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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 13.60K people in South Dakota with Polish ancestry (1.54% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Day County had the highest percentage of its population with Polish ancestry (13.74%), followed by Haakon County (3.48%), and Butte County (3.07%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Polish 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 Polish Ancestry in 2021
Day County
Haakon County
Butte County
Hamlin County
Hughes County
Roberts County
Edmunds County
Lawrence County
Custer County
Pennington County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Polish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Day County 13.74
2 Haakon County 3.48
3 Butte County 3.07
4 Hamlin County 2.47
5 Hughes County 2.39
6 Roberts County 2.36
7 Edmunds County 2.32
8 Lawrence County 2.30
9 Custer County 2.23
10 Pennington County 1.99
11 Brown County 1.94
12 Lincoln County 1.86
13 Fall River County 1.78
13 Meade County 1.78
14 Jerauld County 1.77
15 Codington County 1.70
16 Yankton County 1.67
17 Stanley County 1.62
18 Bennett County 1.55
19 Brookings County 1.47
20 Union County 1.44
21 Sanborn County 1.43
22 Hand County 1.41
23 Minnehaha County 1.32
24 Walworth County 1.29
25 Deuel County 1.26
26 Spink County 1.23
27 Charles Mix County 1.19
27 Clark County 1.19
28 Lyman County 1.15
29 Kingsbury County 1.11
30 Grant County 1.10
30 Sully County 1.10
31 Clay County 1.02
32 Campbell County 0.97
32 Davison County 0.97
33 Lake County 0.94
34 Gregory County 0.92
34 Miner County 0.92
35 Marshall County 0.89
36 Beadle County 0.87
37 Tripp County 0.84
38 Turner County 0.77
39 Aurora County 0.76
39 Harding County 0.76
40 McPherson County 0.71
41 Hanson County 0.64
42 Brule County 0.61
43 McCook County 0.48
44 Potter County 0.42
45 Bon Homme County 0.36
45 Hyde County 0.36
46 Dewey County 0.34
47 Hutchinson County 0.32
48 Moody County 0.27
49 Faulk County 0.19
50 Corson County 0.15
51 Douglas County 0.14
52 Perkins County 0.10
53 Ziebach County 0.08
54 Oglala Lakota County 0.06
55 Todd County 0.03