Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (6.65K), followed by Pennington County (1.11K), and Yankton County (355).

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 Black or African American Alone Population in 2010
Minnehaha
Pennington
Yankton
Meade
Lincoln
Brookings
Brown
Beadle
Clay
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2010
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Minnehaha County 6654
2 Pennington County 1108
3 Yankton County 355
4 Meade County 340
5 Lincoln County 333
6 Brookings County 280
7 Brown County 213
8 Beadle County 188
8 Clay County 188
9 Union County 110
10 Codington County 109
11 Lawrence County 97
12 Davison County 93
13 Hughes County 90
14 Bon Homme County 70
15 Lake County 62
16 Fall River County 49
17 Hutchinson County 32
17 Moody County 32
18 Butte County 26
19 Turner County 20
20 Spink County 19
21 Marshall County 17
22 Todd County 16
23 Custer County 15
23 Roberts County 15
24 Deuel County 13
25 Brule County 12
25 Hamlin County 12
26 Aurora County 11
26 Douglas County 11
26 Grant County 11
27 Charles Mix County 9
27 Clark County 9
27 Stanley County 9
28 Day County 8
28 McCook County 8
29 Gregory County 7
29 Kingsbury County 7
29 Tripp County 7
30 Walworth County 6
31 Bennett County 5
31 Dewey County 5
31 Edmunds County 5
31 Jackson County 5
31 Ziebach County 5
32 Buffalo County 4
32 Corson County 4
32 Oglala Lakota County 4
33 Faulk County 3
33 Haakon County 3
33 Hand County 3
33 Lyman County 3
33 Miner County 3
33 Potter County 3
34 Campbell County 2
34 Harding County 2
34 Mellette County 2
34 Perkins County 2
35 Hyde County 1
35 Jerauld County 1
35 Jones County 1
35 McPherson County 1
35 Sully County 1
36 Hanson County 0
36 Sanborn County 0