Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (147.54K), followed by Pennington County (83.60K), and Lincoln County (44.48K).

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 White Population in 2011
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2011
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Minnehaha County 147542
2 Pennington County 83601
3 Lincoln County 44484
4 Brown County 33973
5 Brookings County 29573
6 Codington County 25908
7 Meade County 22829
8 Lawrence County 22407
9 Yankton County 20460
10 Davison County 18287
11 Beadle County 14877
12 Hughes County 14583
13 Union County 13767
14 Clay County 12545
15 Lake County 10994
16 Butte County 9522
17 Turner County 8053
18 Custer County 7679
19 Hutchinson County 6983
20 Grant County 6955
21 Spink County 6259
22 Roberts County 6223
23 Bon Homme County 6204
24 Fall River County 6057
25 Charles Mix County 5918
26 Hamlin County 5689
27 McCook County 5333
28 Moody County 5201
29 Day County 5013
30 Kingsbury County 4983
31 Tripp County 4684
32 Brule County 4601
33 Walworth County 4541
34 Deuel County 4187
35 Edmunds County 3898
36 Marshall County 3866
37 Gregory County 3755
38 Clark County 3472
39 Hand County 3360
40 Hanson County 3299
41 Perkins County 2894
42 Douglas County 2836
43 Stanley County 2662
44 Aurora County 2520
45 McPherson County 2398
46 Faulk County 2309
47 Potter County 2283
48 Sanborn County 2281
49 Miner County 2256
50 Lyman County 2195
51 Jerauld County 1951
52 Haakon County 1802
53 Campbell County 1389
54 Jackson County 1334
55 Sully County 1313
56 Hyde County 1247
57 Harding County 1218
58 Corson County 1205
59 Bennett County 1142
60 Dewey County 1122
61 Jones County 933
62 Todd County 911
63 Mellette County 797
64 Ziebach County 678
65 Oglala Lakota County 442
66 Buffalo County 297