Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White 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 White (149.04K), followed by Pennington County (84.41K), and Lincoln County (45.75K).

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 2012
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2012
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Minnehaha County 149042
2 Pennington County 84409
3 Lincoln County 45745
4 Brown County 34122
5 Brookings County 30016
6 Codington County 25893
7 Meade County 22904
8 Lawrence County 22395
9 Yankton County 20439
10 Davison County 18349
11 Beadle County 14856
12 Hughes County 14637
13 Union County 13828
14 Clay County 12529
15 Lake County 11080
16 Butte County 9464
17 Turner County 7985
18 Custer County 7608
19 Grant County 6997
20 Hutchinson County 6965
21 Spink County 6360
22 Bon Homme County 6187
23 Roberts County 6128
24 Fall River County 6021
25 Charles Mix County 5883
26 Hamlin County 5633
27 McCook County 5311
28 Moody County 5177
29 Kingsbury County 4980
30 Day County 4881
31 Tripp County 4586
32 Brule County 4562
33 Walworth County 4465
34 Deuel County 4150
35 Marshall County 3876
36 Edmunds County 3870
37 Gregory County 3782
38 Clark County 3438
39 Hanson County 3298
40 Hand County 3287
41 Perkins County 2891
42 Douglas County 2809
43 Stanley County 2605
44 Aurora County 2544
45 McPherson County 2375
46 Faulk County 2302
47 Potter County 2239
48 Sanborn County 2223
49 Miner County 2220
50 Lyman County 2159
51 Jerauld County 1919
52 Haakon County 1802
53 Campbell County 1365
54 Sully County 1358
55 Jackson County 1357
56 Hyde County 1262
57 Harding County 1227
58 Corson County 1215
59 Dewey County 1182
60 Bennett County 1114
61 Jones County 916
62 Todd County 881
63 Mellette County 807
64 Ziebach County 672
65 Oglala Lakota County 479
66 Buffalo County 310