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Largest Scotch-Irish population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-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 57 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 57 is 24. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Spink County, SD, up 31 places to #20.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Scotch-Irish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Pennington County, SDSD116,7921,038−50%
02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691796−37%
03Lawrence County, SDSD29,459424+27%
04▲7Clay County, SDSD15,031232−34%
05▼1Lincoln County, SDSD77,145185−32%
06Brookings County, SDSD37,635183−54%
07Fall River County, SDSD7,467166+4%
08▼3Davison County, SDSD20,069140+15%
09Meade County, SDSD30,711139−75%
10▼2Butte County, SDSD10,856112−76%
11▲8Union County, SDSD17,40290−47%
12Brown County, SDSD37,56183−78%
13▲2Yankton County, SDSD23,63575−60%
14▼1Hughes County, SDSD17,57063−74%
15▼1Moody County, SDSD6,63261+5%
16▲18Edmunds County, SDSD4,02260+94%
17▼1Beadle County, SDSD19,62458−21%
18▼8Codington County, SDSD29,56255−86%
19▲14Day County, SDSD5,48454+6%
20▲31Spink County, SDSD6,15554+315%
21▲3Lake County, SDSD10,99353+179%
22▲1Custer County, SDSD9,43149−73%
23▲17Lyman County, SDSD3,69448−14%
24▼2Perkins County, SDSD2,85347+2%
25▲12Roberts County, SDSD10,25531−56%
26▲31Dewey County, SDSD5,41930+1400%
27▲9McCook County, SDSD5,96429−19%
28▼2Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41328+8%
29▲9Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30324−63%
30▼3Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24422−61%
31▲10Tripp County, SDSD5,70821−90%
32▼11Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28419−76%
33▼1Turner County, SDSD9,31419−80%
34▼14Clark County, SDSD4,03115−63%
35▲19Potter County, SDSD2,37715+67%
36▼19Hamlin County, SDSD6,90014+27%
37▲7Deuel County, SDSD4,40814−58%
38▲22Ziebach County, SDSD2,38912+33%
39▲13Brule County, SDSD5,27811−79%
40▲9Faulk County, SDSD2,17810−82%
41▼13Gregory County, SDSD4,0377−85%
42▲4Aurora County, SDSD2,8016−68%
43▲13Corson County, SDSD3,7816−75%
44▲14McPherson County, SDSD2,3476–
45Mellette County, SDSD2,1376−40%
46▲15Campbell County, SDSD1,3775–
47▼18Hand County, SDSD3,1215−89%
48▼6Jerauld County, SDSD1,6545−92%
49▼19Walworth County, SDSD5,2175−92%
50▼7Grant County, SDSD7,5344−95%
51▲4Sanborn County, SDSD2,3884−89%
52▼13Hanson County, SDSD3,4563−77%
53Harding County, SDSD1,3313−93%
54▼9Douglas County, SDSD2,8881−96%
55▼24Haakon County, SDSD1,8021−97%
56Miner County, SDSD2,2811−94%
57▲5Todd County, SDSD8,8631−96%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES