Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all South Dakota counties, Oglala Lakota County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (12.96K), followed by Pennington County (9.00K), and Todd County (8.47K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in 2011
Oglala Lakota
Pennington
Todd
Minnehaha
Dewey
Roberts
Charles Mix
Corson
Bennett
Ziebach
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in 2011
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Rank County Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 12957
2 Pennington County 8999
3 Todd County 8470
4 Minnehaha County 4044
5 Dewey County 3962
6 Roberts County 3563
7 Charles Mix County 2838
8 Corson County 2573
9 Bennett County 2070
10 Ziebach County 1993
11 Hughes County 1762
12 Jackson County 1622
13 Buffalo County 1612
14 Lyman County 1451
15 Brown County 1117
15 Mellette County 1117
16 Moody County 870
17 Walworth County 792
18 Tripp County 742
19 Meade County 590
20 Yankton County 562
21 Day County 522
22 Bon Homme County 499
23 Codington County 480
24 Davison County 463
25 Lawrence County 462
26 Fall River County 457
27 Brule County 443
28 Clay County 394
29 Marshall County 347
30 Gregory County 315
31 Brookings County 310
32 Custer County 247
33 Lincoln County 215
34 Stanley County 205
35 Beadle County 164
36 Butte County 155
37 Hyde County 106
38 Lake County 90
39 Spink County 81
39 Union County 81
40 Douglas County 56
41 Perkins County 52
42 Hutchinson County 47
42 Turner County 47
43 Aurora County 43
44 Grant County 40
45 Haakon County 36
46 Kingsbury County 31
47 McCook County 28
48 Jones County 27
49 Edmunds County 25
49 Potter County 25
50 Sully County 24
51 Harding County 19
52 Hamlin County 16
53 Deuel County 15
54 Hanson County 12
55 Hand County 9
55 Jerauld County 9
56 Campbell County 7
56 Sanborn County 7
57 Miner County 5
58 Faulk County 3
59 Clark County 2
59 McPherson County 2