Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, 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 (93.02%), followed by Todd County (86.88%), and Buffalo County (81.78%).
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 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oglala Lakota County | 93.02 |
| 2 | Todd County | 86.88 |
| 3 | Buffalo County | 81.78 |
| 4 | Dewey County | 74.75 |
| 5 | Ziebach County | 70.69 |
| 6 | Corson County | 65.94 |
| 7 | Bennett County | 60.52 |
| 8 | Mellette County | 55.32 |
| 9 | Jackson County | 53.56 |
| 10 | Lyman County | 39.21 |
| 11 | Roberts County | 37.97 |
| 12 | Charles Mix County | 32.19 |
| 13 | Tripp County | 14.5 |
| 14 | Walworth County | 14.43 |
| 15 | Moody County | 13.82 |
| 16 | Hughes County | 11.73 |
| 17 | Brule County | 10.42 |
| 18 | Pennington County | 10.12 |
| 19 | Marshall County | 9.54 |
| 20 | Day County | 9.48 |
| 21 | Hyde County | 9.32 |
| 22 | Bon Homme County | 8.14 |
| 23 | Gregory County | 7.27 |
| 24 | Stanley County | 6.9 |
| 25 | Fall River County | 6.84 |
| 26 | Custer County | 4.07 |
| 27 | Brown County | 3.66 |
| 28 | Clay County | 3.63 |
| 29 | Jones County | 3.38 |
| 30 | Davison County | 3.32 |
| 31 | Yankton County | 3.14 |
| 32 | Sully County | 2.93 |
| 33 | Minnehaha County | 2.84 |
| 34 | Meade County | 2.82 |
| 34 | Spink County | 2.82 |
| 35 | Aurora County | 2.76 |
| 36 | Codington County | 2.63 |
| 37 | Potter County | 2.62 |
| 38 | Perkins County | 2.53 |
| 39 | Haakon County | 2.45 |
| 40 | Butte County | 2.44 |
| 41 | Lawrence County | 2.38 |
| 42 | Douglas County | 2.27 |
| 43 | Harding County | 2.09 |
| 44 | Hutchinson County | 1.55 |
| 45 | Beadle County | 1.46 |
| 46 | Lake County | 1.39 |
| 47 | Grant County | 1.25 |
| 48 | Kingsbury County | 1.18 |
| 49 | Brookings County | 1.15 |
| 50 | Edmunds County | 1.1 |
| 50 | McCook County | 1.1 |
| 51 | Turner County | 1.02 |
| 52 | Campbell County | 0.95 |
| 53 | Union County | 0.9 |
| 54 | Hamlin County | 0.78 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 0.74 |
| 56 | Miner County | 0.68 |
| 57 | Deuel County | 0.67 |
| 58 | Jerauld County | 0.64 |
| 59 | Clark County | 0.6 |
| 60 | Faulk County | 0.52 |
| 60 | Hand County | 0.52 |
| 61 | Sanborn County | 0.41 |
| 62 | Hanson County | 0.38 |
| 63 | McPherson County | 0.25 |