South Dakota Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of South Dakota was 33,705, which was 3.82% of the population of South Dakota.
The highest percentage of the South Dakota foreign-born population where born in Mexico (10.76%), followed by Ethiopia (7.24%), and Guatemala (6.52%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the South Dakota Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total South Dakota foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the South Dakota foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: South Dakota ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
South Dakota Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Mexico | 3628 | 10.76 |
| Ethiopia | 2441 | 7.24 |
| Guatemala | 2198 | 6.52 |
| Philippines | 1701 | 5.05 |
| El Salvador | 1402 | 4.16 |
| Ukraine | 1331 | 3.95 |
| India | 1229 | 3.65 |
| China | 1146 | 3.40 |
| Eritrea | 1127 | 3.34 |
| Canada | 1101 | 3.27 |
| Korea | 1001 | 2.97 |
| Nepal | 970 | 2.88 |
| Liberia | 897 | 2.66 |
| Thailand | 864 | 2.56 |
| Burma | 840 | 2.49 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 835 | 2.48 |
| Germany | 624 | 1.85 |
| Somalia | 421 | 1.25 |
| England | 396 | 1.18 |
| Japan | 384 | 1.14 |
| Iraq | 346 | 1.03 |
| Vietnam | 319 | 0.95 |
| Honduras | 305 | 0.91 |
| Dominican Republic | 298 | 0.88 |
| Laos | 288 | 0.85 |
| Congo | 288 | 0.85 |
| Sudan | 281 | 0.83 |
| Russia | 259 | 0.77 |
| Egypt | 217 | 0.64 |
| Cuba | 189 | 0.56 |
| Kenya | 186 | 0.55 |
| Jamaica | 163 | 0.48 |
| Cambodia | 162 | 0.48 |
| Pakistan | 159 | 0.47 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 156 | 0.46 |
| Croatia | 149 | 0.44 |
| Colombia | 142 | 0.42 |
| Nigeria | 124 | 0.37 |
| Netherlands | 120 | 0.36 |
| Afghanistan | 117 | 0.35 |
| Ghana | 117 | 0.35 |
| Belarus | 115 | 0.34 |
| Peru | 104 | 0.31 |
| Romania | 98 | 0.29 |
| Ecuador | 95 | 0.28 |
| Spain | 94 | 0.28 |
| Lebanon | 94 | 0.28 |
| Panama | 93 | 0.28 |
| Haiti | 91 | 0.27 |
| France | 90 | 0.27 |
| Nicaragua | 88 | 0.26 |
| Brazil | 82 | 0.24 |
| Poland | 72 | 0.21 |
| Uganda | 71 | 0.21 |
| Chile | 69 | 0.21 |
| Iran | 53 | 0.16 |
| Turkey | 44 | 0.13 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 0.13 |
| Morocco | 41 | 0.12 |
| Argentina | 36 | 0.11 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 0.10 |
| Moldova | 35 | 0.10 |
| Australia | 33 | 0.10 |
| Sweden | 31 | 0.09 |
| Scotland | 31 | 0.09 |
| Belize | 31 | 0.09 |
| Israel | 29 | 0.09 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 0.08 |
| Singapore | 27 | 0.08 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 0.08 |
| Hong Kong | 26 | 0.08 |
| Italy | 24 | 0.07 |
| Syria | 23 | 0.07 |
| Denmark | 22 | 0.07 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 0.06 |
| Norway | 20 | 0.06 |
| Bangladesh | 20 | 0.06 |
| Serbia | 19 | 0.06 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 0.06 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 0.05 |
| Czechoslovakia | 16 | 0.05 |
| Lithuania | 16 | 0.05 |
| Uzbekistan | 16 | 0.05 |
| Jordan | 14 | 0.04 |
| Hungary | 13 | 0.04 |
| Costa Rica | 13 | 0.04 |
| Austria | 12 | 0.04 |
| Greece | 12 | 0.04 |
| Latvia | 7 | 0.02 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 0.02 |
| Albania | 6 | 0.02 |
| Sierra Leone | 5 | 0.02 |
| Belgium | 4 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 4 | 0.01 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0.01 |
| Armenia | 2 | 0.01 |