Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (9.23K), followed by Pennington County (1.44K), and Lincoln County (670).

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 2015
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Brookings
Meade
Yankton
Beadle
Lawrence
Clay
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Minnehaha County 9230
2 Pennington County 1435
3 Lincoln County 670
4 Brown County 512
5 Brookings County 493
6 Meade County 454
7 Yankton County 430
8 Beadle County 258
9 Lawrence County 215
10 Clay County 211
11 Codington County 188
12 Davison County 164
13 Union County 145
14 Hughes County 130
15 Lake County 105
16 Bon Homme County 88
17 Fall River County 72
18 Hutchinson County 70
19 Moody County 65
20 Clark County 54
21 Butte County 49
22 Roberts County 44
23 Custer County 42
24 Spink County 41
25 Grant County 34
26 McCook County 32
27 Charles Mix County 31
27 Deuel County 31
27 Marshall County 31
27 Todd County 31
27 Turner County 31
28 Oglala Lakota County 25
29 Hamlin County 23
30 Walworth County 22
31 Brule County 21
31 Dewey County 21
32 Day County 20
32 Lyman County 20
33 Kingsbury County 19
33 Stanley County 19
34 Aurora County 18
34 Tripp County 18
35 Hanson County 17
35 Jackson County 17
36 Bennett County 16
37 Edmunds County 15
37 Miner County 15
38 Corson County 14
38 Douglas County 14
39 Harding County 13
40 Perkins County 12
41 Buffalo County 11
41 Gregory County 11
42 Ziebach County 10
43 McPherson County 9
44 Potter County 8
45 Faulk County 7
45 Haakon County 7
45 Sully County 7
46 Hand County 5
46 Hyde County 5
46 Sanborn County 5
47 Campbell County 4
47 Mellette County 4
48 Jerauld County 3
49 Jones County 2