Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (4.34%), followed by Yankton County (1.89%), and Meade County (1.67%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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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
Black or African American Alone in 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnehaha County | 4.34 |
| 2 | Yankton County | 1.89 |
| 3 | Meade County | 1.67 |
| 4 | Clay County | 1.66 |
| 5 | Pennington County | 1.46 |
| 6 | Beadle County | 1.28 |
| 7 | Hughes County | 1.23 |
| 8 | Bon Homme County | 1.2 |
| 9 | Brown County | 1.14 |
| 10 | Brookings County | 1.06 |
| 11 | Fall River County | 1.02 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 1.02 |
| 11 | Moody County | 1.02 |
| 12 | Union County | 1 |
| 13 | Clark County | 0.95 |
| 14 | Davison County | 0.82 |
| 15 | Lawrence County | 0.81 |
| 16 | Lake County | 0.79 |
| 17 | Codington County | 0.76 |
| 18 | Deuel County | 0.75 |
| 19 | Hutchinson County | 0.74 |
| 20 | Aurora County | 0.65 |
| 21 | Marshall County | 0.62 |
| 22 | Hyde County | 0.56 |
| 23 | Custer County | 0.54 |
| 23 | Harding County | 0.54 |
| 24 | Buffalo County | 0.5 |
| 25 | Sully County | 0.49 |
| 26 | Day County | 0.48 |
| 27 | Haakon County | 0.47 |
| 27 | Hamlin County | 0.47 |
| 27 | Potter County | 0.47 |
| 28 | Butte County | 0.46 |
| 28 | Spink County | 0.46 |
| 29 | Brule County | 0.45 |
| 29 | Grant County | 0.45 |
| 30 | Stanley County | 0.44 |
| 31 | Douglas County | 0.41 |
| 31 | Hanson County | 0.41 |
| 31 | Turner County | 0.41 |
| 32 | Kingsbury County | 0.36 |
| 32 | McCook County | 0.36 |
| 32 | Perkins County | 0.36 |
| 32 | Roberts County | 0.36 |
| 33 | Charles Mix County | 0.32 |
| 33 | Jackson County | 0.32 |
| 34 | Miner County | 0.31 |
| 34 | Walworth County | 0.31 |
| 34 | Ziebach County | 0.31 |
| 35 | Lyman County | 0.29 |
| 36 | Campbell County | 0.28 |
| 37 | Corson County | 0.27 |
| 37 | Tripp County | 0.27 |
| 38 | Gregory County | 0.24 |
| 39 | Edmunds County | 0.22 |
| 40 | Faulk County | 0.21 |
| 40 | McPherson County | 0.21 |
| 41 | Jerauld County | 0.2 |
| 41 | Todd County | 0.2 |
| 42 | Dewey County | 0.16 |
| 43 | Bennett County | 0.14 |
| 44 | Sanborn County | 0.13 |
| 45 | Jones County | 0.1 |
| 46 | Hand County | 0.09 |
| 46 | Oglala Lakota County | 0.09 |
| 47 | Mellette County | 0.05 |