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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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 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 |