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Largest Portuguese population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Portuguese 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 27 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 27 is 10. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lincoln County, SD, up 10 places to #3.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Portuguese population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE POPULATIONVS 2010
01▲1Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691213+103%
02▲5Beadle County, SDSD19,624104+1980%
03▲10Lincoln County, SDSD77,14593+1760%
04▼3Pennington County, SDSD116,79277−61%
05▼1Spink County, SDSD6,15548+45%
06▼3Brown County, SDSD37,56140+14%
07Fall River County, SDSD7,46726–
08Custer County, SDSD9,43125−42%
09Brule County, SDSD5,27821–
10▲9Hamlin County, SDSD6,90019–
11Hand County, SDSD3,12118–
12▲10Deuel County, SDSD4,40813–
13Hughes County, SDSD17,57010+100%
14Sully County, SDSD1,47910–
15▼10Brookings County, SDSD37,6358−74%
17▼7Lawrence County, SDSD29,4596–
18Day County, SDSD5,4845+150%
20Aurora County, SDSD2,8013–
21Gregory County, SDSD4,0373–
22▼7Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442−89%
23Douglas County, SDSD2,8882–
24▼3Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2842–
25▼1Turner County, SDSD9,3142−33%
26Yankton County, SDSD23,6352–
27▼4Roberts County, SDSD10,2551–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES