Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all South Dakota counties, Oglala Lakota County had the highest number of people who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (13.26K), followed by Pennington County (10.04K), and Todd County (8.69K).

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 American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2011
Oglala Lakota
Pennington
Todd
Minnehaha
Dewey
Roberts
Charles Mix
Corson
Bennett
Ziebach
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2011
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Rank County American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 13263
2 Pennington County 10043
3 Todd County 8694
4 Minnehaha County 4582
5 Dewey County 4051
6 Roberts County 3652
7 Charles Mix County 2939
8 Corson County 2686
9 Bennett County 2116
10 Ziebach County 2066
11 Hughes County 1856
12 Jackson County 1656
13 Buffalo County 1647
14 Lyman County 1487
15 Brown County 1188
16 Mellette County 1139
17 Moody County 897
18 Walworth County 803
19 Tripp County 776
20 Meade County 651
21 Yankton County 627
22 Day County 538
23 Codington County 531
24 Lawrence County 515
25 Bon Homme County 512
26 Davison County 492
27 Fall River County 490
28 Brule County 468
29 Marshall County 454
30 Clay County 428
31 Brookings County 347
32 Gregory County 328
33 Custer County 276
34 Lincoln County 232
35 Beadle County 215
36 Stanley County 207
37 Butte County 193
38 Spink County 150
39 Hyde County 114
40 Lake County 107
41 Union County 85
42 Turner County 75
43 Hutchinson County 63
44 Douglas County 61
45 Perkins County 59
46 Aurora County 45
47 Grant County 41
48 Haakon County 36
49 Kingsbury County 32
50 McCook County 31
50 Potter County 31
51 Jones County 28
52 Edmunds County 27
53 Sully County 24
54 Harding County 21
55 Deuel County 17
55 Hamlin County 17
56 Hanson County 13
57 Hand County 11
58 Jerauld County 10
59 Campbell County 7
59 Sanborn County 7
60 Miner County 5
61 Clark County 3
61 Faulk County 3
62 McPherson County 2