Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (162.00K), followed by Pennington County (90.93K), and Lincoln County (64.28K).

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 2022
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Brookings
Meade
Codington
Lawrence
Yankton
Davison
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2022
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Minnehaha County 161998
2 Pennington County 90929
3 Lincoln County 64284
4 Brown County 32191
5 Brookings County 31130
6 Meade County 26533
7 Codington County 26228
8 Lawrence County 24490
9 Yankton County 20487
10 Davison County 17625
11 Union County 15357
12 Hughes County 14357
13 Beadle County 13409
14 Clay County 13216
15 Lake County 9825
16 Butte County 9627
17 Turner County 8320
18 Custer County 8095
19 Hutchinson County 6862
20 Grant County 6737
21 Fall River County 6294
22 Bon Homme County 6120
23 Charles Mix County 5955
24 Spink County 5862
25 Hamlin County 5848
26 Roberts County 5805
27 McCook County 5364
28 Kingsbury County 4942
29 Moody County 4834
30 Day County 4641
31 Tripp County 4494
32 Brule County 4336
33 Walworth County 4150
34 Deuel County 4104
35 Edmunds County 3875
36 Marshall County 3686
37 Clark County 3596
38 Gregory County 3468
39 Hanson County 3300
40 Hand County 2952
41 Stanley County 2636
42 Perkins County 2618
43 Douglas County 2597
44 Aurora County 2386
45 McPherson County 2260
46 Potter County 2244
47 Sanborn County 2223
48 Miner County 2135
49 Lyman County 2109
50 Faulk County 2026
51 Haakon County 1675
52 Jerauld County 1504
53 Sully County 1347
54 Campbell County 1256
55 Harding County 1219
56 Corson County 1161
57 Bennett County 1105
58 Jackson County 1082
59 Dewey County 1033
60 Hyde County 1015
61 Oglala Lakota County 930
62 Todd County 782
63 Jones County 763
64 Mellette County 722
65 Ziebach County 640
66 Buffalo County 288