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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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2016
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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
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