Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 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 percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (93.62%), followed by Todd County (87.98%), and Buffalo County (82.71%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oglala Lakota County | 93.62 |
| 2 | Todd County | 87.98 |
| 3 | Buffalo County | 82.71 |
| 4 | Dewey County | 74.47 |
| 5 | Ziebach County | 72.52 |
| 6 | Corson County | 65.8 |
| 7 | Bennett County | 61.14 |
| 8 | Mellette County | 54.61 |
| 9 | Jackson County | 52.94 |
| 10 | Lyman County | 38.79 |
| 11 | Roberts County | 37.47 |
| 12 | Charles Mix County | 32.49 |
| 13 | Tripp County | 14.37 |
| 14 | Moody County | 13.87 |
| 15 | Walworth County | 13.45 |
| 16 | Hughes County | 11.01 |
| 17 | Pennington County | 10.2 |
| 18 | Brule County | 9.62 |
| 19 | Day County | 9.5 |
| 20 | Marshall County | 9.26 |
| 21 | Hyde County | 9.08 |
| 22 | Gregory County | 7.89 |
| 23 | Bon Homme County | 7.74 |
| 24 | Stanley County | 7.05 |
| 25 | Fall River County | 6.84 |
| 26 | Custer County | 3.74 |
| 27 | Brown County | 3.42 |
| 28 | Yankton County | 3.19 |
| 29 | Clay County | 3.15 |
| 30 | Spink County | 2.94 |
| 31 | Davison County | 2.9 |
| 32 | Meade County | 2.89 |
| 33 | Minnehaha County | 2.79 |
| 34 | Sully County | 2.78 |
| 35 | Codington County | 2.51 |
| 35 | Douglas County | 2.51 |
| 36 | Potter County | 2.48 |
| 37 | Lawrence County | 2.35 |
| 38 | Jones County | 2.29 |
| 39 | Aurora County | 2.19 |
| 40 | Perkins County | 2.18 |
| 41 | Butte County | 2.08 |
| 42 | Harding County | 1.97 |
| 43 | Haakon County | 1.84 |
| 44 | Beadle County | 1.44 |
| 45 | Brookings County | 1.2 |
| 46 | Hutchinson County | 1.17 |
| 47 | McCook County | 1.06 |
| 48 | Lake County | 1.05 |
| 49 | Kingsbury County | 1.01 |
| 50 | Grant County | 0.96 |
| 51 | Turner County | 0.95 |
| 52 | Edmunds County | 0.9 |
| 53 | Campbell County | 0.78 |
| 54 | Union County | 0.73 |
| 55 | Hamlin County | 0.7 |
| 56 | Jerauld County | 0.64 |
| 57 | Deuel County | 0.62 |
| 58 | Lincoln County | 0.61 |
| 59 | Miner County | 0.54 |
| 60 | Sanborn County | 0.47 |
| 61 | Hand County | 0.39 |
| 62 | Faulk County | 0.35 |
| 62 | Hanson County | 0.35 |
| 63 | McPherson County | 0.33 |
| 64 | Clark County | 0.27 |