Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (12.75K), followed by Pennington County (1.43K), and Lincoln County (1.23K).

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 2020
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Meade
Brookings
Yankton
Clay
Union
Codington
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Minnehaha County 12752
2 Pennington County 1432
3 Lincoln County 1230
4 Brown County 651
5 Meade County 591
6 Brookings County 505
7 Yankton County 390
8 Clay County 249
9 Union County 233
10 Codington County 208
11 Beadle County 194
12 Lawrence County 187
13 Davison County 163
14 Hughes County 126
15 Lake County 123
16 Bon Homme County 99
17 Roberts County 83
18 Oglala Lakota County 79
19 Fall River County 78
19 Moody County 78
20 Custer County 69
21 Hutchinson County 61
22 Clark County 60
23 Turner County 59
24 Butte County 55
25 Grant County 45
26 Charles Mix County 44
27 Todd County 43
28 Spink County 41
29 Deuel County 36
30 McCook County 35
30 Marshall County 35
31 Brule County 34
32 Hamlin County 32
33 Jackson County 29
34 Lyman County 25
35 Tripp County 24
36 Dewey County 23
37 Day County 21
38 Walworth County 20
39 Aurora County 19
39 Bennett County 19
40 Corson County 18
40 Hanson County 18
40 Kingsbury County 18
40 Miner County 18
41 Stanley County 17
42 Gregory County 16
42 Harding County 16
43 McPherson County 15
43 Perkins County 15
44 Douglas County 13
44 Ziebach County 13
45 Edmunds County 12
46 Mellette County 11
46 Potter County 11
47 Buffalo County 10
47 Faulk County 10
48 Hyde County 9
49 Sully County 6
50 Sanborn County 5
51 Campbell County 4
51 Haakon County 4
51 Hand County 4
52 Jerauld County 3
52 Jones County 3