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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. The median across all 66 is 1,802. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Miner County, SD, up 7 places to #44.

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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%

11▲1Hughes County, SDSD17,5706,270−13%

12▼1Beadle County, SDSD19,6246,048−21%

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

14▲1Clay County, SDSD15,0315,188−15%

15▲1Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4134,355−13%

16▼2Lake County, SDSD10,9933,997−28%

17▲1Grant County, SDSD7,5343,353−9%

18▼1Turner County, SDSD9,3143,018−24%

19▲4Roberts County, SDSD10,2552,842−10%

20▼1Custer County, SDSD9,4312,821−17%

21▲4Walworth County, SDSD5,2172,729−11%

22Spink County, SDSD6,1552,724−21%

23▲1Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442,643−23%

24▼3McCook County, SDSD5,9642,611−25%

25▼5Butte County, SDSD10,8562,500−38%

26▲5Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3032,461−10%

27▲1Edmunds County, SDSD4,0222,360−18%

28▲2Tripp County, SDSD5,7082,269−16%

29▼3Fall River County, SDSD7,4672,180−22%

30▼1Day County, SDSD5,4842,129−15%

31▼4Moody County, SDSD6,6322,024−22%

32▲4Marshall County, SDSD4,4262,011−4%

33▲1Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841,802−18%

34▼1Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001,772−27%

35▲2Brule County, SDSD5,2781,751−34%

36▼1Gregory County, SDSD4,0371,730−26%

37▼5Deuel County, SDSD4,4081,662−25%

38▲1Hanson County, SDSD3,4561,599−26%

39▼1Clark County, SDSD4,0311,576−18%

40▲1McPherson County, SDSD2,3471,310−30%

41▲3Perkins County, SDSD2,8531,290−9%

42▼2Hand County, SDSD3,1211,276−35%

43▼1Faulk County, SDSD2,1781,141−32%

44▲7Miner County, SDSD2,2811,015−22%

45▲2Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881,000−10%

46▲2Potter County, SDSD2,377978−37%

47▼1Aurora County, SDSD2,801975−34%

48▼3Stanley County, SDSD3,018941−30%

49▲1Campbell County, SDSD1,377937−4%

50▲4Haakon County, SDSD1,802794−7%

51▼8Douglas County, SDSD2,888788−24%

52Jerauld County, SDSD1,654689−33%

53Corson County, SDSD3,781679−31%

54▲3Hyde County, SDSD1,191610−11%

55Dewey County, SDSD5,419600−15%

56▼7Lyman County, SDSD3,694584−43%

57▲5Todd County, SDSD8,863549+13%

58Sully County, SDSD1,479420−45%

59▼3Bennett County, SDSD3,307411−43%

60▼1Jackson County, SDSD2,666403−35%

61▲2Ziebach County, SDSD2,389302−32%

62▲2Harding County, SDSD1,331288−27%

63▼2Mellette County, SDSD2,137252−52%

64▼4Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338222–

65Jones County, SDSD913208−60%

66Buffalo County, SDSD1,802131+21%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES