Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (6.01%), followed by Brown County (2.15%), and Yankton County (2.13%).

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 2017

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2017

Minnehaha

Brown

Yankton

Meade

Brookings

Clay

Lincoln

Clark

Pennington

Beadle

Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2017

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Minnehaha County	6.01
2	Brown County	2.15
3	Yankton County	2.13
4	Meade County	2.08
5	Brookings County	1.67
6	Clay County	1.65
7	Lincoln County	1.53
8	Clark County	1.52
9	Pennington County	1.42
10	Beadle County	1.27
10	Fall River County	1.27
11	Moody County	1.26
12	Bon Homme County	1.22
13	Harding County	1.13
14	Union County	1.09
15	Lake County	1
16	Davison County	0.94
17	Lawrence County	0.89
18	Hutchinson County	0.87
19	Deuel County	0.86
19	Miner County	0.86
20	Stanley County	0.8
21	Jackson County	0.79
22	Codington County	0.77
23	Hughes County	0.76
24	Aurora County	0.73
25	Marshall County	0.67
26	Buffalo County	0.65
26	Spink County	0.65
27	Roberts County	0.64
28	Grant County	0.63
29	McPherson County	0.62
30	McCook County	0.61
31	Tripp County	0.59
32	Custer County	0.58
33	Douglas County	0.55
34	Butte County	0.54
35	Turner County	0.53
36	Lyman County	0.52
37	Perkins County	0.51
38	Bennett County	0.49
39	Charles Mix County	0.48
40	Hanson County	0.47
40	Ziebach County	0.47
41	Walworth County	0.46
42	Corson County	0.45
42	Kingsbury County	0.45
42	Potter County	0.45
43	Sully County	0.43
44	Brule County	0.42
45	Edmunds County	0.41
45	Hamlin County	0.41
46	Faulk County	0.39
46	Hyde County	0.39
47	Day County	0.38
48	Todd County	0.37
49	Gregory County	0.36
50	Dewey County	0.33
50	Jones County	0.33
51	Mellette County	0.29
52	Oglala Lakota County	0.28
53	Haakon County	0.26
54	Campbell County	0.22
55	Sanborn County	0.21
56	Hand County	0.15
56	Jerauld County	0.15