Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone 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 race as White Alone (175.38K), followed by Pennington County (96.00K), and Lincoln County (67.90K).

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 2023
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Brookings
Meade
Codington
Lawrence
Yankton
Davison
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population in 2023
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Rank County White Alone Population
1 Minnehaha County 175384
2 Pennington County 95998
3 Lincoln County 67897
4 Brown County 33302
5 Brookings County 32755
6 Meade County 27792
7 Codington County 26947
8 Lawrence County 26051
9 Yankton County 21624
10 Davison County 18232
11 Union County 16104
12 Beadle County 15658
13 Hughes County 14499
14 Clay County 13664
15 Lake County 10329
16 Butte County 10037
17 Turner County 8661
18 Custer County 8390
19 Grant County 7204
20 Hutchinson County 7034
21 Fall River County 6424
22 Bon Homme County 6233
23 Hamlin County 6204
24 Charles Mix County 5994
25 Spink County 5896
26 Roberts County 5895
27 McCook County 5527
28 Moody County 5103
29 Kingsbury County 5049
30 Day County 4699
31 Tripp County 4544
32 Brule County 4376
33 Deuel County 4208
34 Walworth County 4171
35 Edmunds County 3920
36 Marshall County 3828
37 Clark County 3768
38 Gregory County 3524
39 Hanson County 3323
40 Hand County 3001
41 Stanley County 2714
42 Perkins County 2688
43 Douglas County 2672
44 Aurora County 2592
45 Sanborn County 2320
46 McPherson County 2247
47 Potter County 2234
48 Miner County 2162
49 Lyman County 2142
50 Faulk County 2098
51 Haakon County 1709
52 Jerauld County 1582
53 Sully County 1367
54 Campbell County 1283
55 Harding County 1234
56 Corson County 1177
57 Bennett County 1090
58 Dewey County 1057
59 Jackson County 1054
60 Hyde County 1007
61 Oglala Lakota County 983
62 Todd County 771
63 Jones County 757
64 Mellette County 738
65 Ziebach County 635
66 Buffalo County 296