RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Fastest growing, South Dakota counties · 2000

South Dakota counties ranked by population growth from the 1990 census to 2000. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

Flip the list · Fastest shrinking, US counties →

South DakotaAll states All rankings

SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

RELATEDLargest by population Fastest shrinking Most population gained Most population lost Most densely populated Most sparsely populated

YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS –

01Lincoln County, SDSD77,145+56.4%–

02Union County, SDSD17,402+23.5%–

03Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691+19.8%–

04Custer County, SDSD9,431+17.7%–

05Buffalo County, SDSD1,802+15.5%–

06Butte County, SDSD10,856+14.9%–

07Codington County, SDSD29,562+14.1%–

08Ziebach County, SDSD2,389+13.5%–

09Stanley County, SDSD3,018+13.0%–

10Yankton County, SDSD23,635+12.5%–

11Brookings County, SDSD37,635+12.0%–

12Bennett County, SDSD3,307+11.5%–

13Hamlin County, SDSD6,900+11.4%–

14Hughes County, SDSD17,570+11.2%–

15Meade County, SDSD30,711+10.9%–

16Pennington County, SDSD116,792+8.9%–

17Todd County, SDSD8,863+8.4%–

18Dewey County, SDSD5,419+8.1%–

19Davison County, SDSD20,069+7.1%–

20Lyman County, SDSD3,694+7.1%–

21Lake County, SDSD10,993+6.9%–

22Lawrence County, SDSD29,459+5.6%–

23Hanson County, SDSD3,456+4.8%–

24Jackson County, SDSD2,666+4.2%–

25Turner County, SDSD9,314+3.2%–

26Clay County, SDSD15,031+2.7%–

27McCook County, SDSD5,964+2.5%–

28Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244+2.4%–

29Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303+2.4%–

30Fall River County, SDSD7,467+1.4%–

31Moody County, SDSD6,632+1.4%–

32Roberts County, SDSD10,255+1.0%–

33Edmunds County, SDSD4,022+0.3%–

34Corson County, SDSD3,781-0.3%–

35Brown County, SDSD37,561-0.3%–

36Deuel County, SDSD4,408-0.5%–

37Hyde County, SDSD1,191-1.5%–

38Walworth County, SDSD5,217-1.9%–

39Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284-1.9%–

40Sully County, SDSD1,479-2.1%–

41Brule County, SDSD5,278-2.2%–

42Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413-2.3%–

43Aurora County, SDSD2,801-2.5%–

44Mellette County, SDSD2,137-2.5%–

45Faulk County, SDSD2,178-3.8%–

46Jerauld County, SDSD1,654-5.4%–

47Marshall County, SDSD4,426-5.5%–

48Sanborn County, SDSD2,388-5.6%–

49Clark County, SDSD4,031-5.9%–

50Grant County, SDSD7,534-6.3%–

51Spink County, SDSD6,155-6.6%–

52Beadle County, SDSD19,624-6.7%–

53Tripp County, SDSD5,708-7.1%–

54Douglas County, SDSD2,888-7.7%–

55Campbell County, SDSD1,377-9.3%–

56Jones County, SDSD913-9.9%–

57McPherson County, SDSD2,347-10.0%–

58Day County, SDSD5,484-10.2%–

59Gregory County, SDSD4,037-10.6%–

60Miner County, SDSD2,281-11.9%–

61Hand County, SDSD3,121-12.4%–

62Perkins County, SDSD2,853-14.5%–

63Potter County, SDSD2,377-15.6%–

64Haakon County, SDSD1,802-16.3%–

65Harding County, SDSD1,331-18.9%–

SHOWING 1–65 OF 65

Download CSV (full list, 65 rows)

UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS