Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population with Dutch Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 36.77K people in South Dakota with Dutch ancestry. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest population with Dutch ancestry (12.24K), followed by Lincoln County (4.13K), and Pennington County (2.45K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with Dutch ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in South Dakota.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population with Dutch Ancestry in 2021
Minnehaha County
Lincoln County
Pennington County
Brookings County
Davison County
Charles Mix County
Meade County
Union County
Codington County
Yankton County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population with Dutch Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 Minnehaha County 12238
2 Lincoln County 4127
3 Pennington County 2452
4 Brookings County 1779
5 Davison County 1397
6 Charles Mix County 824
7 Meade County 780
8 Union County 739
9 Codington County 736
10 Yankton County 663
11 Douglas County 632
12 Brown County 630
13 Hughes County 593
14 Turner County 592
15 Bon Homme County 579
16 Lawrence County 566
17 Lake County 536
18 Beadle County 464
19 Hamlin County 442
20 Clay County 431
21 McCook County 425
22 Moody County 415
23 Custer County 390
24 Aurora County 333
25 Campbell County 311
26 Grant County 298
27 Walworth County 274
28 Brule County 247
28 Hutchinson County 247
29 Kingsbury County 216
30 Fall River County 215
31 Clark County 211
32 Deuel County 179
33 Tripp County 161
34 Roberts County 145
35 Butte County 126
36 Hand County 116
37 Hanson County 102
38 Day County 101
39 Marshall County 93
40 Jones County 92
41 Sanborn County 87
42 Jackson County 85
43 Lyman County 84
44 Edmunds County 79
44 Gregory County 79
45 Spink County 68
46 McPherson County 58
47 Stanley County 44
48 Harding County 36
48 Perkins County 36
49 Hyde County 31
49 Potter County 31
50 Todd County 24
51 Bennett County 23
52 Dewey County 22
53 Miner County 20
54 Jerauld County 15
55 Faulk County 11
56 Haakon County 9
57 Corson County 8
58 Buffalo County 7
59 Mellette County 4
59 Oglala Lakota County 4
59 Sully County 4
60 Ziebach County 2