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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. The median across all 44 is 21. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Oglala Lakota County, SD, up 31 places to #7.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020
01Lyman County, SDSD3,69480−9%
02▲5Dewey County, SDSD5,41946+22%
03▲5Roberts County, SDSD10,25546+20%
04▼2Jackson County, SDSD2,66645−31%
05▼2Moody County, SDSD6,63244−12%
06▲3Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30341+10%
07▲31Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33837+416%
08▲4Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24436+9%
09▲5Spink County, SDSD6,15533+5%
10Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69133−11%
11Corson County, SDSD3,78130−10%
12▲29Tripp County, SDSD5,70829+1222%
13▲6Walworth County, SDSD5,21728+8%
14▼9Beadle County, SDSD19,62427−41%
15▲7Davison County, SDSD20,06927+16%
16▼3Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41327−18%
17▼1Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28426−15%
18▼12Day County, SDSD5,48425−43%
19▼1Todd County, SDSD8,86324−12%
20▼5Brown County, SDSD37,56123−25%
21▲19Hand County, SDSD3,12121+611%
22▼2Pennington County, SDSD116,79221−22%
23▲21Butte County, SDSD10,85620+1833%
24▼20Brule County, SDSD5,27820−60%
25Meade County, SDSD30,71120−8%
26▼5Yankton County, SDSD23,63519−21%
27▲3Brookings County, SDSD37,63519+20%
28▼5Hughes County, SDSD17,57018−20%
29▼3Codington County, SDSD29,56218−11%
30▼6Lawrence County, SDSD29,45916−30%
31▲8Edmunds County, SDSD4,02215+273%
32▼1Lake County, SDSD10,99314−5%
33▼6Union County, SDSD17,40214−29%
34▼17Lincoln County, SDSD77,14513−55%
35▼6Clay County, SDSD15,03113−17%
36▲1Deuel County, SDSD4,40811+49%
37▼3Custer County, SDSD9,4319−16%
38▼3McCook County, SDSD5,9646−38%
39▼6Grant County, SDSD7,5345−62%
40▲3Gregory County, SDSD4,0374+248%
41▼9Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004−74%
42Turner County, SDSD9,3144+96%
43▼15Fall River County, SDSD7,4673−80%
44▼8Bennett County, SDSD3,3072−76%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES