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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.20K people in South Dakota with Eastern European ancestry (0.14% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Tripp County had the highest percentage of its population with Eastern European ancestry (0.91%), followed by Butte County (0.69%), and Meade County (0.55%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Eastern European 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 Eastern European Ancestry in 2021
Tripp County
Butte County
Meade County
Kingsbury County
Bon Homme County
Day County
Pennington County
Charles Mix County
Lincoln County
Turner County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Eastern European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Tripp County 0.91
2 Butte County 0.69
3 Meade County 0.55
4 Kingsbury County 0.51
5 Bon Homme County 0.34
6 Day County 0.33
7 Pennington County 0.32
8 Charles Mix County 0.30
9 Lincoln County 0.26
10 Turner County 0.22
11 Lake County 0.19
11 Lawrence County 0.19
12 Gregory County 0.18
12 McPherson County 0.18
13 Custer County 0.17
13 Oglala Lakota County 0.17
14 Hanson County 0.12
15 Hamlin County 0.11
15 Moody County 0.11
16 Marshall County 0.09
17 Union County 0.08
18 Brookings County 0.06
18 Minnehaha County 0.06
19 Hutchinson County 0.04
20 Beadle County 0.01
20 Yankton County 0.01