Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all South Dakota counties, Faulk County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.96%), followed by Hand County (97.92%), and Jerauld County (97.22%).

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 2019
Faulk
Hand
Jerauld
Hamlin
Sanborn
McPherson
Edmunds
Campbell
Deuel
Turner
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Faulk County 97.96
2 Hand County 97.92
3 Jerauld County 97.22
4 Hamlin County 97.17
5 Sanborn County 97.02
6 McPherson County 96.9
7 Edmunds County 96.84
8 Campbell County 96.81
9 Deuel County 96.77
10 Turner County 96.73
11 Hanson County 96.65
12 Kingsbury County 96.58
13 Clark County 96.5
14 McCook County 96.4
14 Miner County 96.4
15 Grant County 96.2
16 Hutchinson County 96.16
17 Spink County 95.33
18 Douglas County 95.12
19 Perkins County 94.88
20 Lake County 94.71
21 Aurora County 94.29
22 Union County 94.14
23 Lincoln County 94.09
24 Sully County 94.05
25 Codington County 94.01
26 Potter County 93.95
27 Harding County 93.88
28 Butte County 93.77
29 Haakon County 93.14
30 Lawrence County 93.01
31 Davison County 92.9
32 Custer County 92.64
33 Brookings County 92.48
34 Yankton County 91.86
35 Meade County 90.44
36 Jones County 89.9
37 Clay County 89.22
38 Bon Homme County 88.67
39 Brown County 88.58
40 Gregory County 88.5
40 Stanley County 88.5
41 Hyde County 87.65
42 Marshall County 87.48
43 Day County 87.29
44 Fall River County 87.01
45 Minnehaha County 85.89
46 Brule County 84.99
47 Beadle County 84.25
48 Hughes County 83.66
49 Pennington County 83.09
50 Tripp County 80.57
51 Walworth County 80.3
52 Moody County 79.66
53 Charles Mix County 63.5
54 Roberts County 57.24
55 Lyman County 56.01
56 Jackson County 39.94
57 Mellette County 37.62
58 Bennett County 34.48
59 Corson County 29.88
60 Ziebach County 24.63
61 Dewey County 20.27
62 Buffalo County 15.44
63 Todd County 7.9
64 Oglala Lakota County 5.23