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Largest French population, South Dakota counties · 2020

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

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Pennington County, SDSD116,7924,140+11%

02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6914,009+8%

03Brown County, SDSD37,5611,070+18%

04Lincoln County, SDSD77,145784−24%

05Union County, SDSD17,402715−18%

06Davison County, SDSD20,069663+23%

07Brookings County, SDSD37,635650−22%

08Lawrence County, SDSD29,459632−32%

09Lake County, SDSD10,993491+79%

10Meade County, SDSD30,711459−43%

11Hughes County, SDSD17,570446−9%

12Yankton County, SDSD23,635432−26%

13Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338361–

14Butte County, SDSD10,856334−47%

15Clay County, SDSD15,031328−22%

16Beadle County, SDSD19,624322−43%

17Custer County, SDSD9,431315+8%

18Codington County, SDSD29,562311−62%

19McCook County, SDSD5,964244+230%

20Spink County, SDSD6,155203−41%

21Hamlin County, SDSD6,900193+2%

22Tripp County, SDSD5,708165+24%

23Turner County, SDSD9,314141−33%

24Fall River County, SDSD7,467130−62%

25Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303126+30%

26Bennett County, SDSD3,307125−63%

27Jackson County, SDSD2,666120+33%

28Roberts County, SDSD10,255117−13%

29Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244106−41%

30Moody County, SDSD6,632104−56%

31Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41398−8%

32Day County, SDSD5,48489−39%

33Clark County, SDSD4,03187+21%

34Gregory County, SDSD4,03784−38%

35Deuel County, SDSD4,40872−5%

36Grant County, SDSD7,53464−59%

37Walworth County, SDSD5,21763−47%

38Brule County, SDSD5,27862−52%

39Hand County, SDSD3,12162−39%

40Stanley County, SDSD3,01852+86%

41Potter County, SDSD2,37749−44%

42Douglas County, SDSD2,88848−4%

43Edmunds County, SDSD4,02247−61%

44Perkins County, SDSD2,85343−57%

45Dewey County, SDSD5,41941−81%

46Lyman County, SDSD3,69441−59%

47Hanson County, SDSD3,45638−34%

48Hyde County, SDSD1,19134−23%

49Faulk County, SDSD2,17832−58%

50Sanborn County, SDSD2,38831−43%

51Sully County, SDSD1,47931−70%

52Miner County, SDSD2,28126−35%

53Todd County, SDSD8,86326−77%

54Aurora County, SDSD2,80125−32%

55Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28425−78%

56Marshall County, SDSD4,42625−84%

57Jones County, SDSD91323−62%

58McPherson County, SDSD2,34722+450%

59Buffalo County, SDSD1,80215−38%

60Jerauld County, SDSD1,65415−71%

61Corson County, SDSD3,78114−79%

62Haakon County, SDSD1,80213−59%

63Harding County, SDSD1,3319−36%

64Campbell County, SDSD1,3777−81%

65Mellette County, SDSD2,1373−97%

66Ziebach County, SDSD2,3893−94%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS