English: 50,843 of South Dakota citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is N/A the national average of 21.5%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in South Dakota was Spanish. 1.95% of the overall population of South Dakota are native Spanish speakers. 1.25% speak Other Native North American and 0.64% speak German, the next two most common languages. When compared to other states, South Dakota has a relatively high number of residents that are native Other Native North American speakers. In 2015, there were 10,737 native Other Native North American speakers living in South Dakota, approximately 21.21 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.