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Largest South American population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are South American origin, 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 17 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSOUTH AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Pennington County, SDSD116,792344+99%

02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691264+100%

03Yankton County, SDSD23,635141–

04Brookings County, SDSD37,635130–

05Beadle County, SDSD19,62460+22%

06Brown County, SDSD37,56148–

07Clay County, SDSD15,03133–

08Potter County, SDSD2,37729–

09Lincoln County, SDSD77,14528−79%

10Meade County, SDSD30,71121+5%

11Miner County, SDSD2,28115–

12Lawrence County, SDSD29,4599+0%

13Roberts County, SDSD10,2558–

14Union County, SDSD17,4026−57%

15Spink County, SDSD6,1554–

16Lake County, SDSD10,9933−63%

17Moody County, SDSD6,6321–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS