Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, 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 (94.09%), followed by Todd County (88.21%), and Buffalo County (81.74%).

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 2014
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 2014
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 94.09
2 Todd County 88.21
3 Buffalo County 81.74
4 Dewey County 74.73
5 Ziebach County 71.88
6 Corson County 65.9
7 Bennett County 60.96
8 Mellette County 55.13
9 Jackson County 53.25
10 Lyman County 38.34
11 Roberts County 37.35
12 Charles Mix County 32.3
13 Tripp County 14.06
14 Walworth County 13.54
15 Moody County 13.21
16 Hughes County 10.98
17 Pennington County 10.08
18 Hyde County 9.48
19 Marshall County 9.32
20 Brule County 9.27
21 Day County 9.2
22 Stanley County 7.67
23 Bon Homme County 7.53
24 Gregory County 7.24
25 Fall River County 7.01
26 Custer County 3.57
27 Brown County 3.4
28 Clay County 3.19
29 Yankton County 3.13
30 Davison County 2.85
31 Spink County 2.84
32 Minnehaha County 2.82
33 Meade County 2.69
34 Jones County 2.62
35 Codington County 2.31
36 Lawrence County 2.24
37 Sully County 2.21
38 Douglas County 2.19
39 Potter County 2.17
40 Aurora County 2.15
41 Perkins County 2.12
42 Butte County 2.01
42 Harding County 2.01
43 Haakon County 1.84
44 Hutchinson County 1.29
45 Brookings County 1.26
46 Beadle County 1.25
47 Grant County 1.15
48 McCook County 1.01
49 Lake County 0.96
50 Turner County 0.94
51 Campbell County 0.86
52 Kingsbury County 0.85
53 Union County 0.79
54 Edmunds County 0.73
55 Jerauld County 0.59
56 Hamlin County 0.57
57 Lincoln County 0.52
58 Deuel County 0.42
59 Hand County 0.36
60 Miner County 0.35
61 Hanson County 0.32
62 Sanborn County 0.3
63 McPherson County 0.29
64 Faulk County 0.17
65 Clark County 0.16