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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. The median across all 51 is 19. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Brule County, SD, up 33 places to #18.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest French Canadian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01▲3Lawrence County, SDSD29,459386+18%
02▼1Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691372−61%
03▲12Beadle County, SDSD19,624294+282%
04▼2Pennington County, SDSD116,792287−57%
05▲7Davison County, SDSD20,069163+92%
06▲1Brookings County, SDSD37,635158−5%
07▲2Lincoln County, SDSD77,145154−11%
08▼2Codington County, SDSD29,562137+88%
09▼6Meade County, SDSD30,711104−76%
10▲7Clay County, SDSD15,03196+20%
11▼6Brown County, SDSD37,56178−42%
12▲15Butte County, SDSD10,85676−54%
13▼5Union County, SDSD17,40253−73%
14▲11Hughes County, SDSD17,57052−24%
15▼5Yankton County, SDSD23,63544−58%
16▲27Fall River County, SDSD7,46740+233%
17▲32Stanley County, SDSD3,01837–
18▲33Brule County, SDSD5,27836+500%
19▼6Day County, SDSD5,48427+200%
20▲6Lake County, SDSD10,99327−36%
21▼3Gregory County, SDSD4,03726+63%
22Faulk County, SDSD2,17825+733%
23▲11Lyman County, SDSD3,69420+400%
24Roberts County, SDSD10,25520+33%
25▲5Grant County, SDSD7,53419−39%
26▼6McCook County, SDSD5,96419−70%
27▲25Turner County, SDSD9,31419−54%
28▼14Moody County, SDSD6,63218−22%
29▲13Campbell County, SDSD1,37716+100%
30▼8Marshall County, SDSD4,42616−38%
31▲19Walworth County, SDSD5,21716−36%
32▼11Hamlin County, SDSD6,90014−26%
33▼10Custer County, SDSD9,43113−84%
34▲11Spink County, SDSD6,15513−81%
35Ziebach County, SDSD2,38912–
36▼3Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24411+10%
37▲10Hyde County, SDSD1,19110–
38▲21Miner County, SDSD2,2818+14%
39▲7Harding County, SDSD1,3316−57%
40▼21Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2846−83%
41Buffalo County, SDSD1,8025+67%
42▲14Clark County, SDSD4,0315−44%
43▲1Haakon County, SDSD1,8025−67%
44▼15Sanborn County, SDSD2,3885−62%
45▼5Deuel County, SDSD4,4084−69%
46▼5McPherson County, SDSD2,3474+33%
47▼10Potter County, SDSD2,3774+100%
48▲6Douglas County, SDSD2,88830%
49▼14Edmunds County, SDSD4,0223−50%
50▼39Tripp County, SDSD5,7083−91%
51▲4Perkins County, SDSD2,8531−94%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES