Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all South Dakota counties, McPherson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.14%), followed by Faulk County (97.11%), and Hand County (96.7%).

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 2016
McPherson
Faulk
Hand
Hanson
Campbell
Turner
Edmunds
Sanborn
Douglas
Kingsbury
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 McPherson County 97.14
2 Faulk County 97.11
3 Hand County 96.7
4 Hanson County 96.69
5 Campbell County 95.96
6 Turner County 95.69
7 Edmunds County 95.5
8 Sanborn County 95.19
9 Douglas County 95.12
10 Kingsbury County 95.05
11 Deuel County 94.89
12 Hutchinson County 94.74
13 Miner County 94.67
14 Perkins County 94.49
15 Spink County 94.11
16 McCook County 94
17 Clark County 93.92
18 Jerauld County 93.82
19 Hamlin County 93.76
20 Potter County 93.59
21 Lake County 93.43
21 Lincoln County 93.43
22 Sully County 92.9
23 Codington County 92.81
24 Harding County 92.65
25 Grant County 92.62
26 Haakon County 92.41
27 Union County 92.22
28 Butte County 91.48
29 Davison County 91.38
30 Lawrence County 91.07
31 Jones County 90.42
32 Brookings County 90.35
33 Custer County 90.31
34 Aurora County 89.5
35 Yankton County 88.79
36 Hyde County 88.12
37 Stanley County 87.93
38 Brown County 87.84
38 Clay County 87.84
39 Meade County 87.73
40 Gregory County 87.66
41 Bon Homme County 87.25
42 Day County 86.27
43 Fall River County 84.66
44 Brule County 84.53
45 Marshall County 83.93
46 Minnehaha County 82.95
47 Hughes County 82.73
48 Tripp County 81.92
49 Pennington County 80.34
50 Walworth County 78.99
51 Beadle County 78.48
52 Moody County 77.17
53 Charles Mix County 63.2
54 Roberts County 57.27
55 Lyman County 55.67
56 Jackson County 40.54
57 Mellette County 37.33
58 Bennett County 32.33
59 Corson County 29.5
60 Ziebach County 23.28
61 Dewey County 19.91
62 Buffalo County 14.79
63 Todd County 7.92
64 Oglala Lakota County 4.29