Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Two Or More Races in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all South Dakota counties, Mellette County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Two Or More Races (5.22%), followed by Jackson County (4.53%), and Bennett County (4.45%).

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 2016
Mellette
Jackson
Bennett
Dewey
Ziebach
Pennington
Lyman
Walworth
Brule
Haakon
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Two Or More Races in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Mellette County 5.22
2 Jackson County 4.53
3 Bennett County 4.45
4 Dewey County 4.17
5 Ziebach County 3.76
6 Pennington County 3.74
7 Lyman County 3.43
8 Walworth County 3.36
9 Brule County 3.31
10 Haakon County 3.29
11 Fall River County 3.2
12 Roberts County 3.17
13 Corson County 3.15
14 Charles Mix County 3.12
14 Jones County 3.12
15 Moody County 3.05
16 Meade County 3.01
17 Gregory County 2.89
18 Hughes County 2.67
19 Tripp County 2.53
20 Clay County 2.46
21 Butte County 2.42
21 Stanley County 2.42
22 Minnehaha County 2.4
23 Hyde County 2.26
23 Todd County 2.26
24 Lawrence County 2.14
25 Custer County 2.07
26 Harding County 2.05
27 Brown County 2.03
28 Sully County 1.99
29 Buffalo County 1.97
30 Beadle County 1.87
31 Day County 1.72
31 Yankton County 1.72
32 Davison County 1.69
33 Marshall County 1.66
34 Lincoln County 1.65
35 Union County 1.64
36 Codington County 1.56
37 Brookings County 1.55
37 Potter County 1.55
38 Oglala Lakota County 1.49
39 Bon Homme County 1.43
40 Lake County 1.35
41 Sanborn County 1.31
42 Miner County 1.3
43 Aurora County 1.23
43 Grant County 1.23
44 McCook County 1.22
45 Kingsbury County 1.19
46 Douglas County 1.17
47 Edmunds County 1.14
48 Perkins County 1.12
49 Spink County 1.08
50 Deuel County 1.06
51 Jerauld County 1.05
52 Turner County 1
53 Hutchinson County 0.97
54 Hand County 0.95
55 Clark County 0.94
56 Faulk County 0.91
57 Hanson County 0.86
58 Hamlin County 0.81
59 Campbell County 0.79
60 McPherson County 0.75