Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, 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 (5.92%), followed by Brown County (2.01%), and Meade County (1.96%).

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 2017
Minnehaha
Brown
Meade
Yankton
Brookings
Clay
Lincoln
Clark
Pennington
Bon Homme
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Minnehaha County 5.92
2 Brown County 2.01
3 Meade County 1.96
4 Yankton County 1.94
5 Brookings County 1.58
6 Clay County 1.55
7 Lincoln County 1.5
8 Clark County 1.33
9 Pennington County 1.31
10 Bon Homme County 1.15
11 Moody County 1.14
12 Fall River County 1.12
13 Harding County 1.05
14 Union County 0.98
15 Lake County 0.94
16 Hutchinson County 0.87
17 Beadle County 0.83
18 Lawrence County 0.82
18 Miner County 0.82
19 Davison County 0.77
19 Deuel County 0.77
20 Hughes County 0.74
20 Stanley County 0.74
21 Codington County 0.73
22 Jackson County 0.7
23 Aurora County 0.65
23 Buffalo County 0.65
24 Grant County 0.6
25 Custer County 0.58
25 McCook County 0.58
25 Roberts County 0.58
25 Spink County 0.58
26 Butte County 0.51
26 Perkins County 0.51
27 McPherson County 0.5
27 Tripp County 0.5
28 Douglas County 0.48
29 Charles Mix County 0.47
29 Lyman County 0.47
29 Marshall County 0.47
29 Turner County 0.47
29 Ziebach County 0.47
30 Kingsbury County 0.43
30 Sully County 0.43
31 Walworth County 0.42
32 Bennett County 0.41
32 Potter County 0.41
33 Brule County 0.4
34 Faulk County 0.39
34 Hyde County 0.39
35 Corson County 0.38
35 Edmunds County 0.38
35 Hamlin County 0.38
35 Hanson County 0.38
36 Day County 0.36
37 Gregory County 0.33
37 Jones County 0.33
38 Todd County 0.31
39 Mellette County 0.29
40 Dewey County 0.27
41 Oglala Lakota County 0.25
42 Campbell County 0.22
43 Haakon County 0.21
44 Sanborn County 0.16
45 Hand County 0.15
45 Jerauld County 0.15