Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, 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 (13.01K), followed by Pennington County (9.28K), and Todd County (8.50K).

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 2012
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 2012
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Rank County Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 13012
2 Pennington County 9275
3 Todd County 8502
4 Minnehaha County 4119
5 Dewey County 4005
6 Roberts County 3651
7 Charles Mix County 2845
8 Corson County 2558
9 Bennett County 2061
10 Ziebach County 2010
11 Hughes County 1698
12 Buffalo County 1612
13 Jackson County 1593
14 Lyman County 1441
15 Brown County 1157
16 Mellette County 1086
17 Moody County 823
18 Tripp County 727
19 Walworth County 713
20 Meade County 620
21 Yankton County 577
22 Davison County 523
23 Bon Homme County 508
24 Codington County 500
25 Day County 494
26 Lawrence County 484
27 Brule County 444
28 Fall River County 442
29 Clay County 409
30 Brookings County 346
31 Marshall County 339
32 Gregory County 291
33 Custer County 246
34 Stanley County 233
35 Lincoln County 231
36 Beadle County 164
37 Butte County 147
38 Hyde County 112
39 Lake County 88
40 Union County 86
41 Spink County 85
42 Douglas County 61
43 Perkins County 58
44 Hutchinson County 54
45 Grant County 49
46 Turner County 47
47 Aurora County 44
48 Haakon County 37
49 Kingsbury County 31
49 McCook County 31
50 Potter County 27
51 Sully County 26
52 Harding County 25
53 Jones County 23
54 Edmunds County 20
55 Hamlin County 19
56 Deuel County 15
57 Hanson County 13
58 Hand County 12
59 Sanborn County 10
60 Campbell County 8
60 Jerauld County 8
61 Miner County 6
62 Clark County 5
63 Faulk County 3
64 McPherson County 2