Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (163.76K), followed by Pennington County (91.82K), and Lincoln County (65.90K).

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 2023
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2023
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Minnehaha County 163757
2 Pennington County 91816
3 Lincoln County 65899
4 Brown County 32070
5 Brookings County 31426
6 Meade County 26659
7 Codington County 26293
8 Lawrence County 25151
9 Yankton County 20462
10 Davison County 17486
11 Union County 15361
12 Hughes County 14166
13 Beadle County 13342
14 Clay County 13318
15 Lake County 9878
16 Butte County 9705
17 Turner County 8377
18 Custer County 8161
19 Hutchinson County 6881
20 Grant County 6726
21 Fall River County 6249
22 Bon Homme County 6095
23 Charles Mix County 5937
24 Hamlin County 5890
25 Roberts County 5802
26 Spink County 5781
27 McCook County 5392
28 Kingsbury County 4925
29 Moody County 4838
30 Day County 4605
31 Tripp County 4519
32 Brule County 4309
33 Walworth County 4098
34 Deuel County 4094
35 Edmunds County 3858
36 Marshall County 3696
37 Clark County 3595
38 Gregory County 3478
39 Hanson County 3277
40 Hand County 2934
41 Stanley County 2681
42 Perkins County 2633
43 Douglas County 2597
44 Aurora County 2399
45 Sanborn County 2213
46 Potter County 2196
47 McPherson County 2184
48 Miner County 2123
49 Lyman County 2118
50 Faulk County 2047
51 Haakon County 1688
52 Jerauld County 1504
53 Sully County 1339
54 Campbell County 1235
55 Harding County 1203
56 Corson County 1159
57 Bennett County 1065
58 Dewey County 1047
59 Jackson County 1039
60 Hyde County 996
61 Oglala Lakota County 917
62 Jones County 744
63 Todd County 741
64 Mellette County 732
65 Ziebach County 632
66 Buffalo County 285