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Largest French population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are French 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 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 71. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Todd County, SD, up 30 places to #23.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest French population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010
01▲1Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913,204−14%
02▼1Pennington County, SDSD116,7923,061−18%
03▲1Lincoln County, SDSD77,145978−6%
04▼1Brown County, SDSD37,561830−8%
05Union County, SDSD17,402763−13%
06▲6Yankton County, SDSD23,635564−3%
07▲3Meade County, SDSD30,711541−33%
08▼2Davison County, SDSD20,069516−4%
09▼1Lawrence County, SDSD29,459507−46%
10▲8Codington County, SDSD29,562458−44%
11▼4Brookings County, SDSD37,635456−45%
12▲3Clay County, SDSD15,031324−23%
13▲3Beadle County, SDSD19,624294−48%
14▲3Custer County, SDSD9,431223−24%
15▲4McCook County, SDSD5,964218+195%
16▼5Hughes County, SDSD17,570202−59%
17▲8Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303158+63%
18▼5Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338156–
19▲10Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244146−18%
20▲16Grant County, SDSD7,534144−8%
21▼1Spink County, SDSD6,155136−60%
22Tripp County, SDSD5,708131−2%
23▲30Todd County, SDSD8,863129+14%
24▲3Jackson County, SDSD2,666125+39%
25▲12Walworth County, SDSD5,217123+3%
26▼5Hamlin County, SDSD6,900109−43%
27▲5Day County, SDSD5,484103−30%
28▼14Butte County, SDSD10,85697−85%
29▼5Fall River County, SDSD7,46796−72%
30▼21Lake County, SDSD10,99389−68%
31▼3Roberts County, SDSD10,25589−34%
32▼9Turner County, SDSD9,31485−60%
33Clark County, SDSD4,03171−1%
34▼3Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41362−42%
35▼5Moody County, SDSD6,63259−75%
36▼1Deuel County, SDSD4,40857−25%
37▲9Lyman County, SDSD3,69456−43%
38▲17Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28452−55%
39▲11Sanborn County, SDSD2,38852−4%
40▼6Gregory County, SDSD4,03750−63%
41Potter County, SDSD2,37748−45%
42▲5Hanson County, SDSD3,45646−21%
43▲2Dewey County, SDSD5,41938−83%
44▲21Mellette County, SDSD2,13738−62%
45▼1Perkins County, SDSD2,85336−64%
46▼8Brule County, SDSD5,27834−74%
47▲11McPherson County, SDSD2,34734+750%
48▲4Miner County, SDSD2,28129−28%
49▲14Harding County, SDSD1,33127+93%
50▼7Edmunds County, SDSD4,02226−79%
51▲10Corson County, SDSD3,78124−65%
52▲8Jerauld County, SDSD1,65424−54%
53▼4Faulk County, SDSD2,17821−73%
54▲5Buffalo County, SDSD1,80220−17%
55▼13Douglas County, SDSD2,88820−60%
56▼17Hand County, SDSD3,12120−80%
57▼6Sully County, SDSD1,47920−80%
58▼4Aurora County, SDSD2,80115−59%
59▼33Bennett County, SDSD3,30715−96%
60▼20Stanley County, SDSD3,01815−46%
61▼5Marshall County, SDSD4,42614−91%
62▲2Campbell County, SDSD1,37712−67%
63▼6Jones County, SDSD91312−80%
64▼16Hyde County, SDSD1,1916−86%
65▼3Haakon County, SDSD1,8024−88%
66Ziebach County, SDSD2,3894−92%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES