+500%

19Day County, SDSD5,48427+200%

20Lake County, SDSD10,99327−36%

21Gregory County, SDSD4,03726+63%

22Faulk County, SDSD2,17825+733%

23Lyman County, SDSD3,69420+400%

24Roberts County, SDSD10,25520+33%

25Grant County, SDSD7,53419−39%

26McCook County, SDSD5,96419−70%

27Turner County, SDSD9,31419−54%

28Moody County, SDSD6,63218−22%

29Campbell County, SDSD1,37716+100%

30Marshall County, SDSD4,42616−38%

31Walworth County, SDSD5,21716−36%

32Hamlin County, SDSD6,90014−26%

33Custer County, SDSD9,43113−84%

34Spink County, SDSD6,15513−81%

35Ziebach County, SDSD2,38912–

36Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24411+10%

37Hyde County, SDSD1,19110–

38Miner County, SDSD2,2818+14%

39Harding County, SDSD1,3316−57%

40Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2846−83%

41Buffalo County, SDSD1,8025+67%

42Clark County, SDSD4,0315−44%

43Haakon County, SDSD1,8025−67%

44Sanborn County, SDSD2,3885−62%

45Deuel County, SDSD4,4084−69%

46McPherson County, SDSD2,3474+33%

47Potter County, SDSD2,3774+100%

48Douglas County, SDSD2,8883+0%

49Edmunds County, SDSD4,0223−50%

50Tripp County, SDSD5,7083−91%

51Perkins County, SDSD2,8531−94%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES