Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (3.92%), followed by Yankton County (1.58%), and Clay County (1.36%).

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 Black or African American Alone in 2010
Minnehaha
Yankton
Clay
Meade
Pennington
Beadle
Bon Homme
Brookings
Union
Lincoln
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2010
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Minnehaha County 3.92
2 Yankton County 1.58
3 Clay County 1.36
4 Meade County 1.33
5 Pennington County 1.09
6 Beadle County 1.08
7 Bon Homme County 0.99
8 Brookings County 0.88
9 Union County 0.76
10 Lincoln County 0.74
11 Fall River County 0.69
12 Brown County 0.58
13 Lake County 0.55
14 Hughes County 0.53
15 Moody County 0.49
16 Davison County 0.48
17 Hutchinson County 0.44
18 Aurora County 0.41
19 Codington County 0.4
19 Lawrence County 0.4
20 Douglas County 0.37
20 Marshall County 0.37
21 Deuel County 0.3
21 Spink County 0.3
21 Stanley County 0.3
22 Butte County 0.26
23 Clark County 0.24
23 Turner County 0.24
24 Brule County 0.23
25 Buffalo County 0.21
26 Hamlin County 0.2
27 Custer County 0.18
27 Ziebach County 0.18
28 Todd County 0.17
29 Gregory County 0.16
29 Haakon County 0.16
29 Harding County 0.16
29 Jackson County 0.16
30 Grant County 0.15
30 Roberts County 0.15
31 Bennett County 0.14
31 Campbell County 0.14
31 Day County 0.14
31 Kingsbury County 0.14
31 McCook County 0.14
32 Faulk County 0.13
32 Miner County 0.13
32 Potter County 0.13
33 Edmunds County 0.12
33 Tripp County 0.12
34 Walworth County 0.11
35 Charles Mix County 0.1
35 Corson County 0.1
35 Jones County 0.1
35 Mellette County 0.1
36 Dewey County 0.09
36 Hand County 0.09
37 Lyman County 0.08
38 Hyde County 0.07
38 Perkins County 0.07
38 Sully County 0.07
39 Jerauld County 0.05
40 McPherson County 0.04
41 Oglala Lakota County 0.03
42 Hanson County 0
42 Sanborn County 0