Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 10.97K people in South Dakota with European ancestry (1.24% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Sully County had the highest percentage of its population with European ancestry (5.16%), followed by Butte County (5.04%), and Custer County (3.13%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having European 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 European Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sully County | 5.16 |
| 2 | Butte County | 5.04 |
| 3 | Custer County | 3.13 |
| 4 | Haakon County | 2.78 |
| 5 | Meade County | 2.50 |
| 6 | Hyde County | 2.46 |
| 7 | Stanley County | 2.19 |
| 8 | Hutchinson County | 1.93 |
| 9 | Lawrence County | 1.88 |
| 10 | Jones County | 1.86 |
| 10 | Pennington County | 1.86 |
| 11 | Charles Mix County | 1.79 |
| 12 | Mellette County | 1.67 |
| 13 | Jerauld County | 1.66 |
| 14 | Hand County | 1.57 |
| 15 | Davison County | 1.55 |
| 16 | Minnehaha County | 1.32 |
| 17 | Bennett County | 1.26 |
| 18 | Union County | 1.21 |
| 19 | Fall River County | 1.20 |
| 20 | Aurora County | 1.17 |
| 20 | Hughes County | 1.17 |
| 21 | Beadle County | 1.16 |
| 22 | Lyman County | 1.15 |
| 23 | Brule County | 1.14 |
| 24 | Kingsbury County | 1.09 |
| 24 | McCook County | 1.09 |
| 25 | Deuel County | 1.00 |
| 26 | Clay County | 0.99 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 0.99 |
| 27 | Jackson County | 0.98 |
| 28 | Brookings County | 0.92 |
| 29 | Hamlin County | 0.88 |
| 30 | Perkins County | 0.87 |
| 31 | Clark County | 0.84 |
| 31 | Sanborn County | 0.84 |
| 32 | Turner County | 0.81 |
| 33 | Tripp County | 0.78 |
| 34 | Marshall County | 0.76 |
| 35 | Grant County | 0.73 |
| 36 | Todd County | 0.68 |
| 37 | Campbell County | 0.65 |
| 38 | Codington County | 0.63 |
| 39 | Brown County | 0.61 |
| 40 | Spink County | 0.58 |
| 41 | Douglas County | 0.56 |
| 42 | Yankton County | 0.52 |
| 43 | Bon Homme County | 0.51 |
| 44 | Moody County | 0.49 |
| 45 | Gregory County | 0.48 |
| 46 | Day County | 0.47 |
| 47 | Faulk County | 0.42 |
| 47 | Lake County | 0.42 |
| 48 | Buffalo County | 0.41 |
| 49 | Roberts County | 0.26 |
| 50 | Edmunds County | 0.23 |
| 51 | Walworth County | 0.19 |
| 52 | Oglala Lakota County | 0.17 |
| 53 | Dewey County | 0.15 |
| 54 | McPherson County | 0.13 |
| 55 | Hanson County | 0.12 |
| 55 | Ziebach County | 0.12 |
| 56 | Miner County | 0.04 |