Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Dakota counties, McPherson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.82%), followed by Faulk County (97.75%), and Hanson County (97.55%).

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 2012
McPherson
Faulk
Hanson
Hand
Campbell
Miner
Edmunds
Turner
Hutchinson
Sanborn
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 McPherson County 97.82
2 Faulk County 97.75
3 Hanson County 97.55
4 Hand County 97.34
5 Campbell County 97.08
6 Miner County 96.61
7 Edmunds County 96.44
8 Turner County 96.19
9 Hutchinson County 95.98
10 Sanborn County 95.9
11 Potter County 95.68
12 Clark County 95.61
13 McCook County 95.44
14 Douglas County 95.41
15 Perkins County 95.38
16 Kingsbury County 95.24
17 Sully County 95.03
18 Deuel County 94.84
19 Hamlin County 94.74
20 Grant County 94.54
21 Lincoln County 94.49
22 Spink County 94.42
23 Lake County 94.24
24 Harding County 94.1
25 Haakon County 93.76
26 Codington County 93.72
27 Union County 93.43
28 Jerauld County 93.34
29 Butte County 92.59
30 Jones County 92.43
31 Aurora County 92.07
32 Davison County 91.94
33 Lawrence County 91.72
34 Brookings County 91.52
35 Custer County 91.49
36 Brown County 90.8
37 Yankton County 90.46
38 Gregory County 89.05
39 Clay County 89
40 Meade County 88.6
41 Hyde County 88.31
42 Bon Homme County 88.03
43 Stanley County 87.48
44 Day County 87.16
45 Fall River County 86.34
46 Brule County 86.21
47 Minnehaha County 85.25
48 Hughes County 83.9
49 Tripp County 83.1
50 Marshall County 82.57
51 Beadle County 82.52
52 Walworth County 81.94
53 Pennington County 80.94
54 Moody County 79.74
55 Charles Mix County 64
56 Roberts County 59.36
57 Lyman County 57.19
58 Jackson County 42.75
59 Mellette County 39.33
60 Bennett County 32.28
61 Corson County 29.88
62 Ziebach County 23.34
63 Dewey County 21.37
64 Buffalo County 15.38
65 Todd County 8.89
66 Oglala Lakota County 3.41