Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (6.68%), followed by Meade County (2.11%), and Lincoln County (2.06%).

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 Black or African American Alone in 2021
Minnehaha
Meade
Lincoln
Brown
Yankton
Clark
Beadle
Clay
Brookings
Union
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Minnehaha County 6.68
2 Meade County 2.11
3 Lincoln County 2.06
4 Brown County 2.02
5 Yankton County 1.95
6 Clark County 1.73
7 Beadle County 1.72
8 Clay County 1.69
9 Brookings County 1.67
10 Union County 1.48
11 Pennington County 1.46
12 Bon Homme County 1.43
13 Lake County 1.35
14 Fall River County 1.22
15 Moody County 1.21
16 Jackson County 1.15
17 Harding County 1.13
18 Davison County 1.11
19 Deuel County 1
20 Lawrence County 0.98
21 Buffalo County 0.9
21 Hutchinson County 0.9
21 Marshall County 0.9
22 Codington County 0.81
23 Custer County 0.79
24 Roberts County 0.75
25 Grant County 0.74
25 Miner County 0.74
26 Aurora County 0.73
26 Hughes County 0.73
27 McCook County 0.72
27 Spink County 0.72
28 McPherson County 0.7
29 Bennett County 0.68
30 Turner County 0.66
31 Brule County 0.65
32 Lyman County 0.64
33 Hanson County 0.63
33 Kingsbury County 0.63
33 Stanley County 0.63
34 Butte County 0.62
34 Oglala Lakota County 0.62
35 Sully County 0.61
36 Hamlin County 0.59
37 Douglas County 0.57
37 Hyde County 0.57
38 Corson County 0.55
38 Jerauld County 0.55
38 Ziebach County 0.55
39 Charles Mix County 0.54
40 Mellette County 0.53
40 Perkins County 0.53
41 Day County 0.52
41 Dewey County 0.52
42 Potter County 0.49
43 Faulk County 0.47
44 Todd County 0.45
44 Tripp County 0.45
45 Gregory County 0.43
46 Walworth County 0.42
47 Jones County 0.34
48 Edmunds County 0.32
49 Campbell County 0.29
50 Haakon County 0.27
51 Hand County 0.23
52 Sanborn County 0.21