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Largest Subsaharan African population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 36 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 36 is 17.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6916,748+150%

02Brown County, SDSD37,561442+649%

03Brookings County, SDSD37,635351+128%

04Lincoln County, SDSD77,145309+1526%

05Pennington County, SDSD116,792298+224%

06Lawrence County, SDSD29,459154–

07Codington County, SDSD29,562127–

08Meade County, SDSD30,711106–

09Davison County, SDSD20,06967+97%

10Grant County, SDSD7,53442–

11Day County, SDSD5,48440–

12Spink County, SDSD6,15537–

13Beadle County, SDSD19,62432–

14Bennett County, SDSD3,30727–

15Roberts County, SDSD10,25527–

16Clay County, SDSD15,03121+31%

17Edmunds County, SDSD4,02217–

18Fall River County, SDSD7,46717+89%

19Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24416−69%

20Lake County, SDSD10,99316–

21Hamlin County, SDSD6,90015+50%

22Aurora County, SDSD2,80115–

23Clark County, SDSD4,03113+1200%

24Turner County, SDSD9,31413–

25Dewey County, SDSD5,41910–

26Jackson County, SDSD2,66610–

27Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4137−36%

28Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3035–

29Hughes County, SDSD17,5705−83%

30Lyman County, SDSD3,6945–

31Harding County, SDSD1,3314−20%

32Todd County, SDSD8,8634−43%

33Moody County, SDSD6,6323−67%

34Corson County, SDSD3,7812–

35Custer County, SDSD9,4312–

36Marshall County, SDSD4,4262−82%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS