Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Canadian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.08K people in South Dakota with Canadian ancestry (0.12% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Miner County had the highest percentage of its population with Canadian ancestry (1.40%), followed by Lake County (1.00%), and Custer County (0.92%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Canadian 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 Percentage of Population with Canadian Ancestry in 2021
Miner County
Lake County
Custer County
Butte County
Pennington County
Sanborn County
Bon Homme County
Hyde County
Turner County
Davison County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Canadian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Miner County 1.40
2 Lake County 1.00
3 Custer County 0.92
4 Butte County 0.48
5 Pennington County 0.30
5 Sanborn County 0.30
6 Bon Homme County 0.26
7 Hyde County 0.22
8 Turner County 0.19
9 Davison County 0.18
10 Union County 0.16
11 Kingsbury County 0.14
12 Meade County 0.13
12 Perkins County 0.13
13 Minnehaha County 0.11
14 Lawrence County 0.08
14 Lincoln County 0.08
14 Yankton County 0.08
15 Hamlin County 0.05
15 McCook County 0.05
16 Charles Mix County 0.03
16 Clark County 0.03
16 Spink County 0.03
17 Brookings County 0.02