Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2021
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all South Dakota counties, Oglala Lakota County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (87.89%), followed by Todd County (83.2%), and Buffalo County (79.51%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.
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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
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native in 2021
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oglala Lakota County | 87.89 |
| 2 | Todd County | 83.2 |
| 3 | Buffalo County | 79.51 |
| 4 | Dewey County | 71.95 |
| 5 | Ziebach County | 66.33 |
| 6 | Corson County | 64.02 |
| 7 | Bennett County | 56.24 |
| 8 | Mellette County | 53.95 |
| 9 | Jackson County | 52.58 |
| 10 | Lyman County | 37.18 |
| 11 | Roberts County | 35.85 |
| 12 | Charles Mix County | 28.87 |
| 13 | Tripp County | 14.21 |
| 14 | Walworth County | 13.38 |
| 15 | Moody County | 12.83 |
| 16 | Hughes County | 11.5 |
| 17 | Brule County | 10.3 |
| 18 | Hyde County | 9.19 |
| 19 | Day County | 8.68 |
| 20 | Pennington County | 8.63 |
| 21 | Bon Homme County | 7.51 |
| 22 | Gregory County | 7.35 |
| 23 | Stanley County | 6.79 |
| 24 | Marshall County | 6.78 |
| 25 | Jones County | 6.14 |
| 26 | Fall River County | 5.56 |
| 27 | Clay County | 3.35 |
| 28 | Brown County | 3.26 |
| 29 | Davison County | 3.01 |
| 30 | Sully County | 2.99 |
| 31 | Custer County | 2.85 |
| 32 | Haakon County | 2.73 |
| 33 | Meade County | 2.59 |
| 33 | Potter County | 2.59 |
| 34 | Yankton County | 2.48 |
| 35 | Perkins County | 2.37 |
| 36 | Codington County | 2.36 |
| 37 | Aurora County | 2.34 |
| 37 | Harding County | 2.34 |
| 38 | Minnehaha County | 2.32 |
| 39 | Douglas County | 2.21 |
| 40 | Butte County | 2.07 |
| 41 | Lawrence County | 1.97 |
| 42 | Campbell County | 1.38 |
| 43 | Hutchinson County | 1.19 |
| 43 | Lake County | 1.19 |
| 44 | Beadle County | 1.05 |
| 44 | Sanborn County | 1.05 |
| 45 | McCook County | 1.03 |
| 46 | Brookings County | 0.98 |
| 46 | Grant County | 0.98 |
| 47 | Edmunds County | 0.97 |
| 47 | Jerauld County | 0.97 |
| 48 | Spink County | 0.94 |
| 49 | Kingsbury County | 0.83 |
| 50 | Turner County | 0.75 |
| 51 | Hanson County | 0.74 |
| 52 | Union County | 0.71 |
| 53 | Hamlin County | 0.64 |
| 54 | Deuel County | 0.58 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 0.57 |
| 56 | Faulk County | 0.56 |
| 57 | Clark County | 0.52 |
| 58 | Hand County | 0.46 |
| 59 | McPherson County | 0.37 |
| 60 | Miner County | 0.35 |