Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone 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 race as White Alone (162.21K), followed by Pennington County (91.11K), and Lincoln County (51.85K).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population in 2016
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| Rank | County | White Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnehaha County | 162210 |
| 2 | Pennington County | 91112 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 51852 |
| 4 | Brown County | 34909 |
| 5 | Brookings County | 31864 |
| 6 | Codington County | 26516 |
| 7 | Meade County | 24907 |
| 8 | Lawrence County | 23724 |
| 9 | Yankton County | 20893 |
| 10 | Davison County | 18762 |
| 11 | Beadle County | 15676 |
| 12 | Hughes County | 14886 |
| 13 | Union County | 14400 |
| 14 | Clay County | 12571 |
| 15 | Lake County | 12043 |
| 16 | Butte County | 9535 |
| 17 | Turner County | 8039 |
| 18 | Custer County | 8003 |
| 19 | Hutchinson County | 7068 |
| 20 | Grant County | 6985 |
| 21 | Bon Homme County | 6192 |
| 22 | Spink County | 6187 |
| 23 | Charles Mix County | 6004 |
| 24 | Roberts County | 5937 |
| 25 | Fall River County | 5934 |
| 26 | Hamlin County | 5778 |
| 27 | McCook County | 5337 |
| 28 | Moody County | 5184 |
| 29 | Day County | 4833 |
| 30 | Kingsbury County | 4811 |
| 31 | Tripp County | 4542 |
| 32 | Brule County | 4475 |
| 33 | Walworth County | 4393 |
| 34 | Marshall County | 4271 |
| 35 | Deuel County | 4139 |
| 36 | Edmunds County | 3822 |
| 37 | Gregory County | 3679 |
| 38 | Clark County | 3505 |
| 39 | Hanson County | 3304 |
| 40 | Hand County | 3207 |
| 41 | Perkins County | 2833 |
| 42 | Douglas County | 2796 |
| 43 | Stanley County | 2706 |
| 44 | Aurora County | 2629 |
| 45 | McPherson County | 2373 |
| 46 | Sanborn County | 2316 |
| 47 | Faulk County | 2270 |
| 48 | Lyman County | 2191 |
| 49 | Miner County | 2163 |
| 50 | Potter County | 2148 |
| 51 | Jerauld County | 1962 |
| 52 | Haakon County | 1769 |
| 53 | Campbell County | 1353 |
| 54 | Jackson County | 1352 |
| 55 | Sully County | 1333 |
| 56 | Corson County | 1254 |
| 57 | Dewey County | 1207 |
| 58 | Harding County | 1193 |
| 59 | Hyde County | 1180 |
| 60 | Bennett County | 1165 |
| 61 | Todd County | 877 |
| 62 | Jones County | 858 |
| 63 | Mellette County | 800 |
| 64 | Oglala Lakota County | 717 |
| 65 | Ziebach County | 685 |
| 66 | Buffalo County | 307 |