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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 87.24K people in South Dakota with Irish ancestry (9.89% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Faulk County had the highest percentage of its population with Irish ancestry (17.71%), followed by Clay County (15.52%), and Custer County (15.23%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Irish 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 Irish Ancestry in 2021
Faulk County
Clay County
Custer County
Fall River County
Haakon County
Perkins County
Lawrence County
Spink County
Butte County
Meade County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Faulk County 17.71
2 Clay County 15.52
3 Custer County 15.23
4 Fall River County 14.95
5 Haakon County 14.62
6 Perkins County 13.97
7 Lawrence County 13.35
8 Spink County 12.77
9 Butte County 12.65
10 Meade County 12.32
11 Pennington County 11.91
12 Union County 11.84
13 Tripp County 11.75
14 Harding County 11.11
15 McCook County 11.06
16 Minnehaha County 10.90
17 Hughes County 10.78
17 Lake County 10.78
18 McPherson County 10.69
19 Kingsbury County 10.52
20 Codington County 10.32
21 Hand County 10.13
22 Yankton County 10.06
23 Brookings County 9.78
24 Jerauld County 9.72
25 Hyde County 9.63
26 Sully County 9.38
27 Lyman County 9.32
28 Lincoln County 9.26
29 Davison County 8.99
30 Jones County 8.73
31 Beadle County 8.61
32 Bon Homme County 8.49
33 Clark County 8.41
34 Turner County 8.35
35 Deuel County 8.03
36 Sanborn County 7.93
37 Brule County 7.68
38 Hanson County 7.61
39 Hutchinson County 7.54
40 Edmunds County 7.19
41 Charles Mix County 7.12
42 Grant County 7.11
43 Brown County 7.09
43 Marshall County 7.09
44 Douglas County 6.91
45 Gregory County 6.84
46 Stanley County 6.58
47 Miner County 6.45
48 Jackson County 6.42
49 Moody County 6.39
50 Potter County 6.20
51 Aurora County 5.74
51 Day County 5.74
52 Hamlin County 5.47
53 Bennett County 5.25
54 Walworth County 5.06
55 Ziebach County 4.96
56 Corson County 3.46
57 Roberts County 3.29
58 Campbell County 2.84
59 Mellette County 2.40
60 Dewey County 2.23
61 Oglala Lakota County 1.30
62 Todd County 1.07
63 Buffalo County 1.06