Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 38.54K people in South Dakota with American ancestry (4.37% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Jerauld County had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (14.30%), followed by Sanborn County (13.71%), and Hanson County (11.02%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having American ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in South Dakota.
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Related Topics: South Dakota ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerauld County | 14.30 |
| 2 | Sanborn County | 13.71 |
| 3 | Hanson County | 11.02 |
| 4 | Aurora County | 9.40 |
| 5 | Perkins County | 9.24 |
| 6 | Miner County | 9.20 |
| 7 | Brule County | 8.69 |
| 8 | Stanley County | 8.51 |
| 9 | Davison County | 8.31 |
| 10 | Moody County | 7.78 |
| 11 | McCook County | 7.54 |
| 11 | Ziebach County | 7.54 |
| 12 | Turner County | 7.02 |
| 13 | Charles Mix County | 7.01 |
| 14 | Sully County | 6.57 |
| 15 | Buffalo County | 6.28 |
| 16 | Lake County | 6.11 |
| 17 | Lyman County | 5.90 |
| 18 | Spink County | 5.84 |
| 19 | Meade County | 5.63 |
| 20 | Hyde County | 5.43 |
| 21 | Hutchinson County | 5.21 |
| 22 | Fall River County | 5.17 |
| 23 | Minnehaha County | 5.13 |
| 24 | Haakon County | 5.03 |
| 25 | Harding County | 5.00 |
| 26 | Union County | 4.96 |
| 27 | Beadle County | 4.94 |
| 27 | Potter County | 4.94 |
| 28 | Lincoln County | 4.87 |
| 29 | Faulk County | 4.50 |
| 30 | Corson County | 4.39 |
| 31 | Hand County | 4.35 |
| 32 | Jones County | 4.26 |
| 32 | Tripp County | 4.26 |
| 33 | Marshall County | 4.21 |
| 34 | Douglas County | 3.98 |
| 35 | Butte County | 3.89 |
| 36 | Pennington County | 3.85 |
| 37 | Brown County | 3.82 |
| 38 | Codington County | 3.63 |
| 39 | Dewey County | 3.58 |
| 40 | Deuel County | 3.34 |
| 41 | Lawrence County | 3.24 |
| 42 | Custer County | 3.23 |
| 43 | Hamlin County | 3.10 |
| 44 | Edmunds County | 3.05 |
| 45 | Gregory County | 2.90 |
| 46 | Kingsbury County | 2.85 |
| 47 | Bon Homme County | 2.74 |
| 48 | Clay County | 2.65 |
| 49 | Day County | 2.62 |
| 50 | Grant County | 2.58 |
| 51 | Walworth County | 2.20 |
| 52 | Yankton County | 2.19 |
| 53 | Hughes County | 2.14 |
| 54 | Campbell County | 2.00 |
| 55 | Clark County | 1.87 |
| 56 | Bennett County | 1.85 |
| 57 | Brookings County | 1.82 |
| 58 | McPherson County | 1.74 |
| 59 | Jackson County | 1.33 |
| 60 | Roberts County | 1.26 |
| 61 | Mellette County | 0.63 |
| 62 | Oglala Lakota County | 0.17 |