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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 3.56K people in South Dakota with French Canadian ancestry (0.40% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Stanley County had the highest percentage of its population with French Canadian ancestry (1.72%), followed by Tripp County (1.57%), and Lawrence County (1.51%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having French 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 French Canadian Ancestry in 2021
Stanley County
Tripp County
Lawrence County
Meade County
Jones County
Day County
Beadle County
Butte County
Gregory County
Davison County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with French Canadian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Stanley County 1.72
2 Tripp County 1.57
3 Lawrence County 1.51
4 Meade County 1.35
5 Jones County 1.31
6 Day County 1.00
7 Beadle County 0.94
8 Butte County 0.81
9 Gregory County 0.72
10 Davison County 0.67
11 Sanborn County 0.59
12 Moody County 0.58
13 Union County 0.54
14 Hamlin County 0.52
14 Hand County 0.52
15 Codington County 0.51
16 Kingsbury County 0.47
16 Sully County 0.47
17 Lyman County 0.43
17 Marshall County 0.43
18 Brookings County 0.40
19 Clay County 0.39
20 Jackson County 0.38
21 Pennington County 0.37
22 McPherson County 0.36
23 Charles Mix County 0.34
23 Harding County 0.34
24 Campbell County 0.32
25 Potter County 0.31
26 Walworth County 0.30
27 Brown County 0.29
28 Douglas County 0.28
28 Hutchinson County 0.28
28 Minnehaha County 0.28
29 Haakon County 0.27
30 Bon Homme County 0.26
31 Edmunds County 0.25
32 Deuel County 0.23
32 Faulk County 0.23
32 Lake County 0.23
33 Hyde County 0.22
33 Lincoln County 0.22
34 McCook County 0.21
34 Yankton County 0.21
35 Roberts County 0.19
36 Custer County 0.16
37 Spink County 0.13
38 Fall River County 0.12
38 Hughes County 0.12
39 Aurora County 0.11
39 Clark County 0.11
40 Perkins County 0.10
41 Grant County 0.08
42 Hanson County 0.06
43 Brule County 0.04
43 Dewey County 0.04