RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Largest French population, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are French ancestry, from the 2010 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 65 is 121.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS –

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913,723–

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7923,718–

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451,037–

04Lawrence County, SDSD29,459931–

05Brown County, SDSD37,561903–

06Union County, SDSD17,402872–

07Brookings County, SDSD37,635834–

08Codington County, SDSD29,562818–

09Meade County, SDSD30,711811–

10Butte County, SDSD10,856627–

11Yankton County, SDSD23,635581–

12Beadle County, SDSD19,624562–

13Davison County, SDSD20,069540–

14Hughes County, SDSD17,570490–

15Clay County, SDSD15,031422–

16Spink County, SDSD6,155343–

17Fall River County, SDSD7,467341–

18Bennett County, SDSD3,307340–

19Custer County, SDSD9,431293–

20Lake County, SDSD10,993274–

21Moody County, SDSD6,632235–

22Dewey County, SDSD5,419218–

23Turner County, SDSD9,314212–

24Hamlin County, SDSD6,900190–

25Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244179–

26Grant County, SDSD7,534157–

27Marshall County, SDSD4,426156–

28Day County, SDSD5,484147–

29Gregory County, SDSD4,037136–

30Roberts County, SDSD10,255134–

31Tripp County, SDSD5,708133–

32Brule County, SDSD5,278130–

33Edmunds County, SDSD4,022121–

34Walworth County, SDSD5,217119–

35Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284116–

36Todd County, SDSD8,863113–

37Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413107–

38Hand County, SDSD3,121102–

39Sully County, SDSD1,479102–

40Mellette County, SDSD2,137101–

41Perkins County, SDSD2,853100–

42Lyman County, SDSD3,69499–

43Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30397–

44Jackson County, SDSD2,66690–

45Potter County, SDSD2,37788–

46Faulk County, SDSD2,17877–

47Deuel County, SDSD4,40876–

48McCook County, SDSD5,96474–

49Clark County, SDSD4,03172–

50Corson County, SDSD3,78168–

51Jones County, SDSD91361–

52Hanson County, SDSD3,45658–

53Sanborn County, SDSD2,38854–

54Jerauld County, SDSD1,65452–

55Douglas County, SDSD2,88850–

56Ziebach County, SDSD2,38950–

57Hyde County, SDSD1,19144–

58Miner County, SDSD2,28140–

59Aurora County, SDSD2,80137–

60Campbell County, SDSD1,37736–

61Haakon County, SDSD1,80232–

62Stanley County, SDSD3,01828–

63Buffalo County, SDSD1,80224–

64Harding County, SDSD1,33114–

65McPherson County, SDSD2,3474–

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