Population By Race and Ethnicity in Lincoln County, SD in 2016

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, the 54,568 population of Lincoln County, South Dakota comprised of 1,071 people who identified as Hispanic (1.96%), and 53,497 people who identified as Non-Hispanic (98.04%).

Race: The White Alone population was the largest racial group in Lincoln County, South Dakota with a population of 51,852 (95.02%); Two Or More Races population was the second largest racial group with a population of 900 (1.65%); and Black or African American Alone was the third largest racial group with a population of 726 (1.33%).

Ethnicity: The White Alone - Non Hispanic population was the largest ethnic group in Lincoln County, South Dakota in 2016, with a population of 50,980 (93.43%); the second largest ethnic group was White Alone - Hispanic with a population of 872 (1.6%); and the third largest ethnic group was Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic with a population of 829 (1.52%).

The charts and tables below shows the population and percentage of each racial and ethnicity group in Lincoln, South Dakota.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).

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Hispanics and Non Hispanics in Lincoln County, SD in 2016

Total Population:54,568

Non Hispanic (98.04%)

Hispanic (1.96%)

Race in Lincoln County, SD in 2016

Total Population:54,568

White Alone (95.02%)

Two or more races (1.65%)

Black or African American Alone (1.33%)

Asian Alone (1.32%)

American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (0.62%)

Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone (0.06%)

Ethnicity in Lincoln County, SD in 2016

Total Population:54,568

Non-Hispanic White Alone (93.43%)

Hispanic White Alone (1.6%)

Non-Hispanic Two or more races (1.52%)

Non-Hispanic Black or African American Alone (1.3%)

Non-Hispanic Asian Alone (1.28%)

All Other Ethnicities (0.88%)

Population By Race in Lincoln , SD in 2016

Race	Population	Percentage
White Alone	51,852	95.02%
Two Or More Races	900	1.65%
Black or African American Alone	726	1.33%
Asian Alone	720	1.32%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone	339	0.62%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone	31	0.06%

Population By Ethnicity in Lincoln , SD in 2016

Ethnicity	Population	Percentage
White Alone - Non Hispanic	50,980	93.43%
White Alone - Hispanic	872	1.6%
Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic	829	1.52%
Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic	707	1.3%
Asian Alone - Non Hispanic	700	1.28%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Non Hispanic	261	0.48%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Hispanic	78	0.14%
Two Or More Races - Hispanic	71	0.13%
Asian Alone - Hispanic	20	0.04%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Non Hispanic	20	0.04%
Black or African American Alone - Hispanic	19	0.04%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Hispanic	11	0.02%