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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 10.22K people in South Dakota with Scottish ancestry (1.16% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Jones County had the highest percentage of its population with Scottish ancestry (3.71%), followed by Jerauld County (3.26%), and Sully County (3.21%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Scottish 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 Scottish Ancestry in 2021
Jones County
Jerauld County
Sully County
Haakon County
Lawrence County
Custer County
Faulk County
Walworth County
Pennington County
Harding County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Scottish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Jones County 3.71
2 Jerauld County 3.26
3 Sully County 3.21
4 Haakon County 3.05
5 Lawrence County 2.45
6 Custer County 2.33
7 Faulk County 2.27
8 Walworth County 2.26
9 Pennington County 2.23
10 Harding County 2.04
11 Meade County 1.94
12 Stanley County 1.92
13 Fall River County 1.81
14 Perkins County 1.71
15 Brown County 1.67
16 Hand County 1.60
17 Deuel County 1.59
18 Davison County 1.57
19 Campbell County 1.49
20 Sanborn County 1.43
21 Butte County 1.29
21 Roberts County 1.29
22 Bon Homme County 1.23
23 Moody County 1.17
24 Clay County 1.09
25 Union County 1.07
26 Minnehaha County 1.03
27 Hamlin County 0.98
28 Tripp County 0.96
29 Jackson County 0.94
30 Codington County 0.92
30 Gregory County 0.92
31 Lake County 0.90
32 Hughes County 0.72
33 Aurora County 0.64
34 Brookings County 0.63
35 Clark County 0.61
36 Lincoln County 0.60
37 Hyde County 0.58
38 Bennett County 0.56
38 Day County 0.56
39 Edmunds County 0.55
40 Kingsbury County 0.53
40 Todd County 0.53
41 Beadle County 0.51
41 Lyman County 0.51
42 Grant County 0.49
42 McPherson County 0.49
43 Brule County 0.48
44 Spink County 0.44
45 McCook County 0.41
45 Turner County 0.41
46 Hanson County 0.38
47 Buffalo County 0.36
48 Hutchinson County 0.32
49 Yankton County 0.25
50 Charles Mix County 0.21
51 Corson County 0.15
52 Miner County 0.13
53 Oglala Lakota County 0.11
54 Marshall County 0.05
55 Dewey County 0.04
55 Douglas County 0.04