Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, 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 (13.39K), followed by Pennington County (11.20K), and Todd County (8.98K).
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 American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2017
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| Rank | County | American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oglala Lakota County | 13388 |
| 2 | Pennington County | 11202 |
| 3 | Todd County | 8976 |
| 4 | Minnehaha County | 5395 |
| 5 | Dewey County | 4376 |
| 6 | Roberts County | 3899 |
| 7 | Charles Mix County | 3026 |
| 8 | Corson County | 2761 |
| 9 | Bennett County | 2086 |
| 10 | Hughes County | 2076 |
| 11 | Ziebach County | 1942 |
| 12 | Jackson County | 1755 |
| 13 | Buffalo County | 1647 |
| 14 | Lyman County | 1517 |
| 15 | Brown County | 1439 |
| 16 | Mellette County | 1143 |
| 17 | Moody County | 896 |
| 18 | Meade County | 791 |
| 18 | Walworth County | 791 |
| 19 | Tripp County | 790 |
| 20 | Codington County | 742 |
| 21 | Yankton County | 713 |
| 22 | Davison County | 661 |
| 23 | Lawrence County | 612 |
| 24 | Bon Homme County | 566 |
| 25 | Brule County | 552 |
| 26 | Day County | 521 |
| 27 | Clay County | 511 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 467 |
| 29 | Fall River County | 458 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 419 |
| 31 | Brookings County | 400 |
| 32 | Custer County | 356 |
| 33 | Gregory County | 306 |
| 34 | Beadle County | 268 |
| 35 | Butte County | 247 |
| 36 | Stanley County | 206 |
| 37 | Spink County | 184 |
| 38 | Lake County | 178 |
| 39 | Union County | 137 |
| 40 | Hyde County | 121 |
| 41 | Hutchinson County | 114 |
| 42 | Grant County | 90 |
| 43 | Turner County | 85 |
| 44 | Aurora County | 76 |
| 45 | Perkins County | 75 |
| 46 | Douglas County | 66 |
| 47 | McCook County | 61 |
| 48 | Kingsbury County | 58 |
| 48 | Potter County | 58 |
| 49 | Haakon County | 47 |
| 49 | Hamlin County | 47 |
| 50 | Edmunds County | 43 |
| 51 | Sully County | 41 |
| 52 | Jones County | 31 |
| 53 | Deuel County | 29 |
| 54 | Harding County | 26 |
| 55 | Clark County | 22 |
| 56 | Hand County | 17 |
| 57 | Miner County | 15 |
| 58 | Campbell County | 13 |
| 58 | Hanson County | 13 |
| 58 | Jerauld County | 13 |
| 59 | Faulk County | 12 |
| 60 | Sanborn County | 10 |
| 61 | McPherson County | 6 |