Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 307.04K people in South Dakota with German ancestry (34.82% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Campbell County had the highest percentage of its population with German ancestry (67.44%), followed by Faulk County (60.27%), and Hutchinson County (59.65%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having German 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 German Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campbell County | 67.44 |
| 2 | Faulk County | 60.27 |
| 3 | Hutchinson County | 59.65 |
| 4 | McPherson County | 59.02 |
| 5 | Edmunds County | 57.35 |
| 6 | Grant County | 53.23 |
| 7 | Walworth County | 49.97 |
| 8 | McCook County | 48.73 |
| 9 | Sanborn County | 47.45 |
| 10 | Hyde County | 46.92 |
| 11 | Hand County | 46.88 |
| 12 | Hanson County | 44.42 |
| 13 | Brown County | 44.20 |
| 14 | Spink County | 44.05 |
| 15 | Deuel County | 43.54 |
| 16 | Gregory County | 42.93 |
| 17 | Potter County | 42.52 |
| 18 | Perkins County | 42.49 |
| 19 | Codington County | 41.88 |
| 20 | Aurora County | 41.79 |
| 21 | Turner County | 41.62 |
| 22 | Jerauld County | 41.58 |
| 23 | Lake County | 41.52 |
| 24 | Stanley County | 41.07 |
| 25 | Brookings County | 40.46 |
| 26 | Douglas County | 40.31 |
| 27 | Sully County | 39.72 |
| 28 | Clark County | 39.59 |
| 29 | Kingsbury County | 39.27 |
| 30 | Marshall County | 39.20 |
| 31 | Tripp County | 38.77 |
| 32 | Haakon County | 38.70 |
| 33 | Bon Homme County | 38.58 |
| 34 | Miner County | 38.38 |
| 35 | Day County | 38.25 |
| 36 | Davison County | 37.02 |
| 37 | Clay County | 36.52 |
| 38 | Yankton County | 36.00 |
| 39 | Fall River County | 35.94 |
| 40 | Beadle County | 35.87 |
| 41 | Hughes County | 35.67 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | 35.51 |
| 43 | Custer County | 34.90 |
| 44 | Minnehaha County | 34.36 |
| 45 | Lawrence County | 34.32 |
| 46 | Moody County | 32.79 |
| 47 | Meade County | 32.59 |
| 48 | Hamlin County | 31.09 |
| 49 | Union County | 30.84 |
| 50 | Pennington County | 30.33 |
| 51 | Brule County | 30.02 |
| 52 | Jones County | 27.51 |
| 53 | Harding County | 27.31 |
| 54 | Roberts County | 27.01 |
| 55 | Butte County | 26.76 |
| 56 | Lyman County | 23.65 |
| 57 | Charles Mix County | 23.57 |
| 58 | Bennett County | 18.56 |
| 59 | Corson County | 18.06 |
| 60 | Mellette County | 17.22 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 13.32 |
| 62 | Dewey County | 11.64 |
| 63 | Ziebach County | 10.81 |
| 64 | Buffalo County | 5.47 |
| 65 | Oglala Lakota County | 3.01 |
| 66 | Todd County | 2.89 |