Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Dakota counties, Oglala Lakota County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (94.99%), followed by Todd County (88.31%), and Buffalo County (82.04%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2012
Oglala Lakota
Todd
Buffalo
Dewey
Ziebach
Corson
Bennett
Mellette
Jackson
Lyman
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 94.99
2 Todd County 88.31
3 Buffalo County 82.04
4 Dewey County 74.31
5 Ziebach County 72.6
6 Corson County 66.12
7 Bennett County 61.78
8 Mellette County 53.95
9 Jackson County 51.48
10 Lyman County 39.23
11 Roberts County 36.33
12 Charles Mix County 32.2
13 Tripp County 13.77
14 Walworth County 13.47
15 Moody County 13.2
16 Hughes County 10.36
17 Pennington County 9.99
18 Marshall County 9.48
19 Day County 9.18
20 Brule County 8.96
21 Hyde County 8.4
22 Stanley County 7.86
23 Bon Homme County 7.41
24 Gregory County 7.18
25 Fall River County 6.83
26 Brown County 3.33
27 Custer County 3.25
28 Clay County 3.19
29 Yankton County 2.96
30 Davison County 2.79
30 Spink County 2.79
31 Meade County 2.74
32 Minnehaha County 2.73
33 Jones County 2.42
34 Douglas County 2.24
35 Lawrence County 2.2
36 Perkins County 2.15
37 Codington County 2.07
37 Harding County 2.07
38 Haakon County 1.93
39 Sully County 1.82
40 Butte County 1.75
41 Aurora County 1.74
42 Potter County 1.45
43 Beadle County 1.2
44 Brookings County 1.17
45 Hutchinson County 0.99
46 Lake County 0.95
46 Turner County 0.95
47 McCook County 0.88
48 Kingsbury County 0.75
49 Grant County 0.68
50 Union County 0.62
51 Campbell County 0.57
52 Lincoln County 0.53
53 Edmunds County 0.52
54 Jerauld County 0.49
55 Sanborn County 0.43
56 Hand County 0.42
57 Deuel County 0.41
57 Hanson County 0.41
58 Hamlin County 0.34
59 Miner County 0.26
60 Clark County 0.17
61 Faulk County 0.13
62 McPherson County 0.08