Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 159.50K people in South Dakota with Other Groups ancestry. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest population with Other Groups ancestry (28.80K), followed by Pennington County (22.35K), and Oglala Lakota County (12.53K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with Other Groups 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 Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Minnehaha County
Pennington County
Oglala Lakota County
Todd County
Lincoln County
Brown County
Beadle County
Meade County
Roberts County
Dewey County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 Minnehaha County 28799
2 Pennington County 22348
3 Oglala Lakota County 12532
4 Todd County 8659
5 Lincoln County 6585
6 Brown County 4981
7 Beadle County 4394
8 Meade County 4317
9 Roberts County 4283
10 Dewey County 4266
11 Brookings County 3880
12 Charles Mix County 3425
13 Lawrence County 3375
14 Corson County 2898
15 Codington County 2827
16 Hughes County 2785
17 Yankton County 2375
18 Bennett County 2188
19 Davison County 1960
20 Ziebach County 1950
21 Jackson County 1887
22 Union County 1838
23 Lyman County 1671
24 Buffalo County 1615
25 Clay County 1574
26 Moody County 1525
27 Lake County 1455
28 Fall River County 1393
29 Mellette County 1285
30 Butte County 1143
31 Tripp County 1074
32 Custer County 1048
33 Day County 963
34 Bon Homme County 955
35 Brule County 927
36 Grant County 878
37 Walworth County 843
38 Marshall County 743
39 Turner County 628
40 Gregory County 578
41 Hamlin County 527
42 Spink County 510
43 Kingsbury County 469
44 Hutchinson County 462
45 McCook County 418
46 Clark County 353
47 Aurora County 324
48 Stanley County 304
49 Deuel County 298
50 Perkins County 296
51 Douglas County 263
52 Potter County 262
53 Edmunds County 232
54 Sanborn County 212
55 Hanson County 201
56 Haakon County 185
57 Jerauld County 180
58 Miner County 177
59 Jones County 176
60 Hand County 151
61 McPherson County 142
62 Hyde County 128
63 Harding County 120
64 Faulk County 105
65 Campbell County 85
66 Sully County 71