Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (7.45K), followed by Pennington County (1.43K), and Lincoln County (484).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Meade
Yankton
Brookings
Clay
Hughes
Codington
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Minnehaha County 7446
2 Pennington County 1426
3 Lincoln County 484
4 Brown County 417
5 Meade County 406
6 Yankton County 405
7 Brookings County 313
8 Clay County 223
9 Hughes County 202
10 Codington County 200
11 Lawrence County 186
12 Beadle County 163
13 Davison County 145
14 Union County 135
15 Lake County 87
16 Bon Homme County 79
17 Moody County 66
18 Fall River County 64
19 Hutchinson County 54
20 Butte County 45
21 Custer County 44
22 Turner County 34
23 Grant County 33
23 Roberts County 33
24 Deuel County 32
25 Clark County 30
26 Charles Mix County 27
26 Spink County 27
27 Day County 26
27 Hamlin County 26
28 Brule County 24
29 McCook County 20
30 Todd County 19
31 Marshall County 18
32 Kingsbury County 17
33 Aurora County 16
34 Walworth County 15
35 Hanson County 14
36 Stanley County 13
37 Douglas County 12
37 Tripp County 12
38 Lyman County 11
38 Oglala Lakota County 11
38 Perkins County 11
39 Buffalo County 10
39 Corson County 10
39 Potter County 10
40 Dewey County 9
40 Gregory County 9
40 Jackson County 9
40 Ziebach County 9
41 Edmunds County 8
41 Haakon County 8
41 Hyde County 8
42 Miner County 7
42 Sully County 7
43 Harding County 6
44 Faulk County 5
44 McPherson County 5
45 Bennett County 4
45 Jerauld County 4
46 Campbell County 3
46 Hand County 3
46 Sanborn County 3
47 Jones County 1
47 Mellette County 1