Day County, SD Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 5.49K Day County, SD population, 2.10K had German ancestry (38.25%), 1.44K had Norwegian ancestry (26.30%), and 963 had Other Groups ancestry (17.55%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

You can see similar information for other South Dakota counties, and for South Dakota.

Day County, SD Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Norwegian
Other Groups
Polish
Unclassified
Irish
English
American
French (except Basque)
Dutch
Day County, SD Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 2099 38.25
Norwegian 1443 26.30
Other Groups 963 17.55
Polish 754 13.74
Unclassified 629 11.46
Irish 315 5.74
English 244 4.45
American 144 2.62
French (except Basque) 111 2.02
Dutch 101 1.84
Scandinavian 99 1.80
Swedish 98 1.79
Danish 60 1.09
French Canadian 55 1.00
Russian 53 0.97
Czech 49 0.89
Greek 39 0.71
Scottish 31 0.56
Subsaharan African 30 0.55
European 26 0.47
Romanian 25 0.46
Finnish 23 0.42
British 22 0.40
Scotch Irish 22 0.40
African 22 0.40
Italian 20 0.36
Welsh 20 0.36
Eastern European 18 0.33
Austrian 9 0.16
Czechoslovakian 8 0.15
South African 8 0.15
Yugoslavian 6 0.11
Pennsylvania German 5 0.09
Hungarian 3 0.06