Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, 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 (90.05%), followed by Todd County (84.37%), and Buffalo County (79.56%).

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 2022
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 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Oglala Lakota County 90.05
2 Todd County 84.37
3 Buffalo County 79.56
4 Dewey County 73.01
5 Ziebach County 67.84
6 Corson County 64.45
7 Bennett County 58.84
8 Mellette County 53.87
9 Jackson County 53.04
10 Lyman County 37.76
11 Roberts County 37.05
12 Charles Mix County 30.64
13 Tripp County 15.36
14 Walworth County 14.66
15 Moody County 13.77
16 Hughes County 12.4
17 Brule County 11.85
18 Hyde County 10.68
19 Pennington County 10.08
20 Day County 9.37
21 Marshall County 9.28
22 Bon Homme County 8.18
23 Gregory County 7.93
24 Stanley County 7.06
25 Jones County 6.97
26 Fall River County 6.12
27 Clay County 4.04
28 Brown County 3.86
29 Sully County 3.71
30 Davison County 3.64
31 Custer County 3.43
32 Haakon County 3.33
33 Potter County 3.31
34 Meade County 3.3
35 Yankton County 3.2
36 Codington County 3.18
37 Aurora County 3.11
38 Minnehaha County 3.06
39 Harding County 2.76
40 Butte County 2.67
41 Douglas County 2.4
42 Perkins County 2.28
43 Lawrence County 2.23
44 Beadle County 2.2
45 Campbell County 2.14
46 Lake County 1.97
47 Spink County 1.91
48 Hutchinson County 1.8
49 McCook County 1.68
50 Grant County 1.66
51 Brookings County 1.48
52 Turner County 1.35
53 Edmunds County 1.23
53 Kingsbury County 1.23
54 Clark County 1.17
55 Jerauld County 1.14
56 Union County 1.07
57 Sanborn County 0.96
58 Faulk County 0.9
59 Hamlin County 0.89
60 Hanson County 0.86
60 Lincoln County 0.86
61 Deuel County 0.83
62 Hand County 0.74
63 McPherson County 0.67
64 Miner County 0.53