Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all South Dakota counties, Oglala Lakota County had the highest number of people who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (13.45K), followed by Pennington County (11.04K), and Todd County (8.84K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2015
Oglala Lakota
Pennington
Todd
Minnehaha
Dewey
Roberts
Charles Mix
Corson
Bennett
Ziebach
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2015
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Rank County American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 13448
2 Pennington County 11036
3 Todd County 8842
4 Minnehaha County 5120
5 Dewey County 4246
6 Roberts County 3826
7 Charles Mix County 3041
8 Corson County 2745
9 Bennett County 2083
10 Ziebach County 2058
11 Hughes County 1936
12 Jackson County 1737
13 Buffalo County 1736
14 Lyman County 1503
15 Brown County 1314
16 Mellette County 1107
17 Moody County 895
18 Tripp County 779
19 Meade County 774
20 Walworth County 728
21 Yankton County 724
22 Codington County 699
23 Lawrence County 585
24 Davison County 577
25 Bon Homme County 537
26 Day County 523
27 Brule County 504
28 Fall River County 466
29 Marshall County 447
30 Clay County 434
31 Brookings County 407
32 Gregory County 331
33 Lincoln County 324
34 Custer County 316
35 Beadle County 261
36 Butte County 213
37 Stanley County 210
38 Spink County 193
39 Lake County 130
40 Hyde County 126
41 Union County 109
42 Hutchinson County 85
43 Turner County 77
44 Douglas County 74
45 Grant County 69
46 Perkins County 65
47 Aurora County 60
48 McCook County 58
49 Potter County 57
50 Kingsbury County 50
51 Hamlin County 42
52 Sully County 39
53 Edmunds County 36
54 Haakon County 34
55 Deuel County 27
56 Harding County 25
57 Jones County 21
58 Hand County 13
58 Jerauld County 13
59 Hanson County 12
59 Miner County 12
60 Campbell County 11
60 Sanborn County 11
61 Clark County 10
62 Faulk County 8
62 McPherson County 8