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Least segregated, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties with the lowest CensusEasy Segregation Score, where residents of every race are spread most evenly across neighborhoods (2024 ACS). This list covers the 44 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 44 is 21. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Brule County, SD, up 20 places to #21.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020

01▲8Bennett County, SDSD3,3072−76%

02▲15Fall River County, SDSD7,4673−80%

03Turner County, SDSD9,3144+96%

04▲9Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004−74%

05▼3Gregory County, SDSD4,0374+248%

06▲6Grant County, SDSD7,5345−62%

07▲3McCook County, SDSD5,9646−38%

08▲3Custer County, SDSD9,4319−16%

09▼1Deuel County, SDSD4,40811+49%

10▲6Clay County, SDSD15,03113−17%

11▲17Lincoln County, SDSD77,14513−55%

12▲6Union County, SDSD17,40214−29%

13▲1Lake County, SDSD10,99314−5%

14▼8Edmunds County, SDSD4,02215+273%

15▲6Lawrence County, SDSD29,45916−30%

16▲3Codington County, SDSD29,56218−11%

17▲5Hughes County, SDSD17,57018−20%

18▼3Brookings County, SDSD37,63519+20%

19▲5Yankton County, SDSD23,63519−21%

20Meade County, SDSD30,71120−8%

21▲20Brule County, SDSD5,27820−60%

22▼21Butte County, SDSD10,85620+1833%

23▲2Pennington County, SDSD116,79221−22%

24▼19Hand County, SDSD3,12121+611%

25▲5Brown County, SDSD37,56123−25%

26▲1Todd County, SDSD8,86324−12%

27▲12Day County, SDSD5,48425−43%

28▲1Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28426−15%

29▲3Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41327−18%

30▼7Davison County, SDSD20,06927+16%

31▲9Beadle County, SDSD19,62427−41%

32▼6Walworth County, SDSD5,21728+8%

33▼29Tripp County, SDSD5,70829+1222%

34Corson County, SDSD3,78130−10%

35Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69133−11%

36▼5Spink County, SDSD6,15533+5%

37▼4Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24436+9%

38▼31Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33837+416%

39▼3Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30341+10%

40▲2Moody County, SDSD6,63244−12%

41▲2Jackson County, SDSD2,66645−31%

42▼5Roberts County, SDSD10,25546+20%

43▼5Dewey County, SDSD5,41946+22%

44Lyman County, SDSD3,69480−9%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES