Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (5.59%), followed by Yankton County (2.06%), and Meade County (1.84%).

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 Black or African American Alone Population in 2016

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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 2016

Minnehaha

Yankton

Meade

Brookings

Clay

Clark

Brown

Pennington

Beadle

Lincoln

Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2016

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Minnehaha County	5.59
2	Yankton County	2.06
3	Meade County	1.84
4	Brookings County	1.67
5	Clay County	1.62
6	Clark County	1.57
7	Brown County	1.56
8	Pennington County	1.42
9	Beadle County	1.36
10	Lincoln County	1.33
11	Fall River County	1.28
12	Bon Homme County	1.25
13	Moody County	1.06
14	Lake County	1.04
15	Union County	1.02
16	Harding County	0.95
17	Hutchinson County	0.87
18	Stanley County	0.86
19	Lawrence County	0.84
20	Davison County	0.82
21	Aurora County	0.79
22	Deuel County	0.78
23	Miner County	0.76
24	Hughes County	0.74
25	Codington County	0.7
26	Marshall County	0.66
27	Jackson County	0.61
28	Buffalo County	0.59
28	Hanson County	0.59
29	Spink County	0.57
30	Custer County	0.56
31	Lyman County	0.54
31	Perkins County	0.54
32	McCook County	0.53
33	Roberts County	0.52
34	Grant County	0.49
35	Butte County	0.48
36	Bennett County	0.46
37	Haakon County	0.43
37	Jones County	0.43
37	Sully County	0.43
38	Hamlin County	0.42
38	Walworth County	0.42
38	Ziebach County	0.42
39	Douglas County	0.41
39	Edmunds County	0.41
40	Kingsbury County	0.4
41	Corson County	0.39
41	Faulk County	0.39
41	Turner County	0.39
42	Hyde County	0.38
43	Brule County	0.37
43	Charles Mix County	0.37
43	McPherson County	0.37
44	Day County	0.36
44	Dewey County	0.36
45	Potter County	0.35
45	Tripp County	0.35
46	Gregory County	0.34
46	Sanborn County	0.34
46	Todd County	0.34
47	Campbell County	0.29
47	Mellette County	0.29
48	Oglala Lakota County	0.23
49	Jerauld County	0.2
50	Hand County	0.12