Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all South Dakota counties, Hand County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.32%), followed by Hanson County (98.31%), and McPherson County (98.31%).

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 2014
Hand
Hanson
McPherson
Faulk
Sanborn
Jerauld
Hamlin
Edmunds
Deuel
McCook
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2014
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hand County 98.32
2 Hanson County 98.31
2 McPherson County 98.31
3 Faulk County 98.23
4 Sanborn County 98.03
5 Jerauld County 97.94
6 Hamlin County 97.93
7 Edmunds County 97.86
8 Deuel County 97.71
9 McCook County 97.46
9 Miner County 97.46
10 Campbell County 97.22
10 Turner County 97.22
11 Kingsbury County 97.19
12 Clark County 97.18
13 Grant County 96.82
14 Hutchinson County 96.75
15 Douglas County 96.55
16 Perkins County 96.29
17 Lake County 96.08
18 Potter County 95.88
19 Aurora County 95.7
20 Lincoln County 95.65
21 Union County 95.43
22 Spink County 95.37
23 Harding County 95.26
24 Sully County 95.24
25 Codington County 94.91
26 Butte County 94.66
27 Haakon County 94.26
28 Davison County 94.12
29 Lawrence County 94.05
30 Jones County 93.83
31 Brookings County 93.28
32 Custer County 93.16
33 Yankton County 92.73
34 Meade County 91.6
35 Brown County 91.36
36 Clay County 90.58
37 Bon Homme County 89.77
38 Gregory County 89.5
39 Stanley County 88.74
40 Beadle County 88.37
41 Marshall County 88.26
42 Minnehaha County 88.17
43 Day County 88.08
44 Fall River County 87.93
45 Hyde County 87.8
46 Brule County 86.85
47 Hughes County 85.09
48 Pennington County 83.72
49 Tripp County 82.87
50 Walworth County 81.9
51 Moody County 81.14
52 Charles Mix County 64.26
53 Roberts County 58.86
54 Lyman County 57.92
55 Jackson County 41.64
56 Mellette County 39.22
57 Bennett County 33.69
58 Corson County 30.29
59 Ziebach County 23.92
60 Dewey County 21.27
61 Buffalo County 15.76
62 Todd County 9.01
63 Oglala Lakota County 4.4