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Largest German population, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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 2,439.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS –

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69172,580–

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79237,257–

03Brown County, SDSD37,56119,788–

04Lincoln County, SDSD77,14519,456–

05Brookings County, SDSD37,63514,954–

06Codington County, SDSD29,56214,679–

07Yankton County, SDSD23,63510,609–

08Lawrence County, SDSD29,45910,533–

09Meade County, SDSD30,71110,190–

10Davison County, SDSD20,06910,053–

11Beadle County, SDSD19,6247,646–

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5707,178–

13Clay County, SDSD15,0316,068–

14Union County, SDSD17,4025,844–

15Lake County, SDSD10,9935,585–

16Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4135,003–

17Butte County, SDSD10,8564,045–

18Turner County, SDSD9,3143,994–

19Grant County, SDSD7,5343,680–

20McCook County, SDSD5,9643,466–

21Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2443,441–

22Spink County, SDSD6,1553,429–

23Custer County, SDSD9,4313,405–

24Roberts County, SDSD10,2553,144–

25Walworth County, SDSD5,2173,076–

26Edmunds County, SDSD4,0222,866–

27Fall River County, SDSD7,4672,810–

28Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3032,738–

29Tripp County, SDSD5,7082,689–

30Brule County, SDSD5,2782,649–

31Moody County, SDSD6,6322,600–

32Day County, SDSD5,4842,505–

33Hamlin County, SDSD6,9002,439–

34Gregory County, SDSD4,0372,328–

35Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2842,210–

36Deuel County, SDSD4,4082,203–

37Hanson County, SDSD3,4562,156–

38Marshall County, SDSD4,4262,105–

39Hand County, SDSD3,1211,950–

40Clark County, SDSD4,0311,926–

41McPherson County, SDSD2,3471,866–

42Faulk County, SDSD2,1781,671–

43Potter County, SDSD2,3771,554–

44Aurora County, SDSD2,8011,488–

45Perkins County, SDSD2,8531,411–

46Stanley County, SDSD3,0181,345–

47Miner County, SDSD2,2811,306–

48Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881,111–

49Douglas County, SDSD2,8881,034–

50Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541,032–

51Lyman County, SDSD3,6941,019–

52Corson County, SDSD3,781986–

53Campbell County, SDSD1,377980–

54Haakon County, SDSD1,802857–

55Sully County, SDSD1,479759–

56Bennett County, SDSD3,307720–

57Dewey County, SDSD5,419708–

58Hyde County, SDSD1,191688–

59Jackson County, SDSD2,666618–

60Jones County, SDSD913525–

61Mellette County, SDSD2,137521–

62Todd County, SDSD8,863485–

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,389442–

64Harding County, SDSD1,331397–

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,802108–

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