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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.46K people in South Dakota with Northern European ancestry (0.17% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Spink County had the highest percentage of its population with Northern European ancestry (0.59%), followed by Brookings County (0.52%), and Lawrence County (0.47%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Northern European 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 Northern European Ancestry in 2021
Spink County
Brookings County
Lawrence County
Grant County
Union County
Hyde County
Lincoln County
Pennington County
Marshall County
Fall River County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Northern European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Spink County 0.59
2 Brookings County 0.52
3 Lawrence County 0.47
4 Grant County 0.40
5 Union County 0.37
6 Hyde County 0.36
7 Lincoln County 0.34
8 Pennington County 0.28
9 Marshall County 0.27
10 Fall River County 0.24
10 Hughes County 0.24
11 Jerauld County 0.22
11 Todd County 0.22
12 Potter County 0.19
13 Codington County 0.16
14 Hanson County 0.15
15 Minnehaha County 0.14
15 Turner County 0.14
16 Edmunds County 0.13
16 Gregory County 0.13
17 Yankton County 0.10
18 Clay County 0.09
19 Aurora County 0.08
20 Kingsbury County 0.06
20 Walworth County 0.06
21 Brown County 0.05
22 Hamlin County 0.03
23 Beadle County 0.02
23 Charles Mix County 0.02
23 Lake County 0.02