Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all South Dakota counties, McPherson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.82%), followed by Faulk County (98.73%), and Clark County (98.72%).

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 White Alone in 2011
McPherson
Faulk
Clark
Hand
Hamlin
Miner
Hanson
Deuel
Campbell
Jerauld
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 McPherson County 98.82
2 Faulk County 98.73
3 Clark County 98.72
4 Hand County 98.57
5 Hamlin County 98.54
6 Miner County 98.41
7 Hanson County 98.37
8 Deuel County 98.35
9 Campbell County 98.32
10 Jerauld County 98.31
11 Sanborn County 98.22
12 McCook County 98.2
13 Kingsbury County 98.05
14 Grant County 98.02
15 Edmunds County 97.92
16 Hutchinson County 97.57
16 Turner County 97.57
17 Potter County 97.13
18 Harding County 96.78
19 Perkins County 96.59
20 Spink County 96.56
21 Lake County 96.47
22 Aurora County 96.43
22 Sully County 96.43
23 Douglas County 96.23
24 Lincoln County 96.21
25 Union County 96.18
26 Codington County 95.71
27 Butte County 95.01
28 Davison County 94.87
29 Haakon County 94.73
30 Jones County 94.62
31 Lawrence County 94.43
32 Custer County 94.01
33 Brookings County 93.79
34 Yankton County 93.43
35 Brown County 93.23
36 Meade County 92.38
37 Clay County 91.35
38 Beadle County 91.11
39 Stanley County 90.13
40 Bon Homme County 90.07
41 Hyde County 89.64
42 Minnehaha County 89.61
43 Gregory County 89.44
44 Fall River County 88.94
45 Day County 88.46
46 Marshall County 88.22
47 Brule County 88.07
48 Hughes County 85.55
49 Pennington County 84.3
50 Tripp County 83.53
51 Walworth County 82.27
52 Moody County 81.77
53 Charles Mix County 64.93
54 Roberts County 61.05
55 Lyman County 58.01
56 Jackson County 42.53
57 Mellette County 39.36
58 Bennett County 33.8
59 Corson County 30.09
60 Ziebach County 24.12
61 Dewey County 21.13
62 Buffalo County 15.01
63 Todd County 9.52
64 Oglala Lakota County 3.45