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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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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 |