RANKING · 2024 ACS · 66 SHOWN OF 66

Largest French population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are French 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 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2000

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913,204–

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7923,061–

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,145978–

04Brown County, SDSD37,561830–

05Union County, SDSD17,402763–

06Yankton County, SDSD23,635564–

07Meade County, SDSD30,711541–

08Davison County, SDSD20,069516–

09Lawrence County, SDSD29,459507–

10Codington County, SDSD29,562458–

11Brookings County, SDSD37,635456–

12Clay County, SDSD15,031324–

13Beadle County, SDSD19,624294–

14Custer County, SDSD9,431223–

15McCook County, SDSD5,964218–

16Hughes County, SDSD17,570202–

17Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303158–

18Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338156–

19Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244146–

20Grant County, SDSD7,534144–

21Spink County, SDSD6,155136–

22Tripp County, SDSD5,708131–

23Todd County, SDSD8,863129–

24Jackson County, SDSD2,666125–

25Walworth County, SDSD5,217123–

26Hamlin County, SDSD6,900109–

27Day County, SDSD5,484103–

28Butte County, SDSD10,85697–

29Fall River County, SDSD7,46796–

30Lake County, SDSD10,99389–

31Roberts County, SDSD10,25589–

32Turner County, SDSD9,31485–

33Clark County, SDSD4,03171–

34Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41362–

35Moody County, SDSD6,63259–

36Deuel County, SDSD4,40857–

37Lyman County, SDSD3,69456–

38Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28452–

39Sanborn County, SDSD2,38852–

40Gregory County, SDSD4,03750–

41Potter County, SDSD2,37748–

42Hanson County, SDSD3,45646–

43Dewey County, SDSD5,41938–

44Mellette County, SDSD2,13738–

45Perkins County, SDSD2,85336–

46Brule County, SDSD5,27834–

47McPherson County, SDSD2,34734–

48Miner County, SDSD2,28129–

49Harding County, SDSD1,33127–

50Edmunds County, SDSD4,02226–

51Corson County, SDSD3,78124–

52Jerauld County, SDSD1,65424–

53Faulk County, SDSD2,17821–

54Buffalo County, SDSD1,80220–

55Douglas County, SDSD2,88820–

56Hand County, SDSD3,12120–

57Sully County, SDSD1,47920–

58Aurora County, SDSD2,80115–

59Bennett County, SDSD3,30715–

60Stanley County, SDSD3,01815–

61Marshall County, SDSD4,42614–

62Campbell County, SDSD1,37712–

63Jones County, SDSD91312–

64Hyde County, SDSD1,1916–

65Haakon County, SDSD1,8024–

66Ziebach County, SDSD2,3894–

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