Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 18.86K people in South Dakota with French (except Basque) ancestry (2.14% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Union County had the highest percentage of its population with French (except Basque) ancestry (4.18%), followed by McCook County (3.88%), and Pennington County (3.55%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having French (except Basque) 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 French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union County | 4.18 |
| 2 | McCook County | 3.88 |
| 3 | Pennington County | 3.55 |
| 4 | Custer County | 3.51 |
| 5 | Davison County | 3.34 |
| 6 | Butte County | 3.23 |
| 7 | Lake County | 3.13 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 2.86 |
| 9 | Tripp County | 2.85 |
| 10 | Spink County | 2.81 |
| 11 | Beadle County | 2.70 |
| 12 | Oglala Lakota County | 2.69 |
| 13 | Bennett County | 2.67 |
| 14 | Hamlin County | 2.58 |
| 15 | Hughes County | 2.56 |
| 16 | Clark County | 2.51 |
| 17 | Lawrence County | 2.45 |
| 18 | Harding County | 2.38 |
| 19 | Potter County | 2.33 |
| 20 | Brown County | 2.29 |
| 21 | Clay County | 2.22 |
| 22 | Jones County | 2.07 |
| 23 | Hand County | 2.06 |
| 24 | Day County | 2.02 |
| 25 | Brookings County | 1.95 |
| 26 | Yankton County | 1.91 |
| 27 | Fall River County | 1.89 |
| 28 | Meade County | 1.85 |
| 29 | Minnehaha County | 1.83 |
| 30 | Gregory County | 1.72 |
| 31 | Hyde County | 1.67 |
| 32 | Jerauld County | 1.55 |
| 32 | Perkins County | 1.55 |
| 33 | Turner County | 1.53 |
| 34 | Charles Mix County | 1.52 |
| 34 | Sanborn County | 1.52 |
| 35 | Roberts County | 1.51 |
| 36 | Deuel County | 1.49 |
| 37 | Douglas County | 1.48 |
| 37 | Hutchinson County | 1.48 |
| 38 | Codington County | 1.46 |
| 39 | Walworth County | 1.42 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 1.34 |
| 41 | Bon Homme County | 1.31 |
| 42 | Stanley County | 1.28 |
| 43 | Edmunds County | 1.27 |
| 44 | Moody County | 1.26 |
| 45 | Hanson County | 1.20 |
| 45 | McPherson County | 1.20 |
| 46 | Brule County | 1.18 |
| 47 | Faulk County | 1.16 |
| 48 | Lyman County | 0.91 |
| 49 | Aurora County | 0.87 |
| 50 | Buffalo County | 0.86 |
| 51 | Miner County | 0.83 |
| 52 | Campbell County | 0.71 |
| 53 | Sully County | 0.70 |
| 54 | Grant County | 0.68 |
| 55 | Kingsbury County | 0.56 |
| 56 | Haakon County | 0.54 |
| 57 | Dewey County | 0.45 |
| 58 | Mellette County | 0.42 |
| 59 | Corson County | 0.33 |
| 60 | Marshall County | 0.30 |
| 61 | Todd County | 0.12 |