Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Two Or More Races in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Dakota counties, Mellette County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Two Or More Races (5.36%), followed by Jackson County (4.57%), and Bennett County (4.26%).

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 Two Or More Races in 2012
Mellette
Jackson
Bennett
Pennington
Dewey
Ziebach
Walworth
Roberts
Corson
Moody
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Two Or More Races in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mellette County 5.36
2 Jackson County 4.57
3 Bennett County 4.26
4 Pennington County 3.55
5 Dewey County 3.49
6 Ziebach County 3.2
7 Walworth County 3.1
8 Roberts County 3.01
9 Corson County 2.88
9 Moody County 2.88
10 Brule County 2.83
11 Meade County 2.82
12 Fall River County 2.75
13 Jones County 2.73
14 Haakon County 2.65
15 Charles Mix County 2.64
16 Lyman County 2.52
17 Stanley County 2.49
18 Gregory County 2.38
19 Butte County 2.36
20 Hughes County 2.32
21 Minnehaha County 2.16
22 Clay County 2.07
23 Todd County 2.04
24 Tripp County 2.03
25 Custer County 2
26 Lawrence County 1.97
27 Buffalo County 1.94
28 Hyde County 1.89
29 Sully County 1.75
30 Brown County 1.59
31 Harding County 1.53
32 Union County 1.51
33 Beadle County 1.49
34 Day County 1.46
35 Bon Homme County 1.44
36 Marshall County 1.43
37 Sanborn County 1.42
38 Lincoln County 1.38
38 Yankton County 1.38
39 Davison County 1.35
40 Codington County 1.28
41 Brookings County 1.27
42 Lake County 1.23
43 Edmunds County 1.07
44 Oglala Lakota County 1
45 Potter County 0.98
46 Miner County 0.96
46 Perkins County 0.96
47 Kingsbury County 0.94
48 Turner County 0.92
49 Grant County 0.91
50 Douglas County 0.85
51 Clark County 0.83
51 Hand County 0.83
52 Deuel County 0.82
52 Spink County 0.82
53 Faulk County 0.81
54 Aurora County 0.8
55 Jerauld County 0.78
56 McCook County 0.77
57 Hutchinson County 0.74
58 McPherson County 0.7
59 Hamlin County 0.67
60 Hanson County 0.65
61 Campbell County 0.64