Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for South Dakota counties, in April 2020, Oglala Lakota County had the highest number of people who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (12.82K), followed by Pennington County (11.70K), and Todd County (8.27K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties based on American Indian and Alaska Native Alone population.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in South Dakota.

Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population from Census 2020
Oglala Lakota
Pennington
Todd
Minnehaha
Dewey
Roberts
Charles Mix
Corson
Hughes
Bennett
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population from Census 2020
Items per page:
0 of 0
Rank County American Indian & Alaska Native Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 12822
2 Pennington County 11701
3 Todd County 8269
4 Minnehaha County 5350
5 Dewey County 4136
6 Roberts County 4023
7 Charles Mix County 3098
8 Corson County 2734
9 Hughes County 2137
10 Bennett County 2093
11 Ziebach County 1925
12 Lyman County 1640
13 Buffalo County 1585
14 Jackson County 1548
15 Brown County 1198
16 Mellette County 1112
17 Tripp County 986
18 Meade County 892
19 Walworth County 808
20 Moody County 763
21 Yankton County 695
22 Codington County 687
23 Davison County 652
24 Clay County 600
25 Lawrence County 552
26 Day County 538
27 Brule County 518
28 Lincoln County 483
29 Bon Homme County 459
30 Fall River County 416
31 Brookings County 414
32 Marshall County 335
33 Beadle County 328
34 Gregory County 266
35 Butte County 205
36 Stanley County 194
37 Custer County 175
38 Union County 146
39 Lake County 128
40 Hyde County 103
41 Hutchinson County 92
42 Grant County 90
43 Spink County 71
44 McCook County 66
45 Perkins County 66
46 Turner County 58
47 Potter County 56
48 Hamlin County 50
49 Jones County 49
50 Faulk County 45
51 Edmunds County 39
52 Aurora County 38
53 Douglas County 36
54 Haakon County 34
55 Campbell County 31
56 Deuel County 31
57 Harding County 29
58 McPherson County 28
59 Kingsbury County 25
60 Sanborn County 25
61 Clark County 24
62 Jerauld County 13
63 Hand County 11
64 Miner County 11
65 Sully County 10
66 Hanson County 6