Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all South Dakota counties, Hanson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (98.41%), followed by Hand County (98.25%), and Faulk County (98.23%).

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 White in 2010
Hanson
Hand
Faulk
McPherson
Clark
Campbell
Sanborn
Potter
Miner
McCook
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2010
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hanson County 98.41
2 Hand County 98.25
3 Faulk County 98.23
4 McPherson County 98.05
5 Clark County 97.46
6 Campbell County 97.35
7 Sanborn County 97.32
8 Potter County 97.07
9 Miner County 97.01
10 McCook County 96.99
11 Edmunds County 96.9
12 Kingsbury County 96.8
13 Turner County 96.77
14 Deuel County 96.74
15 Sully County 96.51
16 Spink County 96.5
17 Hutchinson County 96.49
18 Perkins County 96.32
19 Douglas County 96.29
20 Grant County 96.18
20 Hamlin County 96.18
21 Harding County 95.51
21 Lake County 95.51
22 Lincoln County 95.34
23 Jerauld County 94.6
24 Codington County 94.55
25 Union County 94.39
26 Jones County 94.36
27 Haakon County 94.15
28 Davison County 93.77
29 Aurora County 93.41
30 Lawrence County 92.75
31 Custer County 92.73
32 Butte County 92.55
33 Brown County 92.51
34 Brookings County 92.28
35 Yankton County 91.56
36 Meade County 90.17
37 Clay County 89.82
38 Stanley County 89.47
39 Gregory County 89.34
40 Bon Homme County 88.77
41 Hyde County 88.61
42 Day County 87.64
43 Brule County 87.49
44 Fall River County 87.28
45 Minnehaha County 86.29
46 Beadle County 85.78
47 Hughes County 85.15
48 Marshall County 84.67
49 Tripp County 82.88
50 Walworth County 82.22
51 Pennington County 81.7
52 Moody County 80.47
53 Charles Mix County 64.8
54 Roberts County 61.49
55 Lyman County 58.47
56 Jackson County 43.19
57 Mellette County 39.24
58 Bennett County 33.32
59 Corson County 29.68
60 Ziebach County 21.9
61 Dewey County 20.92
62 Buffalo County 14.63
63 Todd County 9.41
64 Oglala Lakota County 2.94