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Largest German population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69164,023−12%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79233,073−11%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,14525,301+30%

04Brown County, SDSD37,56116,186−18%

05Brookings County, SDSD37,63513,601−9%

06Codington County, SDSD29,56211,457−22%

07Meade County, SDSD30,7119,390−8%

08Lawrence County, SDSD29,4598,712−17%

09Yankton County, SDSD23,6358,434−21%

10Davison County, SDSD20,0697,177−29%

11Hughes County, SDSD17,5706,270−13%

12Beadle County, SDSD19,6246,048−21%

13Union County, SDSD17,4025,920+1%

14Clay County, SDSD15,0315,188−15%

15Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4134,355−13%

16Lake County, SDSD10,9933,997−28%

17Grant County, SDSD7,5343,353−9%

18Turner County, SDSD9,3143,018−24%

19Roberts County, SDSD10,2552,842−10%

20Custer County, SDSD9,4312,821−17%

21Walworth County, SDSD5,2172,729−11%

22Spink County, SDSD6,1552,724−21%

23Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442,643−23%

24McCook County, SDSD5,9642,611−25%

25Butte County, SDSD10,8562,500−38%

26Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3032,461−10%

27Edmunds County, SDSD4,0222,360−18%

28Tripp County, SDSD5,7082,269−16%

29Fall River County, SDSD7,4672,180−22%

30Day County, SDSD5,4842,129−15%

31Moody County, SDSD6,6322,024−22%

32Marshall County, SDSD4,4262,011−4%

33Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841,802−18%

34Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001,772−27%

35Brule County, SDSD5,2781,751−34%

36Gregory County, SDSD4,0371,730−26%

37Deuel County, SDSD4,4081,662−25%

38Hanson County, SDSD3,4561,599−26%

39Clark County, SDSD4,0311,576−18%

40McPherson County, SDSD2,3471,310−30%

41Perkins County, SDSD2,8531,290−9%

42Hand County, SDSD3,1211,276−35%

43Faulk County, SDSD2,1781,141−32%

44Miner County, SDSD2,2811,015−22%

45Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881,000−10%

46Potter County, SDSD2,377978−37%

47Aurora County, SDSD2,801975−34%

48Stanley County, SDSD3,018941−30%

49Campbell County, SDSD1,377937−4%

50Haakon County, SDSD1,802794−7%

51Douglas County, SDSD2,888788−24%

52Jerauld County, SDSD1,654689−33%

53Corson County, SDSD3,781679−31%

54Hyde County, SDSD1,191610−11%

55Dewey County, SDSD5,419600−15%

56Lyman County, SDSD3,694584−43%

57Todd County, SDSD8,863549+13%

58Sully County, SDSD1,479420−45%

59Bennett County, SDSD3,307411−43%

60Jackson County, SDSD2,666403−35%

61Ziebach County, SDSD2,389302−32%

62Harding County, SDSD1,331288−27%

63Mellette County, SDSD2,137252−52%

64Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338222–

65Jones County, SDSD913208−60%

66Buffalo County, SDSD1,802131+21%

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