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Largest Scottish population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish 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 62 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Pennington County, SDSD116,7922,755+28%

02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6911,732−0%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,145638+9%

04Lawrence County, SDSD29,459526+3%

05Meade County, SDSD30,711500−30%

06Davison County, SDSD20,069392+96%

07Brown County, SDSD37,561388+1%

08Brookings County, SDSD37,635379+6%

09Custer County, SDSD9,431320+85%

10Union County, SDSD17,402237−23%

11Clay County, SDSD15,031233+17%

12Yankton County, SDSD23,635229−27%

13Fall River County, SDSD7,467192−27%

14Butte County, SDSD10,856152+9%

15Codington County, SDSD29,562139−1%

16Beadle County, SDSD19,624127−19%

17Brule County, SDSD5,278117+77%

18Hughes County, SDSD17,570105−50%

19Grant County, SDSD7,53494+169%

20Lake County, SDSD10,99393−47%

21Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24489+230%

22Deuel County, SDSD4,40881+113%

23Perkins County, SDSD2,85380+515%

24Moody County, SDSD6,63266−63%

25Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41359+11%

26Gregory County, SDSD4,03755+41%

27Turner County, SDSD9,31451−45%

28Walworth County, SDSD5,21750+178%

29McCook County, SDSD5,96439−28%

30Clark County, SDSD4,03138+31%

31Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30332−9%

32Stanley County, SDSD3,01831−3%

33Hand County, SDSD3,12128−69%

34Jackson County, SDSD2,66628+100%

35Spink County, SDSD6,15528−53%

36Roberts County, SDSD10,25526−68%

37Edmunds County, SDSD4,02225+525%

38Hanson County, SDSD3,45623+77%

39Day County, SDSD5,48419−14%

40Haakon County, SDSD1,80218−53%

41Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28416−73%

42Aurora County, SDSD2,80115−32%

43Bennett County, SDSD3,30715–

44Faulk County, SDSD2,17815−66%

45Marshall County, SDSD4,42615+200%

46Corson County, SDSD3,78114+133%

47Sully County, SDSD1,47914+27%

48Tripp County, SDSD5,70813−84%

49Ziebach County, SDSD2,38913+333%

50Harding County, SDSD1,33112−56%

51Potter County, SDSD2,37712+50%

52McPherson County, SDSD2,34711−75%

53Dewey County, SDSD5,4199+50%

54Lyman County, SDSD3,6949−72%

55Campbell County, SDSD1,3778−64%

56Hamlin County, SDSD6,9007−79%

57Hyde County, SDSD1,1915−90%

58Todd County, SDSD8,8635−87%

59Sanborn County, SDSD2,3884−50%

60Jerauld County, SDSD1,6543−70%

61Jones County, SDSD9133−86%

62Miner County, SDSD2,2812−88%

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES