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Largest Welsh population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Welsh 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 55 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 55 is 21. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Edmunds County, SD, up 37 places to #20.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Welsh population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPWELSH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Pennington County, SDSD116,792880+49%
02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691799+21%
03▲1Lawrence County, SDSD29,459173−59%
04▼1Meade County, SDSD30,711168−4%
05Brookings County, SDSD37,635137−5%
06▲5Lake County, SDSD10,993129+115%
07▲8Clay County, SDSD15,031115+51%
08▲1Beadle County, SDSD19,62492−49%
09▼2Yankton County, SDSD23,63590−13%
10▼2Codington County, SDSD29,56289+13%
11▲11Union County, SDSD17,40280−9%
12Hughes County, SDSD17,57074+32%
13▼7Brown County, SDSD37,56172−67%
14▼4Lincoln County, SDSD77,14569−50%
15▲1Haakon County, SDSD1,80267+253%
16▲7Custer County, SDSD9,43152−50%
17Deuel County, SDSD4,40841+28%
18▲11Faulk County, SDSD2,17838+36%
19▲9Day County, SDSD5,48436+350%
20▲37Edmunds County, SDSD4,02233−60%
21▼1Davison County, SDSD20,06931−60%
22▼4Walworth County, SDSD5,21730+58%
23▼4Spink County, SDSD6,15526+18%
24▼11Fall River County, SDSD7,46724−8%
25▲2Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24422–
26▲10Miner County, SDSD2,28122−29%
27▼1Hanson County, SDSD3,45621+110%
28▲7Todd County, SDSD8,86321–
29▲8McCook County, SDSD5,96420−43%
30Lyman County, SDSD3,69416−33%
31▲23Roberts County, SDSD10,25516−16%
32▼1Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30315−64%
33▲15Campbell County, SDSD1,37714–
34Tripp County, SDSD5,70813–
35▲8Brule County, SDSD5,27811+57%
36▼22Butte County, SDSD10,85611−39%
37▲7Hand County, SDSD3,12110−33%
38▼5Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28410−64%
39▼15Marshall County, SDSD4,4269−74%
40▼15Potter County, SDSD2,3779+200%
41▲8Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4138–
42▼1Moody County, SDSD6,6328−64%
43▼9Stanley County, SDSD3,0188−83%
44▼2Turner County, SDSD9,3148−78%
45▼5Bennett County, SDSD3,3076–
46▲6Grant County, SDSD7,5346−14%
47▼26Perkins County, SDSD2,8536−40%
48▼2Sanborn County, SDSD2,3886−14%
49▼10Gregory County, SDSD4,0375−62%
50▼5Harding County, SDSD1,3313–
51▲9Ziebach County, SDSD2,3893–
52▲3Hamlin County, SDSD6,9002–
53▼15Aurora County, SDSD2,8012−33%
54▲4Buffalo County, SDSD1,8021−97%
55McPherson County, SDSD2,3471−86%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES