Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Dakota counties, McPherson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.72%), followed by Faulk County (98.56%), and Hand County (98.31%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
White Alone in 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | McPherson County | 98.72 |
| 2 | Faulk County | 98.56 |
| 3 | Hand County | 98.31 |
| 4 | Hamlin County | 98.27 |
| 5 | Jerauld County | 98.1 |
| 6 | Miner County | 98.04 |
| 7 | Edmunds County | 98.01 |
| 8 | Hanson County | 97.99 |
| 9 | Campbell County | 97.94 |
| 10 | Deuel County | 97.88 |
| 11 | Clark County | 97.83 |
| 12 | Sanborn County | 97.8 |
| 13 | McCook County | 97.74 |
| 14 | Grant County | 97.55 |
| 15 | Kingsbury County | 97.51 |
| 16 | Turner County | 97.49 |
| 17 | Hutchinson County | 97.3 |
| 18 | Potter County | 96.62 |
| 19 | Perkins County | 96.21 |
| 20 | Douglas County | 96.2 |
| 21 | Aurora County | 96.09 |
| 22 | Lake County | 96.07 |
| 23 | Sully County | 95.94 |
| 24 | Lincoln County | 95.91 |
| 25 | Spink County | 95.83 |
| 26 | Harding County | 95.71 |
| 27 | Union County | 95.64 |
| 28 | Codington County | 95.14 |
| 29 | Butte County | 95.01 |
| 30 | Haakon County | 94.43 |
| 31 | Davison County | 94.38 |
| 32 | Jones County | 94.25 |
| 33 | Lawrence County | 94.17 |
| 34 | Custer County | 93.6 |
| 35 | Brookings County | 93.49 |
| 36 | Yankton County | 93.08 |
| 37 | Brown County | 92.32 |
| 38 | Meade County | 91.78 |
| 39 | Clay County | 90.86 |
| 40 | Beadle County | 89.81 |
| 41 | Gregory County | 89.78 |
| 42 | Bon Homme County | 89.71 |
| 43 | Stanley County | 88.95 |
| 44 | Minnehaha County | 88.93 |
| 45 | Hyde County | 88.8 |
| 46 | Fall River County | 88.73 |
| 47 | Day County | 88.46 |
| 48 | Marshall County | 88.16 |
| 49 | Brule County | 87.42 |
| 50 | Hughes County | 85.52 |
| 51 | Pennington County | 83.82 |
| 52 | Tripp County | 83.62 |
| 53 | Walworth County | 82.62 |
| 54 | Moody County | 81.61 |
| 55 | Charles Mix County | 64.58 |
| 56 | Roberts County | 60 |
| 57 | Lyman County | 57.64 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 43.54 |
| 59 | Mellette County | 40.4 |
| 60 | Bennett County | 33.27 |
| 61 | Corson County | 30.39 |
| 62 | Ziebach County | 23.69 |
| 63 | Dewey County | 21.84 |
| 64 | Buffalo County | 15.48 |
| 65 | Todd County | 9.23 |
| 66 | Oglala Lakota County | 3.73 |