South Dakota White Alone Population By County in 2015

Updated on June 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, the White Alone population in South Dakota was 729,760 and represented 85.39% of the total South Dakota population (854,663).

Among South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified as White Alone (161,011), followed by Pennington County (90,467), and Lincoln County (50,517). Buffalo County had the lowest (313).

In the map below, we show the number and percentage of each county's White Alone population, as well as the gender percentages when you interact with the map. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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South Dakota White Alone Population By County in 2015
South Dakota White Alone Population By County in 2015
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County White Alone Population % of County Population
Aurora 2623 95.56
Beadle 15840 87.29
Bennett 1140 33.46
Bon Homme 6210 89.46
Brookings 31533 93.13
Brown 34953 90.94
Brule 4522 86.31
Buffalo 313 14.91
Butte 9664 94.57
Campbell 1379 97.53
Charles Mix 5993 64.04
Clark 3537 96.85
Clay 12522 90.75
Codington 26388 94.56
Corson 1266 30.35
Custer 7884 93.24
Davison 18704 93.89
Day 4836 87.86
Deuel 4219 97.53
Dewey 1203 21.1
Douglas 2828 95.96
Edmunds 3892 97.35
Fall River 5980 87.83
Faulk 2271 98.31
Grant 7003 96.98
Gregory 3721 88.7
Haakon 1740 94.11
Hamlin 5839 97.69
Hand 3247 98.25
Hanson 3324 98.11
Harding 1201 94.64
Hughes 14943 85.01
Hutchinson 7035 96.77
Hyde 1223 88.18
Jackson 1376 41.94
Jerauld 1979 97.92
Jones 857 93.46
Kingsbury 4806 97.07
Lake 11848 95.94
Lawrence 23301 93.72
Lincoln 50517 95.32
Lyman 2204 56.88
McCook 5328 97.14
McPherson 2356 98.21
Marshall 4257 88.14
Meade 24501 91.44
Mellette 808 39.86
Miner 2145 97.15
Minnehaha 161011 87.71
Moody 5180 80.26
Oglala Lakota 676 4.71
Pennington 90467 83.6
Perkins 2865 96.04
Potter 2187 95.21
Roberts 5976 58.53
Sanborn 2294 97.7
Spink 6241 95.21
Stanley 2669 89.62
Sully 1325 94.51
Todd 889 8.85
Tripp 4483 82.67
Turner 7921 97.39
Union 14267 95.53
Walworth 4414 81.56
Yankton 20979 92.41
Ziebach 657 23.15