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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 57.92K people in South Dakota with English ancestry. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest population with English ancestry (11.96K), followed by Pennington County (10.60K), and Lincoln County (4.02K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with English 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 English Ancestry in 2021
Minnehaha County
Pennington County
Lincoln County
Brookings County
Meade County
Lawrence County
Brown County
Codington County
Butte County
Hughes County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 Minnehaha County 11958
2 Pennington County 10597
3 Lincoln County 4023
4 Brookings County 2676
5 Meade County 2313
6 Lawrence County 2264
7 Brown County 2116
8 Codington County 1465
9 Butte County 1423
10 Hughes County 1411
11 Davison County 1289
12 Beadle County 1282
13 Yankton County 1250
14 Union County 1173
15 Clay County 1062
16 Fall River County 926
17 Custer County 855
18 Lake County 727
19 Spink County 649
20 Moody County 371
21 Turner County 358
22 Hand County 355
22 Tripp County 355
23 Hamlin County 337
24 Grant County 335
25 Clark County 324
26 Roberts County 314
27 Bon Homme County 313
28 Kingsbury County 279
29 McCook County 269
30 Brule County 268
31 Day County 244
32 Edmunds County 240
33 Gregory County 236
34 Perkins County 226
35 Walworth County 218
36 Deuel County 213
37 Charles Mix County 207
38 Bennett County 206
39 Stanley County 176
40 Sanborn County 170
40 Sully County 170
41 Aurora County 166
42 Potter County 162
43 Hutchinson County 148
44 Jerauld County 142
45 Hanson County 140
46 Faulk County 136
47 Jackson County 122
48 Miner County 121
49 Marshall County 119
50 McPherson County 114
51 Lyman County 111
52 Hyde County 105
53 Haakon County 95
54 Harding County 89
54 Mellette County 89
55 Jones County 83
56 Douglas County 63
57 Dewey County 54
57 Todd County 54
57 Ziebach County 54
58 Oglala Lakota County 40
59 Campbell County 33
60 Corson County 30
61 Buffalo County 10