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Largest French Canadian population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian 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 59 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 59 is 19.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691602−36%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,792461−31%

03Meade County, SDSD30,711401−7%

04Lawrence County, SDSD29,459299−9%

05Brown County, SDSD37,561161+20%

06Codington County, SDSD29,562153+110%

07Brookings County, SDSD37,635148−11%

08Union County, SDSD17,402138−30%

09Lincoln County, SDSD77,145134−23%

10Yankton County, SDSD23,635109+3%

11Tripp County, SDSD5,708105+228%

12Davison County, SDSD20,06984−1%

13Day County, SDSD5,48452+478%

14Moody County, SDSD6,63246+100%

15Beadle County, SDSD19,62443−44%

16Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30339+95%

17Clay County, SDSD15,03139−51%

18Gregory County, SDSD4,03739+144%

19Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284360%

20McCook County, SDSD5,96434−47%

21Hamlin County, SDSD6,90030+58%

22Marshall County, SDSD4,42630+15%

23Custer County, SDSD9,43128−66%

24Roberts County, SDSD10,25528+87%

25Hughes County, SDSD17,57027−60%

26Lake County, SDSD10,99326−38%

27Butte County, SDSD10,85625−85%

28Hand County, SDSD3,12123+10%

29Sanborn County, SDSD2,38822+69%

30Grant County, SDSD7,53419−39%

31Jackson County, SDSD2,66619–

32Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41318+350%

33Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24417+70%

34Lyman County, SDSD3,69417+325%

35Edmunds County, SDSD4,02214+133%

36Aurora County, SDSD2,80111+267%

37Potter County, SDSD2,37711+450%

38Todd County, SDSD8,8638–

39Sully County, SDSD1,4797+17%

40Deuel County, SDSD4,4086−54%

41McPherson County, SDSD2,3476+100%

42Campbell County, SDSD1,3775−38%

43Fall River County, SDSD7,4675−58%

44Haakon County, SDSD1,8025−67%

45Spink County, SDSD6,1555−93%

46Harding County, SDSD1,3314−71%

47Hyde County, SDSD1,1914–

48Jones County, SDSD9134–

49Stanley County, SDSD3,0184–

50Walworth County, SDSD5,2174−84%

51Brule County, SDSD5,2783−50%

52Turner County, SDSD9,3143−93%

53Corson County, SDSD3,7812−78%

54Douglas County, SDSD2,8882−33%

55Perkins County, SDSD2,8532−88%

56Clark County, SDSD4,0311−89%

57Dewey County, SDSD5,4191−86%

58Hanson County, SDSD3,4561−97%

59Miner County, SDSD2,2811−86%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS