Table D. American Indian or Alaska Native Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
American Indian or Alaska Native farm operators 
Geographic area 
American Indian or Alaska Native farm operators 
Total 
Individually 
reported ^ 
Other ^ 
Total 
Individually 
reported ^ 
Other ^ 
State Total 
Counties - Con. 
South Dakota 
1,398 
1,398 
_ 
Hughes 
8 
8 
_ 
Jackson 
108 
108 
- 
Counties 
Jerauld 
4 
4 
- 
Jones 
1 
1 
- 
Beadle 
9 
9 
- 
Kingsbury 
1 
1 
- 
Bennett 
65 
65 
- 
Lake 
2 
2 
- 
Bon Homme 
4 
4 
- 
Lawrence 
15 
15 
- 
Brookings 
10 
10 
- 
Lincoln 
4 
4 
- 
Brown 
22 
22 
- 
Lyman 
34 
34 
- 
Brule 
7 
7 
- 
Marshall 
6 
6 
- 
Buffalo 
26 
26 
- 
Butte 
12 
12 
- 
Meade 
27 
27 
- 
Charles Mix 
15 
15 
- 
Mellette 
45 
45 
- 
Clay 
12 
12 
- 
Miner 
3 
3 
- 
Minnehaha 
6 
6 
- 
Corson 
70 
70 
- 
Moody 
7 
7 
- 
Custer 
4 
4 
- 
Pennington 
25 
25 
- 
Day 
12 
12 
- 
Perkins 
4 
4 
- 
Dewey 
252 
252 
- 
Potter 
2 
2 
- 
Douglas 
1 
1 
- 
Roberts 
15 
15 
- 
Edmunds 
1 
1 
- 
Shannon 
179 
179 
- 
Fall River 
14 
14 
- 
Faulk 
3 
3 
- 
Spink 
6 
6 
- 
Grant 
11 
11 
- 
Stanley 
19 
19 
- 
Gregory 
16 
16 
- 
Todd 
113 
113 
- 
Tripp 
8 
8 
- 
Haakon 
13 
13 
- 
Turner 
4 
4 
- 
Hamlin 
6 
6 
- 
Union 
1 
1 
- 
Hand 
1 
1 
- 
Walworth 
7 
7 
- 
Hanson 
1 
1 
- 
Ziebach 
151 
151 
- 
Harding 
6 
6 
- 
' Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
^ Data represent American Indian or Alaska Native farm or ranch operators on reservations who did not report individually. Data obtained by reservation officials. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
