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Largest German population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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. The median across all 66 is 1,996.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69167,752−7%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79235,169−6%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,14521,171+9%

04Brown County, SDSD37,56118,294−8%

05Brookings County, SDSD37,63514,301−4%

06Codington County, SDSD29,56212,805−13%

07Meade County, SDSD30,7119,489−7%

08Lawrence County, SDSD29,4599,327−11%

09Yankton County, SDSD23,6358,483−20%

10Davison County, SDSD20,0697,338−27%

11Beadle County, SDSD19,6246,781−11%

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5706,313−12%

13Union County, SDSD17,4025,232−10%

14Lake County, SDSD10,9935,218−7%

15Clay County, SDSD15,0315,017−17%

16Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4134,397−12%

17Turner County, SDSD9,3143,788−5%

18Grant County, SDSD7,5343,602−2%

19Custer County, SDSD9,4313,088−9%

20Butte County, SDSD10,8562,918−28%

21McCook County, SDSD5,9642,849−18%

22Spink County, SDSD6,1552,812−18%

23Roberts County, SDSD10,2552,742−13%

24Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442,730−21%

25Walworth County, SDSD5,2172,585−16%

26Fall River County, SDSD7,4672,530−10%

27Moody County, SDSD6,6322,355−9%

28Edmunds County, SDSD4,0222,282−20%

29Day County, SDSD5,4842,277−9%

30Tripp County, SDSD5,7082,118−21%

31Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3032,029−26%

32Deuel County, SDSD4,4082,028−8%

33Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001,996−18%

34Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841,943−12%

35Gregory County, SDSD4,0371,907−18%

36Marshall County, SDSD4,4261,823−13%

37Brule County, SDSD5,2781,771−33%

38Clark County, SDSD4,0311,533−20%

39Hanson County, SDSD3,4561,503−30%

40Hand County, SDSD3,1211,487−24%

41McPherson County, SDSD2,3471,428−23%

42Faulk County, SDSD2,1781,336−20%

43Douglas County, SDSD2,8881,333+29%

44Perkins County, SDSD2,8531,268−10%

45Stanley County, SDSD3,0181,261−6%

46Aurora County, SDSD2,8011,173−21%

47Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881,062−4%

48Potter County, SDSD2,3771,042−33%

49Lyman County, SDSD3,694964−5%

50Campbell County, SDSD1,377933−5%

51Miner County, SDSD2,281862−34%

52Jerauld County, SDSD1,654821−20%

53Corson County, SDSD3,781785−20%

54Haakon County, SDSD1,802752−12%

55Dewey County, SDSD5,419726+3%

56Bennett County, SDSD3,307680−6%

57Hyde County, SDSD1,191665−3%

58Sully County, SDSD1,479554−27%

59Jackson County, SDSD2,666527−15%

60Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338470–

61Mellette County, SDSD2,137429−18%

62Todd County, SDSD8,863362−25%

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,389334−24%

64Harding County, SDSD1,331329−17%

65Jones County, SDSD913256−51%

66Buffalo County, SDSD1,802111+3%

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