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Largest Irish population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish 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 362. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Haakon County, SD, up 17 places to #34.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Irish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69120,643+7%
02Pennington County, SDSD116,79215,297+9%
03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1456,507+35%
04▲2Brookings County, SDSD37,6353,688−1%
05▼1Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593,551+10%
06▼1Meade County, SDSD30,7113,458−10%
07Brown County, SDSD37,5612,743−23%
08Codington County, SDSD29,5622,614+1%
09▲3Union County, SDSD17,4022,423−2%
10▼1Yankton County, SDSD23,6352,399−1%
11Hughes County, SDSD17,5702,211+34%
12▲1Davison County, SDSD20,0691,812−8%
13▼3Clay County, SDSD15,0311,701−22%
14▲2Custer County, SDSD9,4311,498+41%
15▲2Lake County, SDSD10,9931,359−1%
16▼1Butte County, SDSD10,8561,276−22%
17▼3Beadle County, SDSD19,6241,156−33%
18Fall River County, SDSD7,4671,086+22%
19▲1Spink County, SDSD6,155868+33%
20▲2McCook County, SDSD5,964738+2%
21Turner County, SDSD9,314712−10%
22▲1Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244654+18%
23▲2Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303626+34%
24▲3Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413592+16%
25▼1Grant County, SDSD7,534569−13%
26Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284504+1%
27▼8Tripp County, SDSD5,708495−20%
28▲1Walworth County, SDSD5,217435+48%
29▲7Roberts County, SDSD10,255429−32%
30▲13Edmunds County, SDSD4,022422+189%
31Brule County, SDSD5,278418−31%
32▼4Moody County, SDSD6,632378−35%
33▲8Gregory County, SDSD4,037362−26%
34▲17Haakon County, SDSD1,802348−5%
35▲2Hamlin County, SDSD6,900334−5%
36▼2Perkins County, SDSD2,853327+26%
37▼5Lyman County, SDSD3,694296−14%
38Hand County, SDSD3,121290−44%
39▲14Sanborn County, SDSD2,388286−1%
40▼1Clark County, SDSD4,031285−21%
41▼6Faulk County, SDSD2,178276+21%
42▲4Hanson County, SDSD3,456269−27%
43▼3Day County, SDSD5,484251−50%
44▲3Jackson County, SDSD2,666250−32%
45▼12Marshall County, SDSD4,426229−15%
46▲11Dewey County, SDSD5,419225−35%
47▼5Stanley County, SDSD3,018222−39%
48▲1Jerauld County, SDSD1,654219+58%
49▲12Miner County, SDSD2,281211−30%
50▼2McPherson County, SDSD2,347202+84%
51▼21Deuel County, SDSD4,408199−43%
52▲6Corson County, SDSD3,781196+20%
53▲7Todd County, SDSD8,863193+18%
54▲2Ziebach County, SDSD2,389191+1%
55▼1Aurora County, SDSD2,801181−24%
56▼12Douglas County, SDSD2,888178+6%
57▼7Potter County, SDSD2,377165−38%
58▼6Hyde County, SDSD1,191143−33%
59▼4Sully County, SDSD1,479143−26%
60▲2Harding County, SDSD1,331126−45%
61▼16Bennett County, SDSD3,307110+55%
62▼3Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33884–
63▲1Mellette County, SDSD2,13738−78%
64▼1Jones County, SDSD91335−80%
65Campbell County, SDSD1,37711−90%
66Buffalo County, SDSD1,8027−67%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES