Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (154.76K), followed by Pennington County (87.76K), and Lincoln County (50.98K).

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 2016
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Brookings
Codington
Meade
Lawrence
Yankton
Davison
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2016
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Minnehaha County 154755
2 Pennington County 87760
3 Lincoln County 50980
4 Brown County 34155
5 Brookings County 31054
6 Codington County 26051
7 Meade County 24016
8 Lawrence County 23122
9 Yankton County 20113
10 Davison County 18307
11 Hughes County 14573
12 Beadle County 14248
13 Union County 13994
14 Clay County 12280
15 Lake County 11792
16 Butte County 9267
17 Turner County 7902
18 Custer County 7779
19 Hutchinson County 6945
20 Grant County 6690
21 Spink County 6101
22 Bon Homme County 6054
23 Charles Mix County 5917
24 Roberts County 5837
25 Fall River County 5739
26 Hamlin County 5547
27 McCook County 5182
28 Moody County 5015
29 Day County 4758
30 Kingsbury County 4724
31 Tripp County 4507
32 Brule County 4397
33 Walworth County 4320
34 Marshall County 4058
35 Deuel County 4027
36 Edmunds County 3760
37 Gregory County 3644
38 Clark County 3413
39 Hanson County 3273
40 Hand County 3167
41 Perkins County 2795
42 Douglas County 2769
43 Stanley County 2652
44 Aurora County 2481
45 McPherson County 2345
46 Sanborn County 2257
47 Faulk County 2251
48 Lyman County 2174
49 Potter County 2116
50 Miner County 2114
51 Jerauld County 1883
52 Haakon County 1741
53 Campbell County 1331
54 Jackson County 1326
55 Sully County 1309
56 Corson County 1209
57 Harding County 1173
58 Hyde County 1172
59 Dewey County 1152
60 Bennett County 1118
61 Jones County 840
62 Todd County 812
63 Mellette County 773
64 Ziebach County 668
65 Oglala Lakota County 619
66 Buffalo County 301