Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, 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 (93.12%), followed by Todd County (87.38%), and Buffalo County (82.31%).

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 2016
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 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 93.12
2 Todd County 87.38
3 Buffalo County 82.31
4 Dewey County 74.3
5 Ziebach County 71.71
6 Corson County 65.47
7 Bennett County 60.82
8 Mellette County 55.63
9 Jackson County 53.26
10 Lyman County 39.54
11 Roberts County 37.71
12 Charles Mix County 32.12
13 Walworth County 14.35
14 Tripp County 14.21
15 Moody County 14.13
16 Hughes County 11.37
17 Pennington County 10.2
18 Brule County 9.84
19 Day County 9.76
20 Marshall County 9.08
21 Hyde County 8.35
22 Bon Homme County 7.9
23 Gregory County 7.75
24 Fall River County 6.8
25 Stanley County 6.66
26 Custer County 3.85
27 Jones County 3.77
28 Brown County 3.61
29 Clay County 3.37
30 Yankton County 3.21
31 Davison County 3.07
32 Meade County 2.97
33 Spink County 2.81
34 Minnehaha County 2.79
35 Sully County 2.77
36 Codington County 2.57
37 Aurora County 2.42
38 Butte County 2.41
39 Potter County 2.39
40 Harding County 2.37
41 Lawrence County 2.36
42 Douglas County 2.27
43 Perkins County 2.23
44 Haakon County 1.75
45 Beadle County 1.55
46 Hutchinson County 1.47
47 Brookings County 1.21
48 Grant County 1.16
48 Lake County 1.16
49 McCook County 1.14
50 Kingsbury County 1.05
51 Edmunds County 1.02
52 Turner County 1
53 Union County 0.9
54 Campbell County 0.79
55 Hamlin County 0.71
56 Jerauld County 0.65
57 Lincoln County 0.62
58 Clark County 0.61
59 Deuel County 0.54
59 Miner County 0.54
60 Hand County 0.52
61 Faulk County 0.48
62 Sanborn County 0.42
63 Hanson County 0.38
64 McPherson County 0.25