Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (156.59K), followed by Pennington County (89.64K), and Lincoln County (54.60K).

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 2018
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Brookings
Codington
Meade
Lawrence
Yankton
Davison
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2018
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Minnehaha County 156586
2 Pennington County 89638
3 Lincoln County 54603
4 Brown County 33694
5 Brookings County 31668
6 Codington County 25860
7 Meade County 24684
8 Lawrence County 23340
9 Yankton County 20061
10 Davison County 17960
11 Hughes County 14436
12 Union County 14322
13 Beadle County 13872
14 Clay County 12153
15 Lake County 12108
16 Butte County 9327
17 Turner County 7953
18 Custer County 7925
19 Hutchinson County 6876
20 Grant County 6589
21 Spink County 6054
22 Bon Homme County 5967
23 Charles Mix County 5842
24 Roberts County 5798
25 Fall River County 5722
26 Hamlin County 5684
27 McCook County 5177
28 Moody County 4983
29 Day County 4723
30 Kingsbury County 4621
31 Tripp County 4410
32 Brule County 4367
33 Walworth County 4286
34 Deuel County 4053
35 Marshall County 4047
36 Edmunds County 3677
37 Gregory County 3659
38 Clark County 3462
39 Hanson County 3248
40 Hand County 3123
41 Douglas County 2749
42 Perkins County 2722
43 Stanley County 2659
44 Aurora County 2456
45 McPherson County 2313
46 Sanborn County 2255
47 Faulk County 2253
48 Lyman County 2122
49 Miner County 2072
50 Potter County 2050
51 Jerauld County 1868
52 Haakon County 1729
53 Campbell County 1313
54 Jackson County 1275
55 Sully County 1272
56 Dewey County 1154
57 Corson County 1153
58 Harding County 1149
59 Hyde County 1105
60 Bennett County 1103
61 Jones County 825
62 Todd County 776
63 Mellette County 742
64 Ziebach County 666
65 Oglala Lakota County 639
66 Buffalo County 308