Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (6.75K), followed by Pennington County (1.25K), and Lincoln County (398).

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 2011
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Yankton
Meade
Brookings
Brown
Clay
Beadle
Lawrence
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2011
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Minnehaha County 6752
2 Pennington County 1247
3 Lincoln County 398
4 Yankton County 391
5 Meade County 377
6 Brookings County 292
7 Brown County 268
8 Clay County 202
9 Beadle County 197
10 Lawrence County 159
11 Hughes County 143
12 Codington County 141
13 Davison County 123
14 Union County 120
15 Bon Homme County 73
16 Lake County 68
17 Fall River County 50
18 Hutchinson County 42
19 Moody County 40
20 Butte County 38
21 Turner County 35
22 Custer County 30
23 Roberts County 25
24 Charles Mix County 22
25 Spink County 21
26 Hamlin County 19
27 Marshall County 18
28 Todd County 16
29 Brule County 15
29 Clark County 15
29 Deuel County 15
29 Grant County 15
29 McCook County 15
29 Oglala Lakota County 15
30 Aurora County 14
31 Douglas County 13
31 Kingsbury County 13
32 Corson County 11
32 Day County 11
32 Stanley County 11
33 Jackson County 10
34 Walworth County 9
35 Edmunds County 8
35 Perkins County 8
36 Dewey County 7
36 Tripp County 7
37 Bennett County 6
37 Faulk County 6
37 Gregory County 6
37 Hanson County 6
37 Lyman County 6
38 Potter County 5
38 Ziebach County 5
39 Buffalo County 4
39 Haakon County 4
39 Hand County 4
39 Sully County 4
40 Miner County 3
41 Campbell County 2
41 Harding County 2
41 Mellette County 2
42 Hyde County 1
42 Jerauld County 1
42 McPherson County 1
43 Jones County 0
43 Sanborn County 0