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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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913,204−14%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7923,061−18%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,145978−6%

04Brown County, SDSD37,561830−8%

05Union County, SDSD17,402763−13%

06Yankton County, SDSD23,635564−3%

07Meade County, SDSD30,711541−33%

08Davison County, SDSD20,069516−4%

09Lawrence County, SDSD29,459507−46%

10Codington County, SDSD29,562458−44%

11Brookings County, SDSD37,635456−45%

12Clay County, SDSD15,031324−23%

13Beadle County, SDSD19,624294−48%

14Custer County, SDSD9,431223−24%

15McCook County, SDSD5,964218+195%

16Hughes County, SDSD17,570202−59%

17Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303158+63%

18Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338156–

19Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244146−18%

20Grant County, SDSD7,534144−8%

21Spink County, SDSD6,155136−60%

22Tripp County, SDSD5,708131−2%

23Todd County, SDSD8,863129+14%

24Jackson County, SDSD2,666125+39%

25Walworth County, SDSD5,217123+3%

26Hamlin County, SDSD6,900109−43%

27Day County, SDSD5,484103−30%

28Butte County, SDSD10,85697−85%

29Fall River County, SDSD7,46796−72%

30Lake County, SDSD10,99389−68%

31Roberts County, SDSD10,25589−34%

32Turner County, SDSD9,31485−60%

33Clark County, SDSD4,03171−1%

34Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41362−42%

35Moody County, SDSD6,63259−75%

36Deuel County, SDSD4,40857−25%

37Lyman County, SDSD3,69456−43%

38Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28452−55%

39Sanborn County, SDSD2,38852−4%

40Gregory County, SDSD4,03750−63%

41Potter County, SDSD2,37748−45%

42Hanson County, SDSD3,45646−21%

43Dewey County, SDSD5,41938−83%

44Mellette County, SDSD2,13738−62%

45Perkins County, SDSD2,85336−64%

46Brule County, SDSD5,27834−74%

47McPherson County, SDSD2,34734+750%

48Miner County, SDSD2,28129−28%

49Harding County, SDSD1,33127+93%

50Edmunds County, SDSD4,02226−79%

51Corson County, SDSD3,78124−65%

52Jerauld County, SDSD1,65424−54%

53Faulk County, SDSD2,17821−73%

54Buffalo County, SDSD1,80220−17%

55Douglas County, SDSD2,88820−60%

56Hand County, SDSD3,12120−80%

57Sully County, SDSD1,47920−80%

58Aurora County, SDSD2,80115−59%

59Bennett County, SDSD3,30715−96%

60Stanley County, SDSD3,01815−46%

61Marshall County, SDSD4,42614−91%

62Campbell County, SDSD1,37712−67%

63Jones County, SDSD91312−80%

64Hyde County, SDSD1,1916−86%

65Haakon County, SDSD1,8024−88%

66Ziebach County, SDSD2,3894−92%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES