Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all South Dakota counties, Faulk County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.31%), followed by Hand County (98.25%), and McPherson County (98.21%).

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 2015
Faulk
Hand
McPherson
Hanson
Jerauld
Sanborn
Hamlin
Campbell
Deuel
Turner
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Faulk County 98.31
2 Hand County 98.25
3 McPherson County 98.21
4 Hanson County 98.11
5 Jerauld County 97.92
6 Sanborn County 97.7
7 Hamlin County 97.69
8 Campbell County 97.53
8 Deuel County 97.53
9 Turner County 97.39
10 Edmunds County 97.35
11 Miner County 97.15
12 McCook County 97.14
13 Kingsbury County 97.07
14 Grant County 96.98
15 Clark County 96.85
16 Hutchinson County 96.77
17 Perkins County 96.04
18 Douglas County 95.96
19 Lake County 95.94
20 Aurora County 95.56
21 Union County 95.53
22 Lincoln County 95.32
23 Potter County 95.21
23 Spink County 95.21
24 Harding County 94.64
25 Butte County 94.57
26 Codington County 94.56
27 Sully County 94.51
28 Haakon County 94.11
29 Davison County 93.89
30 Lawrence County 93.72
31 Jones County 93.46
32 Custer County 93.24
33 Brookings County 93.13
34 Yankton County 92.41
35 Meade County 91.44
36 Brown County 90.94
37 Clay County 90.75
38 Stanley County 89.62
39 Bon Homme County 89.46
40 Gregory County 88.7
41 Hyde County 88.18
42 Marshall County 88.14
43 Day County 87.86
44 Fall River County 87.83
45 Minnehaha County 87.71
46 Beadle County 87.29
47 Brule County 86.31
48 Hughes County 85.01
49 Pennington County 83.6
50 Tripp County 82.67
51 Walworth County 81.56
52 Moody County 80.26
53 Charles Mix County 64.04
54 Roberts County 58.53
55 Lyman County 56.88
56 Jackson County 41.94
57 Mellette County 39.86
58 Bennett County 33.46
59 Corson County 30.35
60 Ziebach County 23.15
61 Dewey County 21.1
62 Buffalo County 14.91
63 Todd County 8.85
64 Oglala Lakota County 4.71