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Largest French Canadian population, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian ancestry, from the 2023 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 56 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2000

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691944–

02Pennington County, SDSD116,792665–

03Meade County, SDSD30,711431–

04Lawrence County, SDSD29,459327–

05Union County, SDSD17,402198–

06Lincoln County, SDSD77,145173–

07Brookings County, SDSD37,635166–

08Butte County, SDSD10,856164–

09Brown County, SDSD37,561134–

10Yankton County, SDSD23,635106–

11Davison County, SDSD20,06985–

12Custer County, SDSD9,43183–

13Clay County, SDSD15,03180–

14Beadle County, SDSD19,62477–

15Codington County, SDSD29,56273–

16Spink County, SDSD6,15569–

17Hughes County, SDSD17,57068–

18McCook County, SDSD5,96464–

19Lake County, SDSD10,99342–

20Turner County, SDSD9,31441–

21Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28436–

22Tripp County, SDSD5,70832–

23Grant County, SDSD7,53431–

24Hanson County, SDSD3,45631–

25Marshall County, SDSD4,42626–

26Walworth County, SDSD5,21725–

27Moody County, SDSD6,63223–

28Hand County, SDSD3,12121–

29Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30320–

30Hamlin County, SDSD6,90019–

31Perkins County, SDSD2,85317–

32Gregory County, SDSD4,03716–

33Haakon County, SDSD1,80215–

34Roberts County, SDSD10,25515–

35Harding County, SDSD1,33114–

36Deuel County, SDSD4,40813–

37Sanborn County, SDSD2,38813–

38Fall River County, SDSD7,46712–

39Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24410–

40Clark County, SDSD4,0319–

41Corson County, SDSD3,7819–

42Day County, SDSD5,4849–

43Campbell County, SDSD1,3778–

44Dewey County, SDSD5,4197–

45Miner County, SDSD2,2817–

46Brule County, SDSD5,2786–

47Edmunds County, SDSD4,0226–

48Sully County, SDSD1,4796–

49Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4134–

50Lyman County, SDSD3,6944–

51Aurora County, SDSD2,8013–

52Buffalo County, SDSD1,8023–

53Douglas County, SDSD2,8883–

54Faulk County, SDSD2,1783–

55McPherson County, SDSD2,3473–

56Potter County, SDSD2,3772–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES