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Most segregated, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2020 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 23.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS –

01Lyman County, SDSD3,69489–

02Jackson County, SDSD2,66665–

03Moody County, SDSD6,63250–

04Brule County, SDSD5,27848–

05Beadle County, SDSD19,62446–

06Day County, SDSD5,48443–

07Dewey County, SDSD5,41938–

08Roberts County, SDSD10,25538–

09Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30337–

10Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69137–

11Corson County, SDSD3,78134–

12Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24433–

13Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41333–

14Spink County, SDSD6,15532–

15Brown County, SDSD37,56130–

16Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28430–

17Lincoln County, SDSD77,14530–

18Todd County, SDSD8,86327–

19Walworth County, SDSD5,21726–

20Pennington County, SDSD116,79226–

21Yankton County, SDSD23,63524–

22Davison County, SDSD20,06923–

23Hughes County, SDSD17,57023–

24Lawrence County, SDSD29,45923–

25Meade County, SDSD30,71121–

26Codington County, SDSD29,56220–

27Union County, SDSD17,40220–

28Fall River County, SDSD7,46716–

29Clay County, SDSD15,03116–

30Brookings County, SDSD37,63515–

31Lake County, SDSD10,99315–

32Hamlin County, SDSD6,90015–

33Grant County, SDSD7,53414–

34Custer County, SDSD9,43110–

35McCook County, SDSD5,96410–

36Bennett County, SDSD3,3078–

37Deuel County, SDSD4,4088–

38Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3387–

39Edmunds County, SDSD4,0224–

40Hand County, SDSD3,1213–

41Tripp County, SDSD5,7082–

42Turner County, SDSD9,3142–

43Gregory County, SDSD4,0371–

44Butte County, SDSD10,8561–

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