Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (166.76K), followed by Pennington County (95.06K), and Lincoln County (57.61K).

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 White Alone Population in 2019
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population in 2019
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Rank County White Alone Population
1 Minnehaha County 166757
2 Pennington County 95057
3 Lincoln County 57613
4 Brown County 34442
5 Brookings County 32796
6 Codington County 26410
7 Meade County 25747
8 Lawrence County 24096
9 Yankton County 20979
10 Davison County 18454
11 Beadle County 15492
12 Union County 15065
13 Hughes County 14630
14 Clay County 12577
15 Lake County 12093
16 Butte County 9769
17 Custer County 8272
18 Turner County 8044
19 Hutchinson County 7007
20 Grant County 6832
21 Bon Homme County 6128
22 Spink County 6102
23 Hamlin County 6048
24 Roberts County 5952
25 Charles Mix County 5897
26 Fall River County 5819
27 McCook County 5360
28 Moody County 5222
29 Kingsbury County 4739
30 Day County 4726
31 Brule County 4438
32 Tripp County 4375
33 Walworth County 4353
34 Marshall County 4298
35 Deuel County 4194
36 Edmunds County 3735
37 Gregory County 3702
38 Clark County 3609
39 Hanson County 3347
40 Hand County 3104
41 Douglas County 2769
41 Stanley County 2769
42 Perkins County 2688
43 Aurora County 2592
44 McPherson County 2314
45 Sanborn County 2275
46 Faulk County 2260
47 Miner County 2141
48 Lyman County 2121
49 Potter County 2019
50 Jerauld County 1958
51 Haakon County 1738
52 Campbell County 1336
53 Jackson County 1332
54 Sully County 1295
55 Harding County 1227
56 Corson County 1218
57 Dewey County 1190
58 Bennett County 1160
59 Hyde County 1135
60 Jones County 819
61 Todd County 814
62 Mellette County 778
63 Oglala Lakota County 741
64 Ziebach County 690
65 Buffalo County 306