Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.34K), followed by Pennington County (1.63K), and Lincoln County (1.40K).

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 2021
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Meade
Brookings
Yankton
Beadle
Clay
Lawrence
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Minnehaha County 13344
2 Pennington County 1629
3 Lincoln County 1403
4 Brown County 771
5 Meade County 640
6 Brookings County 579
7 Yankton County 456
8 Beadle County 329
9 Clay County 256
10 Lawrence County 255
11 Union County 249
12 Codington County 231
13 Davison County 221
14 Lake County 147
15 Hughes County 130
16 Bon Homme County 100
17 Fall River County 88
18 Oglala Lakota County 84
19 Moody County 76
19 Roberts County 76
20 Custer County 68
21 Clark County 67
22 Hutchinson County 66
23 Butte County 65
24 Turner County 57
25 Grant County 56
26 Charles Mix County 50
27 Spink County 45
28 Deuel County 43
29 Todd County 42
30 McCook County 41
31 Marshall County 39
32 Hamlin County 37
33 Brule County 34
34 Jackson County 33
34 Kingsbury County 33
35 Day County 28
36 Dewey County 27
37 Tripp County 25
38 Lyman County 24
39 Bennett County 23
40 Hanson County 22
40 Walworth County 22
41 Corson County 21
42 Aurora County 20
43 Stanley County 19
44 Buffalo County 17
44 Gregory County 17
44 McPherson County 17
44 Miner County 17
45 Douglas County 16
46 Harding County 15
46 Perkins County 15
47 Edmunds County 13
47 Ziebach County 13
48 Potter County 12
49 Faulk County 10
49 Mellette County 10
50 Jerauld County 9
50 Sully County 9
51 Hand County 7
51 Hyde County 7
52 Haakon County 5
52 Sanborn County 5
53 Campbell County 4
54 Jones County 3