Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (4.26%), followed by Yankton County (1.79%), and Clay County (1.58%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Minnehaha
Yankton
Clay
Meade
Pennington
Hughes
Bon Homme
Brown
Moody
Lincoln
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Minnehaha County 4.26
2 Yankton County 1.79
3 Clay County 1.58
4 Meade County 1.57
5 Pennington County 1.37
6 Hughes County 1.16
7 Bon Homme County 1.12
8 Brown County 1.11
9 Moody County 1.02
10 Lincoln County 1
11 Brookings County 0.95
12 Fall River County 0.92
13 Beadle County 0.91
13 Union County 0.91
14 Clark County 0.83
15 Lawrence County 0.76
16 Hutchinson County 0.74
16 Lake County 0.74
17 Davison County 0.73
17 Deuel County 0.73
18 Codington County 0.72
19 Aurora County 0.58
20 Hyde County 0.56
21 Custer County 0.53
22 Buffalo County 0.5
23 Sully County 0.49
24 Day County 0.46
24 Harding County 0.46
25 Brule County 0.45
25 Grant County 0.45
26 Butte County 0.44
26 Hamlin County 0.44
26 Stanley County 0.44
27 Potter County 0.43
28 Haakon County 0.42
29 Douglas County 0.41
29 Hanson County 0.41
29 Turner County 0.41
30 Spink County 0.4
31 Marshall County 0.38
32 McCook County 0.36
32 Perkins County 0.36
33 Kingsbury County 0.33
34 Roberts County 0.32
35 Miner County 0.31
35 Ziebach County 0.31
36 Charles Mix County 0.29
36 Lyman County 0.29
37 Jackson County 0.28
37 Walworth County 0.28
38 Corson County 0.25
39 Tripp County 0.22
40 Campbell County 0.21
40 Faulk County 0.21
40 Gregory County 0.21
40 McPherson County 0.21
41 Edmunds County 0.2
41 Jerauld County 0.2
42 Todd County 0.19
43 Dewey County 0.16
44 Sanborn County 0.13
45 Bennett County 0.12
46 Jones County 0.1
47 Hand County 0.09
48 Oglala Lakota County 0.08
49 Mellette County 0.05