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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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69120,643+7%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79215,297+9%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1456,507+35%

04Brookings County, SDSD37,6353,688−1%

05Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593,551+10%

06Meade County, SDSD30,7113,458−10%

07Brown County, SDSD37,5612,743−23%

08Codington County, SDSD29,5622,614+1%

09Union County, SDSD17,4022,423−2%

10Yankton County, SDSD23,6352,399−1%

11Hughes County, SDSD17,5702,211+34%

12Davison County, SDSD20,0691,812−8%

13Clay County, SDSD15,0311,701−22%

14Custer County, SDSD9,4311,498+41%

15Lake County, SDSD10,9931,359−1%

16Butte County, SDSD10,8561,276−22%

17Beadle County, SDSD19,6241,156−33%

18Fall River County, SDSD7,4671,086+22%

19Spink County, SDSD6,155868+33%

20McCook County, SDSD5,964738+2%

21Turner County, SDSD9,314712−10%

22Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244654+18%

23Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303626+34%

24Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413592+16%

25Grant County, SDSD7,534569−13%

26Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284504+1%

27Tripp County, SDSD5,708495−20%

28Walworth County, SDSD5,217435+48%

29Roberts County, SDSD10,255429−32%

30Edmunds County, SDSD4,022422+189%

31Brule County, SDSD5,278418−31%

32Moody County, SDSD6,632378−35%

33Gregory County, SDSD4,037362−26%

34Haakon County, SDSD1,802348−5%

35Hamlin County, SDSD6,900334−5%

36Perkins County, SDSD2,853327+26%

37Lyman County, SDSD3,694296−14%

38Hand County, SDSD3,121290−44%

39Sanborn County, SDSD2,388286−1%

40Clark County, SDSD4,031285−21%

41Faulk County, SDSD2,178276+21%

42Hanson County, SDSD3,456269−27%

43Day County, SDSD5,484251−50%

44Jackson County, SDSD2,666250−32%

45Marshall County, SDSD4,426229−15%

46Dewey County, SDSD5,419225−35%

47Stanley County, SDSD3,018222−39%

48Jerauld County, SDSD1,654219+58%

49Miner County, SDSD2,281211−30%

50McPherson County, SDSD2,347202+84%

51Deuel County, SDSD4,408199−43%

52Corson County, SDSD3,781196+20%

53Todd County, SDSD8,863193+18%

54Ziebach County, SDSD2,389191+1%

55Aurora County, SDSD2,801181−24%

56Douglas County, SDSD2,888178+6%

57Potter County, SDSD2,377165−38%

58Hyde County, SDSD1,191143−33%

59Sully County, SDSD1,479143−26%

60Harding County, SDSD1,331126−45%

61Bennett County, SDSD3,307110+55%

62Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33884–

63Mellette County, SDSD2,13738−78%

64Jones County, SDSD91335−80%

65Campbell County, SDSD1,37711−90%

66Buffalo County, SDSD1,8027−67%

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