RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 62 SHOWN OF 62

Largest Scotch-Irish population, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish ancestry, from the 2023 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 62 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2000

01Pennington County, SDSD116,7922,070–

02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6911,255–

03Meade County, SDSD30,711557–

04Butte County, SDSD10,856474–

05Codington County, SDSD29,562397–

06Brookings County, SDSD37,635395–

07Brown County, SDSD37,561384–

08Clay County, SDSD15,031351–

09Lawrence County, SDSD29,459334–

10Lincoln County, SDSD77,145271–

11Hughes County, SDSD17,570246–

12Tripp County, SDSD5,708207–

13Yankton County, SDSD23,635187–

14Custer County, SDSD9,431181–

15Union County, SDSD17,402169–

16Fall River County, SDSD7,467160–

17Davison County, SDSD20,069122–

18Turner County, SDSD9,31493–

19Grant County, SDSD7,53486–

20Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28478–

21Beadle County, SDSD19,62473–

22Roberts County, SDSD10,25570–

23Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30364–

24Jerauld County, SDSD1,65463–

25Walworth County, SDSD5,21763–

26Moody County, SDSD6,63258–

27Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24456–

28Lyman County, SDSD3,69456–

29Faulk County, SDSD2,17855–

30Brule County, SDSD5,27852–

31Day County, SDSD5,48451–

32Gregory County, SDSD4,03748–

33Perkins County, SDSD2,85346–

34Hand County, SDSD3,12144–

35Clark County, SDSD4,03141–

36Harding County, SDSD1,33140–

37McCook County, SDSD5,96436–

38Sanborn County, SDSD2,38835–

39Deuel County, SDSD4,40833–

40Edmunds County, SDSD4,02231–

41Haakon County, SDSD1,80229–

42Marshall County, SDSD4,42628–

43Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41326–

44Todd County, SDSD8,86326–

45Corson County, SDSD3,78124–

46Douglas County, SDSD2,88823–

47Aurora County, SDSD2,80119–

48Jones County, SDSD91319–

49Lake County, SDSD10,99319–

50Stanley County, SDSD3,01819–

51Miner County, SDSD2,28118–

52Jackson County, SDSD2,66617–

53Hanson County, SDSD3,45613–

54Spink County, SDSD6,15513–

55Hamlin County, SDSD6,90011–

56Mellette County, SDSD2,13710–

57Hyde County, SDSD1,1919–

58Potter County, SDSD2,3779–

59Ziebach County, SDSD2,3899–

60Sully County, SDSD1,4797–

61Bennett County, SDSD3,3074–

62Dewey County, SDSD5,4192–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES