Ranking of South Dakota Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, 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 (12.39K), followed by Pennington County (11.01K), and Todd County (7.97K).

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 2020
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 2020
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Rank County American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 12389
2 Pennington County 11008
3 Todd County 7973
4 Minnehaha County 5894
5 Dewey County 3865
6 Roberts County 3859
7 Charles Mix County 2935
8 Corson County 2542
9 Hughes County 2169
10 Bennett County 1973
11 Ziebach County 1617
12 Buffalo County 1559
13 Jackson County 1472
14 Lyman County 1400
15 Brown County 1397
16 Mellette County 1051
17 Meade County 985
18 Moody County 899
19 Tripp County 852
20 Codington County 814
21 Yankton County 743
22 Walworth County 717
23 Davison County 646
24 Lawrence County 602
25 Clay County 589
26 Brule County 582
27 Bon Homme County 550
28 Lincoln County 504
29 Day County 501
30 Fall River County 460
31 Brookings County 428
32 Marshall County 413
33 Beadle County 404
34 Gregory County 321
35 Butte County 286
36 Custer County 277
37 Stanley County 206
38 Lake County 201
39 Union County 153
40 Hutchinson County 125
41 Spink County 121
42 Hyde County 120
43 Grant County 115
44 Turner County 105
45 Aurora County 84
46 Douglas County 78
47 Perkins County 75
48 McCook County 74
49 Potter County 73
50 Hamlin County 56
51 Kingsbury County 55
52 Jones County 54
53 Haakon County 51
54 Sully County 48
55 Deuel County 44
55 Edmunds County 44
56 Clark County 41
57 Harding County 36
58 Hanson County 26
59 Campbell County 24
60 Sanborn County 23
61 Faulk County 19
62 Jerauld County 18
63 Hand County 17
64 Miner County 15
65 McPherson County 13