Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all South Dakota counties, Oglala Lakota County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (95.44%), followed by Todd County (88.28%), and Buffalo County (83.22%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2011
Oglala Lakota
Todd
Buffalo
Dewey
Ziebach
Corson
Bennett
Mellette
Jackson
Lyman
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 95.44
2 Todd County 88.28
3 Buffalo County 83.22
4 Dewey County 75.07
5 Ziebach County 72.75
6 Corson County 66.58
7 Bennett County 61.33
8 Mellette County 54.95
9 Jackson County 52.44
10 Lyman County 39.05
11 Roberts County 35.49
12 Charles Mix County 31.99
13 Walworth County 14.44
14 Moody County 13.8
15 Tripp County 13.77
16 Hughes County 10.72
17 Marshall County 9.81
18 Pennington County 9.8
19 Day County 9.37
20 Brule County 8.84
21 Hyde County 8.15
22 Gregory County 7.77
23 Bon Homme County 7.3
24 Fall River County 7.04
25 Stanley County 6.95
26 Custer County 3.31
27 Brown County 3.22
28 Clay County 3.06
29 Jones County 2.79
29 Yankton County 2.79
30 Minnehaha County 2.67
31 Meade County 2.55
32 Davison County 2.5
33 Spink County 2.29
34 Lawrence County 2.12
35 Douglas County 2.05
36 Perkins County 1.96
37 Codington County 1.94
38 Haakon County 1.88
39 Butte County 1.87
40 Sully County 1.75
41 Aurora County 1.66
42 Harding County 1.65
43 Potter County 1.31
44 Beadle County 1.21
45 Brookings County 1.08
46 Lake County 0.93
47 Turner County 0.9
48 Hutchinson County 0.87
49 Edmunds County 0.67
50 Kingsbury County 0.62
51 Union County 0.58
52 Grant County 0.56
52 McCook County 0.56
53 Lincoln County 0.5
54 Campbell County 0.49
55 Jerauld County 0.48
56 Deuel County 0.39
56 Hanson County 0.39
57 Hand County 0.32
58 Sanborn County 0.3
59 Hamlin County 0.28
60 Miner County 0.22
61 Faulk County 0.13
62 Clark County 0.08
62 McPherson County 0.08