Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, 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 (90.23%), followed by Todd County (84.95%), and Buffalo County (79.94%).

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 2021
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 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 90.23
2 Todd County 84.95
3 Buffalo County 79.94
4 Dewey County 73.16
5 Ziebach County 67.59
6 Corson County 65
7 Bennett County 58.54
8 Mellette County 55.11
9 Jackson County 53.95
10 Lyman County 37.87
11 Roberts County 37.43
12 Charles Mix County 30.7
13 Tripp County 15.05
14 Moody County 14.54
15 Walworth County 14.14
16 Hughes County 12.37
17 Brule County 11.23
18 Pennington County 10.14
19 Hyde County 10
20 Marshall County 9.67
21 Day County 9.27
22 Gregory County 7.94
23 Bon Homme County 7.83
24 Stanley County 7.08
25 Jones County 6.49
26 Fall River County 6.36
27 Clay County 4.06
28 Brown County 3.8
29 Davison County 3.64
30 Sully County 3.54
31 Custer County 3.33
32 Potter County 3.28
33 Meade County 3.24
34 Yankton County 3.21
35 Codington County 3.1
36 Minnehaha County 3.03
37 Aurora County 2.96
38 Haakon County 2.83
39 Butte County 2.7
40 Perkins County 2.69
41 Harding County 2.49
42 Douglas County 2.42
43 Lawrence County 2.33
44 Beadle County 2.2
45 Spink County 1.97
46 Lake County 1.9
47 Campbell County 1.89
48 Hutchinson County 1.74
49 Grant County 1.56
49 McCook County 1.56
50 Turner County 1.3
51 Brookings County 1.29
52 Edmunds County 1.22
53 Kingsbury County 1.21
54 Jerauld County 1.16
55 Clark County 1.14
56 Sanborn County 1.05
57 Hamlin County 1.01
57 Union County 1.01
58 Faulk County 0.99
59 Deuel County 0.82
60 Lincoln County 0.81
61 Hanson County 0.77
62 Miner County 0.56
63 McPherson County 0.54
64 Hand County 0.49