Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, 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 (6.25%), followed by Brown County (1.97%), and Yankton County (1.94%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019
Minnehaha
Brown
Yankton
Meade
Lincoln
Clay
Clark
Union
Brookings
Pennington
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Minnehaha County 6.25
2 Brown County 1.97
3 Yankton County 1.94
4 Meade County 1.91
5 Lincoln County 1.72
6 Clay County 1.58
7 Clark County 1.44
8 Union County 1.4
9 Brookings County 1.38
10 Pennington County 1.34
11 Bon Homme County 1.29
12 Harding County 1.22
13 Moody County 1.19
14 Fall River County 1.12
15 Beadle County 1.07
16 Lake County 1.04
17 Hutchinson County 0.88
18 Lawrence County 0.83
19 Davison County 0.78
20 Hyde County 0.77
20 Miner County 0.77
21 Deuel County 0.74
21 Faulk County 0.74
22 Codington County 0.73
23 Roberts County 0.71
24 Jackson County 0.69
25 Stanley County 0.67
26 Aurora County 0.66
27 Hughes County 0.64
28 McCook County 0.63
28 McPherson County 0.63
28 Spink County 0.63
29 Grant County 0.61
30 Custer County 0.58
30 Turner County 0.58
31 Buffalo County 0.56
31 Lyman County 0.56
32 Hanson County 0.55
33 Ziebach County 0.54
34 Perkins County 0.53
35 Marshall County 0.51
35 Potter County 0.51
36 Bennett County 0.48
36 Butte County 0.48
36 Hamlin County 0.48
36 Mellette County 0.48
36 Walworth County 0.48
37 Charles Mix County 0.47
38 Tripp County 0.46
39 Douglas County 0.45
40 Brule County 0.44
40 Sully County 0.44
41 Day County 0.43
42 Gregory County 0.41
42 Kingsbury County 0.41
43 Corson County 0.39
43 Dewey County 0.39
43 Todd County 0.39
44 Sanborn County 0.38
45 Jones County 0.33
46 Edmunds County 0.31
46 Oglala Lakota County 0.31
47 Campbell County 0.22
48 Haakon County 0.21
49 Hand County 0.16
50 Jerauld County 0.15