Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, 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 (13.34K), followed by Pennington County (10.42K), and Todd County (8.76K).

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 2012
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 2012
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Rank County American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 13337
2 Pennington County 10417
3 Todd County 8755
4 Minnehaha County 4776
5 Dewey County 4111
6 Roberts County 3750
7 Charles Mix County 2960
8 Corson County 2689
9 Bennett County 2132
10 Ziebach County 2090
11 Hughes County 1807
12 Buffalo County 1654
13 Jackson County 1634
14 Lyman County 1481
15 Brown County 1250
16 Mellette County 1107
17 Moody County 857
18 Tripp County 760
19 Walworth County 734
20 Meade County 708
21 Yankton County 669
22 Codington County 572
23 Davison County 557
24 Lawrence County 537
25 Bon Homme County 521
26 Day County 514
27 Fall River County 476
28 Brule County 474
29 Clay County 449
30 Marshall County 445
31 Brookings County 385
32 Gregory County 305
33 Custer County 270
34 Lincoln County 254
35 Stanley County 234
36 Beadle County 216
37 Spink County 188
38 Butte County 179
39 Hyde County 120
40 Lake County 112
41 Union County 92
42 Turner County 79
43 Hutchinson County 72
44 Douglas County 66
45 Perkins County 65
46 Grant County 50
47 McCook County 49
48 Aurora County 48
49 Kingsbury County 39
50 Haakon County 37
51 Potter County 34
52 Harding County 27
53 Sully County 26
54 Jones County 24
55 Edmunds County 21
56 Hamlin County 20
57 Deuel County 18
58 Hand County 14
58 Hanson County 14
59 Jerauld County 10
59 Sanborn County 10
60 Campbell County 8
61 Clark County 6
61 Miner County 6
62 Faulk County 3
63 McPherson County 2