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Largest Scottish population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 64 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 64 is 48.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Pennington County, SDSD116,7922,510+17%

02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6911,937+11%

03Meade County, SDSD30,711634−11%

04Brown County, SDSD37,561616+60%

05Lawrence County, SDSD29,459607+19%

06Lincoln County, SDSD77,145483−18%

07Brookings County, SDSD37,635350−2%

08Codington County, SDSD29,562284+101%

09Clay County, SDSD15,031248+24%

10Davison County, SDSD20,069221+11%

11Custer County, SDSD9,431206+19%

12Butte County, SDSD10,856173+24%

13Union County, SDSD17,402146−52%

14Roberts County, SDSD10,255135+65%

15Fall River County, SDSD7,467132−50%

16Lake County, SDSD10,993132−25%

17Hughes County, SDSD17,570127−40%

18Walworth County, SDSD5,217121+572%

19Beadle County, SDSD19,62496−38%

20Yankton County, SDSD23,63596−69%

21Hamlin County, SDSD6,90086+161%

22Moody County, SDSD6,63283−54%

23Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24474+174%

24Jerauld County, SDSD1,65470+600%

25Tripp County, SDSD5,70870−14%

26Todd County, SDSD8,86363+62%

27Stanley County, SDSD3,01860+88%

28Sully County, SDSD1,47959+436%

29Faulk County, SDSD2,17856+27%

30Haakon County, SDSD1,80253+39%

31Perkins County, SDSD2,85352+300%

32Spink County, SDSD6,15548−20%

33Edmunds County, SDSD4,02242+950%

34Turner County, SDSD9,31442−54%

35Hand County, SDSD3,12141−54%

36Deuel County, SDSD4,40834−11%

37McCook County, SDSD5,96432−41%

38Gregory County, SDSD4,03731−21%

39Sanborn County, SDSD2,38831+288%

40Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30329−17%

41Day County, SDSD5,48428+27%

42Jackson County, SDSD2,66628+100%

43Campbell County, SDSD1,37725+14%

44Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28423−62%

45Brule County, SDSD5,27822−67%

46Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41322−58%

47Grant County, SDSD7,53420−43%

48Marshall County, SDSD4,42619+280%

49Lyman County, SDSD3,69418−44%

50Clark County, SDSD4,03117−41%

51Jones County, SDSD91317−23%

52Bennett County, SDSD3,30715–

53Harding County, SDSD1,33115−44%

54Aurora County, SDSD2,80114−36%

55Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33812–

56Corson County, SDSD3,78110+67%

57Hyde County, SDSD1,1919−82%

58Buffalo County, SDSD1,8027–

59Dewey County, SDSD5,4197+17%

60McPherson County, SDSD2,3477−84%

61Hanson County, SDSD3,4565−62%

62Miner County, SDSD2,2812−88%

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,3892−33%

64Douglas County, SDSD2,8881−90%

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