Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, 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 (13.14K), followed by Pennington County (11.64K), and Todd County (8.91K).

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 2019
Oglala Lakota
Pennington
Todd
Minnehaha
Dewey
Roberts
Charles Mix
Corson
Hughes
Bennett
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2019
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Rank County American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 13136
2 Pennington County 11636
3 Todd County 8913
4 Minnehaha County 5553
5 Dewey County 4378
6 Roberts County 3979
7 Charles Mix County 3017
8 Corson County 2690
9 Hughes County 2103
10 Bennett County 2008
11 Ziebach County 1989
12 Jackson County 1798
13 Buffalo County 1607
14 Lyman County 1512
15 Brown County 1354
16 Mellette County 1152
17 Moody County 898
18 Meade County 871
19 Tripp County 852
20 Codington County 798
21 Yankton County 772
22 Walworth County 769
23 Davison County 663
24 Lawrence County 606
25 Bon Homme County 569
26 Brule County 530
26 Clay County 530
27 Day County 518
28 Marshall County 479
29 Lincoln County 468
30 Fall River County 450
31 Brookings County 430
32 Custer County 347
33 Beadle County 313
34 Gregory County 312
35 Butte County 273
36 Stanley County 219
37 Lake County 180
38 Spink County 175
39 Union County 147
40 Hyde County 116
41 Hutchinson County 112
42 Grant County 90
43 Turner County 89
44 Aurora County 79
45 Perkins County 77
46 Douglas County 75
47 McCook County 72
48 Potter County 63
49 Kingsbury County 59
50 Hamlin County 55
51 Jones County 54
52 Haakon County 52
53 Edmunds County 49
54 Sully County 48
55 Deuel County 38
56 Harding County 33
57 Clark County 26
58 Hanson County 24
59 Campbell County 21
60 Jerauld County 17
61 Hand County 16
61 Miner County 16
62 Faulk County 12
62 Sanborn County 12
63 McPherson County 10