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Most segregated, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2024 ACS). Higher means residents are more sorted into separate neighborhoods. This list covers the 44 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020

01Lyman County, SDSD3,69480−9%

02Dewey County, SDSD5,41946+22%

03Roberts County, SDSD10,25546+20%

04Jackson County, SDSD2,66645−31%

05Moody County, SDSD6,63244−12%

06Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30341+10%

07Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33837+416%

08Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24436+9%

09Spink County, SDSD6,15533+5%

10Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69133−11%

11Corson County, SDSD3,78130−10%

12Tripp County, SDSD5,70829+1222%

13Walworth County, SDSD5,21728+8%

14Beadle County, SDSD19,62427−41%

15Davison County, SDSD20,06927+16%

16Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41327−18%

17Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28426−15%

18Day County, SDSD5,48425−43%

19Todd County, SDSD8,86324−12%

20Brown County, SDSD37,56123−25%

21Hand County, SDSD3,12121+611%

22Pennington County, SDSD116,79221−22%

23Butte County, SDSD10,85620+1833%

24Brule County, SDSD5,27820−60%

25Meade County, SDSD30,71120−8%

26Yankton County, SDSD23,63519−21%

27Brookings County, SDSD37,63519+20%

28Hughes County, SDSD17,57018−20%

29Codington County, SDSD29,56218−11%

30Lawrence County, SDSD29,45916−30%

31Edmunds County, SDSD4,02215+273%

32Lake County, SDSD10,99314−5%

33Union County, SDSD17,40214−29%

34Lincoln County, SDSD77,14513−55%

35Clay County, SDSD15,03113−17%

36Deuel County, SDSD4,40811+49%

37Custer County, SDSD9,4319−16%

38McCook County, SDSD5,9646−38%

39Grant County, SDSD7,5345−62%

40Gregory County, SDSD4,0374+248%

41Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004−74%

42Turner County, SDSD9,3144+96%

43Fall River County, SDSD7,4673−80%

44Bennett County, SDSD3,3072−76%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES