South Dakota White Alone Population By County in Census 2020

Updated on February 11, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, there were 715,336 people in South Dakota who identified their race as White Alone, which is 80.68% of the total population of South Dakota. Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identify as White Alone (158,352), followed by Pennington County (84,558), and Lincoln County (58,994). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identify as White Alone were: Buffalo County (286), Ziebach County (407), and Oglala Lakota County (446).

In terms of the percentage of each county's total population, Hanson County had the highest percentage, with 96.22% of its population identifying their race as White Alone, followed by Kingsbury County (95.70%), and Hand County (95.58%).

You can see similar information for other states and also for the United States by state. You can also see similar information for other racial groups as well as the different ethnicities in South Dakota.

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's population that identify as White Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

South Dakota White Alone Population By County in Census 2020
South Dakota White Alone Population By County in Census 2020
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County White Alone Population % of County Population
Aurora County 2443 88.93
Beadle County 13861 72.39
Bennett County 1011 29.90
Bon Homme County 6194 88.45
Brookings County 30291 88.12
Brown County 33096 86.41
Brule County 4365 83.19
Buffalo County 286 14.68
Butte County 9319 90.98
Campbell County 1282 93.10
Charles Mix County 5751 61.36
Clark County 3617 94.27
Clay County 12809 85.58
Codington County 26091 92.11
Corson County 957 24.53
Custer County 7585 91.19
Davison County 17790 89.15
Day County 4627 84.92
Deuel County 4068 94.72
Dewey County 855 16.32
Douglas County 2664 93.97
Edmunds County 3802 95.38
Fall River County 5992 85.93
Faulk County 2014 94.78
Grant County 6846 90.60
Gregory County 3504 87.73
Haakon County 1720 91.88
Hamlin County 5727 92.91
Hand County 3006 95.58
Hanson County 3330 96.22
Harding County 1214 92.60
Hughes County 14232 80.11
Hutchinson County 7068 95.17
Hyde County 1092 86.53
Jackson County 1049 37.38
Jerauld County 1557 93.63
Jones County 777 84.73
Kingsbury County 4964 95.70
Lake County 10138 91.67
Lawrence County 23319 90.50
Lincoln County 58994 90.54
Lyman County 1919 51.61
McCook County 5320 93.63
McPherson County 2275 94.36
Marshall County 3628 84.26
Meade County 25727 86.18
Mellette County 655 34.15
Miner County 2186 95.13
Minnehaha County 158352 80.30
Moody County 4847 76.50
Oglala Lakota County 446 3.26
Pennington County 84558 77.42
Perkins County 2659 93.79
Potter County 2329 94.22
Roberts County 5605 54.52
Sanborn County 2186 93.82
Spink County 6024 94.70
Stanley County 2568 86.17
Sully County 1350 93.36
Todd County 710 7.62
Tripp County 4325 76.90
Turner County 8109 93.50
Union County 15131 90.01
Walworth County 4140 77.89
Yankton County 20573 88.26
Ziebach County 407 16.87