Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all South Dakota counties, McPherson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.3%), followed by Faulk County (97.93%), and Hand County (97.92%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
White Alone in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | McPherson County | 98.3 |
| 2 | Faulk County | 97.93 |
| 3 | Hand County | 97.92 |
| 4 | Jerauld County | 97.76 |
| 5 | Sanborn County | 97.68 |
| 6 | Hamlin County | 97.67 |
| 7 | Hanson County | 97.61 |
| 8 | Campbell County | 97.55 |
| 9 | Deuel County | 97.53 |
| 10 | Turner County | 97.35 |
| 11 | Edmunds County | 97.08 |
| 12 | Miner County | 96.87 |
| 13 | McCook County | 96.81 |
| 14 | Kingsbury County | 96.8 |
| 15 | Grant County | 96.71 |
| 16 | Clark County | 96.45 |
| 17 | Hutchinson County | 96.41 |
| 18 | Douglas County | 96.05 |
| 19 | Perkins County | 95.77 |
| 20 | Spink County | 95.43 |
| 21 | Lake County | 95.42 |
| 22 | Lincoln County | 95.02 |
| 23 | Potter County | 95 |
| 24 | Union County | 94.9 |
| 25 | Aurora County | 94.84 |
| 26 | Sully County | 94.61 |
| 27 | Codington County | 94.47 |
| 28 | Harding County | 94.23 |
| 29 | Butte County | 94.13 |
| 30 | Haakon County | 93.9 |
| 31 | Davison County | 93.65 |
| 32 | Lawrence County | 93.44 |
| 33 | Custer County | 92.91 |
| 34 | Brookings County | 92.71 |
| 35 | Jones County | 92.36 |
| 36 | Yankton County | 92.23 |
| 37 | Meade County | 90.99 |
| 38 | Clay County | 89.92 |
| 39 | Brown County | 89.78 |
| 40 | Stanley County | 89.72 |
| 41 | Bon Homme County | 89.24 |
| 42 | Hyde County | 88.72 |
| 43 | Gregory County | 88.5 |
| 44 | Marshall County | 88.34 |
| 45 | Day County | 87.63 |
| 46 | Fall River County | 87.54 |
| 47 | Minnehaha County | 86.95 |
| 48 | Beadle County | 86.35 |
| 49 | Brule County | 86.03 |
| 50 | Hughes County | 84.51 |
| 51 | Pennington County | 83.41 |
| 52 | Tripp County | 82.55 |
| 53 | Walworth County | 80.33 |
| 54 | Moody County | 79.77 |
| 55 | Charles Mix County | 64.13 |
| 56 | Roberts County | 58.25 |
| 57 | Lyman County | 56.11 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 41.33 |
| 59 | Mellette County | 38.63 |
| 60 | Bennett County | 33.69 |
| 61 | Corson County | 30.6 |
| 62 | Ziebach County | 23.87 |
| 63 | Dewey County | 20.86 |
| 64 | Buffalo County | 15.09 |
| 65 | Todd County | 8.55 |
| 66 | Oglala Lakota County | 4.97 |