Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all South Dakota counties, Oglala Lakota County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (12.80K), followed by Pennington County (9.05K), and Todd County (8.32K).

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

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in 2010
Oglala Lakota
Pennington
Todd
Dewey
Minnehaha
Roberts
Charles Mix
Corson
Bennett
Ziebach
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in 2010
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Rank County Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 12798
2 Pennington County 9045
3 Todd County 8322
4 Dewey County 3940
5 Minnehaha County 3932
6 Roberts County 3479
7 Charles Mix County 2822
8 Corson County 2637
9 Bennett County 2085
10 Ziebach County 2037
11 Hughes County 1726
12 Buffalo County 1595
13 Jackson County 1549
14 Lyman County 1408
15 Brown County 1090
16 Mellette County 1085
17 Moody County 893
18 Tripp County 774
19 Walworth County 772
20 Meade County 578
21 Yankton County 553
22 Day County 535
23 Bon Homme County 499
23 Codington County 499
24 Fall River County 483
25 Davison County 465
26 Lawrence County 461
27 Brule County 445
28 Clay County 418
29 Marshall County 340
30 Gregory County 317
31 Brookings County 267
32 Custer County 228
33 Lincoln County 205
34 Stanley County 198
35 Butte County 175
36 Beadle County 162
37 Hyde County 119
38 Spink County 80
39 Union County 78
40 Lake County 73
41 Douglas County 56
42 Perkins County 51
43 Turner County 50
44 Hutchinson County 43
45 Aurora County 38
46 Grant County 37
46 Haakon County 37
47 Kingsbury County 27
48 McCook County 23
49 Jones County 20
49 Potter County 20
50 Edmunds County 19
50 Hamlin County 19
51 Harding County 18
52 Sully County 16
53 Deuel County 11
53 Hanson County 11
54 Hand County 8
55 Sanborn County 6
56 Campbell County 5
56 Jerauld County 5
57 Miner County 4
58 Faulk County 3
59 Clark County 2
60 McPherson County 1