Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, 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 (92.93%), followed by Todd County (86.67%), and Buffalo County (80.97%).

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 2018
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 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 92.93
2 Todd County 86.67
3 Buffalo County 80.97
4 Dewey County 74.92
5 Ziebach County 70.68
6 Corson County 66.67
7 Bennett County 60.83
8 Mellette County 56.35
9 Jackson County 54.17
10 Lyman County 38.96
11 Roberts County 38.76
12 Charles Mix County 32.33
13 Tripp County 14.93
14 Walworth County 14.75
15 Moody County 13.74
16 Hughes County 11.98
17 Pennington County 10.2
18 Marshall County 9.99
19 Brule County 9.89
20 Day County 9.3
21 Hyde County 8.62
22 Bon Homme County 8.46
23 Gregory County 7.74
24 Stanley County 6.85
25 Fall River County 6.42
26 Jones County 4.33
27 Clay County 4.03
28 Custer County 3.87
29 Brown County 3.58
30 Davison County 3.31
31 Yankton County 3.27
32 Sully County 3.13
33 Meade County 2.95
34 Minnehaha County 2.86
34 Potter County 2.86
35 Codington County 2.84
36 Aurora County 2.78
37 Haakon County 2.75
38 Spink County 2.72
39 Butte County 2.58
40 Douglas County 2.47
41 Perkins County 2.42
42 Lawrence County 2.4
43 Harding County 2.24
44 Beadle County 1.62
45 Hutchinson County 1.54
46 Grant County 1.47
47 Lake County 1.41
48 Edmunds County 1.27
49 Brookings County 1.21
50 McCook County 1.17
50 Turner County 1.17
51 Kingsbury County 1.14
52 Campbell County 1.09
53 Union County 0.88
54 Hamlin County 0.83
55 Jerauld County 0.79
56 Lincoln County 0.75
57 Deuel County 0.74
58 Miner County 0.68
59 Clark County 0.67
60 Hand County 0.53
61 Faulk County 0.52
62 Sanborn County 0.46
63 Hanson County 0.39
64 McPherson County 0.25