Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (161.01K), followed by Pennington County (90.47K), and Lincoln County (50.52K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population in 2015
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Brookings
Codington
Meade
Lawrence
Yankton
Davison
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population in 2015
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Rank County White Alone Population
1 Minnehaha County 161011
2 Pennington County 90467
3 Lincoln County 50517
4 Brown County 34953
5 Brookings County 31533
6 Codington County 26388
7 Meade County 24501
8 Lawrence County 23301
9 Yankton County 20979
10 Davison County 18704
11 Beadle County 15840
12 Hughes County 14943
13 Union County 14267
14 Clay County 12522
15 Lake County 11848
16 Butte County 9664
17 Turner County 7921
18 Custer County 7884
19 Hutchinson County 7035
20 Grant County 7003
21 Spink County 6241
22 Bon Homme County 6210
23 Charles Mix County 5993
24 Fall River County 5980
25 Roberts County 5976
26 Hamlin County 5839
27 McCook County 5328
28 Moody County 5180
29 Day County 4836
30 Kingsbury County 4806
31 Brule County 4522
32 Tripp County 4483
33 Walworth County 4414
34 Marshall County 4257
35 Deuel County 4219
36 Edmunds County 3892
37 Gregory County 3721
38 Clark County 3537
39 Hanson County 3324
40 Hand County 3247
41 Perkins County 2865
42 Douglas County 2828
43 Stanley County 2669
44 Aurora County 2623
45 McPherson County 2356
46 Sanborn County 2294
47 Faulk County 2271
48 Lyman County 2204
49 Potter County 2187
50 Miner County 2145
51 Jerauld County 1979
52 Haakon County 1740
53 Campbell County 1379
54 Jackson County 1376
55 Sully County 1325
56 Corson County 1266
57 Hyde County 1223
58 Dewey County 1203
59 Harding County 1201
60 Bennett County 1140
61 Todd County 889
62 Jones County 857
63 Mellette County 808
64 Oglala Lakota County 676
65 Ziebach County 657
66 Buffalo County 313