Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2013

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2013, 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 (94.54%), followed by Todd County (88.12%), and Buffalo County (82.22%).

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 2013
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 2013
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 94.54
2 Todd County 88.12
3 Buffalo County 82.22
4 Dewey County 74.61
5 Ziebach County 72.36
6 Corson County 65.93
7 Bennett County 61.41
8 Mellette County 55.42
9 Jackson County 52.84
10 Lyman County 38.35
11 Roberts County 36.35
12 Charles Mix County 32.36
13 Walworth County 13.99
14 Tripp County 13.76
15 Moody County 13.3
16 Hughes County 10.28
17 Pennington County 9.99
18 Marshall County 9.73
19 Brule County 9.71
20 Day County 9.39
21 Hyde County 9.36
22 Stanley County 8.69
23 Bon Homme County 7.61
24 Gregory County 7.18
25 Fall River County 6.99
26 Custer County 3.37
27 Brown County 3.31
28 Clay County 3.26
29 Jones County 2.98
30 Yankton County 2.92
31 Meade County 2.82
32 Minnehaha County 2.8
33 Spink County 2.73
34 Davison County 2.6
35 Harding County 2.38
36 Codington County 2.3
37 Douglas County 2.29
38 Lawrence County 2.19
39 Aurora County 2.13
40 Perkins County 2.12
41 Sully County 2.09
42 Potter County 1.91
43 Butte County 1.9
44 Haakon County 1.76
45 Brookings County 1.22
46 Beadle County 1.19
47 Hutchinson County 1.1
48 Lake County 1.05
49 Turner County 1.03
50 McCook County 0.88
51 Grant County 0.69
52 Union County 0.68
53 Kingsbury County 0.67
54 Campbell County 0.66
55 Edmunds County 0.65
56 Hand County 0.62
57 Lincoln County 0.55
58 Hamlin County 0.54
59 Jerauld County 0.53
60 Deuel County 0.39
61 Miner County 0.35
62 Hanson County 0.32
63 Sanborn County 0.3
64 McPherson County 0.25
65 Faulk County 0.13
66 Clark County 0.11