Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were American Indian and Alaska Native Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all South Dakota counties, Oglala Lakota County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (92.44%), followed by Todd County (86.48%), and Buffalo County (78.85%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in South Dakota.

Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were American Indian and Alaska Native Alone from Census 2020
Oglala Lakota
92.44%
Todd
86.48%
Buffalo
78.85%
Dewey
75.52%
Ziebach
74.33%
Corson
64.33%
Bennett
54.35%
Mellette
50.74%
Jackson
48.62%
Lyman
37.30%
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were American Indian and Alaska Native Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
American Indian & Alaska Native % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Oglala Lakota County 92.44
2 Todd County 86.48
3 Buffalo County 78.85
4 Dewey County 75.52
5 Ziebach County 74.33
6 Corson County 64.33
7 Bennett County 54.35
8 Mellette County 50.74
9 Jackson County 48.62
10 Lyman County 37.30
11 Roberts County 32.70
12 Charles Mix County 28.93
13 Tripp County 13.98
14 Walworth County 12.52
15 Moody County 10.62
16 Hughes County 10.27
17 Pennington County 8.92
18 Brule County 7.87
19 Bon Homme County 7.59
20 Day County 7.54
21 Marshall County 5.81
22 Hyde County 5.47
23 Fall River County 5.34
24 Gregory County 5.20
25 Stanley County 4.59
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