Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (3.86%), followed by Yankton County (1.59%), and Meade County (1.37%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011
Minnehaha
Yankton
Meade
Clay
Pennington
Bon Homme
Lincoln
Brookings
Hughes
Beadle
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Minnehaha County 3.86
2 Yankton County 1.59
3 Meade County 1.37
4 Clay County 1.34
5 Pennington County 1.14
6 Bon Homme County 0.98
7 Lincoln County 0.83
8 Brookings County 0.81
8 Hughes County 0.81
9 Beadle County 0.76
10 Union County 0.75
11 Brown County 0.71
12 Fall River County 0.66
13 Lawrence County 0.62
13 Moody County 0.62
14 Hutchinson County 0.57
15 Davison County 0.56
16 Lake County 0.55
17 Codington County 0.48
18 Aurora County 0.44
18 Douglas County 0.44
19 Turner County 0.42
20 Stanley County 0.37
21 Custer County 0.36
22 Butte County 0.35
23 Clark County 0.33
24 Deuel County 0.32
24 Spink County 0.32
25 Sully County 0.29
26 Brule County 0.28
26 Hamlin County 0.28
26 Jackson County 0.28
27 McCook County 0.27
27 Perkins County 0.27
28 Faulk County 0.26
29 Corson County 0.25
30 Charles Mix County 0.23
31 Kingsbury County 0.21
31 Potter County 0.21
31 Roberts County 0.21
32 Buffalo County 0.2
32 Grant County 0.2
33 Day County 0.19
34 Hanson County 0.18
34 Ziebach County 0.18
35 Haakon County 0.16
35 Lyman County 0.16
35 Todd County 0.16
36 Marshall County 0.15
37 Bennett County 0.14
37 Walworth County 0.14
38 Dewey County 0.13
38 Miner County 0.13
39 Edmunds County 0.12
39 Gregory County 0.12
39 Hand County 0.12
39 Tripp County 0.12
40 Mellette County 0.1
40 Oglala Lakota County 0.1
41 Harding County 0.08
42 Campbell County 0.07
42 Hyde County 0.07
43 Jerauld County 0.05
44 McPherson County 0.04
45 Jones County 0
45 Sanborn County 0