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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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2017
Oglala Lakota
Pennington
Todd
Minnehaha
Dewey
Roberts
Charles Mix
Corson
Bennett
Hughes
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