# Counties in South Dakota by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024

All 66 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `language_other_than_english_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Todd County | 39.2 |
| 2 | Mellette County | 19.1 |
| 3 | Beadle County | 19 |
| 4 | Ziebach County | 17.2 |
| 5 | McPherson County | 14.9 |
| 6 | Oglala Lakota County | 14.6 |
| 7 | Corson County | 13.7 |
| 8 | Bennett County | 12 |
| 9 | Grant County | 10.8 |
| 10 | Minnehaha County | 10.3 |
| 11 | Brookings County | 9.8 |
| 12 | Moody County | 7.2 |
| 13 | Aurora County | 7.1 |
| 14 | Charles Mix County | 6.8 |
| 15 | Clark County | 6.8 |
| 16 | Bon Homme County | 6.7 |
| 17 | Edmunds County | 6.6 |
| 18 | Brown County | 6.6 |
| 19 | Campbell County | 6.5 |
| 20 | Jones County | 6.3 |
| 21 | Faulk County | 6.2 |
| 22 | Dewey County | 6.1 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 5.9 |
| 24 | Hutchinson County | 5.9 |
| 25 | Lincoln County | 5.8 |
| 26 | Hamlin County | 5.7 |
| 27 | Sully County | 5.7 |
| 27 | Yankton County | 5.7 |
| 29 | Brule County | 5.6 |
| 30 | Custer County | 5.6 |
| 31 | Deuel County | 5.6 |
| 32 | Hanson County | 5.5 |
| 33 | Roberts County | 5.3 |
| 34 | Stanley County | 5.1 |
| 35 | Jackson County | 5 |
| 36 | Lake County | 5 |
| 37 | Sanborn County | 4.9 |
| 38 | Spink County | 4.8 |
| 39 | Lawrence County | 4.7 |
| 40 | Pennington County | 4.4 |
| 41 | Clay County | 4.2 |
| 42 | Fall River County | 4.1 |
| 43 | Douglas County | 4.1 |
| 44 | Hughes County | 4.1 |
| 45 | Walworth County | 3.9 |
| 46 | Day County | 3.9 |
| 47 | McCook County | 3.9 |
| 48 | Tripp County | 3.8 |
| 49 | Turner County | 3.8 |
| 50 | Lyman County | 3.7 |
| 51 | Hand County | 3.5 |
| 52 | Davison County | 3.4 |
| 53 | Meade County | 3.4 |
| 54 | Jerauld County | 3.3 |
| 55 | Union County | 3 |
| 56 | Codington County | 3 |
| 57 | Kingsbury County | 2.8 |
| 58 | Potter County | 2.8 |
| 59 | Harding County | 2.8 |
| 60 | Butte County | 2.7 |
| 61 | Gregory County | 2.1 |
| 62 | Miner County | 1.3 |
| 63 | Haakon County | 1 |
| 64 | Perkins County | 1 |
| 65 | Buffalo County | 0.9 |
| 65 | Hyde County | 0.9 |