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Largest Scottish population, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish ancestry, from the 2010 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 63 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 63 is 39.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS –

01Pennington County, SDSD116,7922,153–

02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6911,739–

03Meade County, SDSD30,711711–

04Lincoln County, SDSD77,145587–

05Lawrence County, SDSD29,459509–

06Brown County, SDSD37,561386–

07Brookings County, SDSD37,635356–

08Yankton County, SDSD23,635312–

09Union County, SDSD17,402307–

10Fall River County, SDSD7,467264–

11Hughes County, SDSD17,570212–

12Clay County, SDSD15,031200–

13Davison County, SDSD20,069200–

14Moody County, SDSD6,632179–

15Lake County, SDSD10,993176–

16Custer County, SDSD9,431173–

17Beadle County, SDSD19,624156–

18Codington County, SDSD29,562141–

19Butte County, SDSD10,856139–

20Turner County, SDSD9,31492–

21Hand County, SDSD3,12190–

22Roberts County, SDSD10,25582–

23Tripp County, SDSD5,70881–

24Brule County, SDSD5,27866–

25Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28460–

26Spink County, SDSD6,15560–

27McCook County, SDSD5,96454–

28Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41353–

29Hyde County, SDSD1,19150–

30Faulk County, SDSD2,17844–

31McPherson County, SDSD2,34744–

32Gregory County, SDSD4,03739–

33Todd County, SDSD8,86339–

34Deuel County, SDSD4,40838–

35Haakon County, SDSD1,80238–

36Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30335–

37Grant County, SDSD7,53435–

38Hamlin County, SDSD6,90033–

39Lyman County, SDSD3,69432–

40Stanley County, SDSD3,01832–

41Clark County, SDSD4,03129–

42Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24427–

43Harding County, SDSD1,33127–

44Aurora County, SDSD2,80122–

45Campbell County, SDSD1,37722–

46Day County, SDSD5,48422–

47Jones County, SDSD91322–

48Walworth County, SDSD5,21718–

49Mellette County, SDSD2,13717–

50Miner County, SDSD2,28117–

51Jackson County, SDSD2,66614–

52Hanson County, SDSD3,45613–

53Perkins County, SDSD2,85313–

54Sully County, SDSD1,47911–

55Douglas County, SDSD2,88810–

56Jerauld County, SDSD1,65410–

57Potter County, SDSD2,3778–

58Sanborn County, SDSD2,3888–

59Corson County, SDSD3,7816–

60Dewey County, SDSD5,4196–

61Marshall County, SDSD4,4265–

62Edmunds County, SDSD4,0224–

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,3893–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS