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Fastest growing, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by population growth from the 2000 census to 2010. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Lincoln County, SDSD77,145+85.8%+29.3 pts

02Union County, SDSD17,402+14.4%−9.1 pts

03Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691+14.3%−5.5 pts

04Pennington County, SDSD116,792+14.0%+5.1 pts

05Brookings County, SDSD37,635+13.3%+1.3 pts

06Custer County, SDSD9,431+12.9%−4.8 pts

07Ziebach County, SDSD2,389+11.2%−2.3 pts

08Butte County, SDSD10,856+11.2%−3.7 pts

09Lawrence County, SDSD29,459+10.5%+5.0 pts

10Stanley County, SDSD3,018+7.0%−6.0 pts

11Hamlin County, SDSD6,900+6.6%−4.8 pts

12Todd County, SDSD8,863+6.2%−2.1 pts

13Hanson County, SDSD3,456+6.1%+1.3 pts

14Codington County, SDSD29,562+5.1%−9.0 pts

15Meade County, SDSD30,711+4.9%−6.0 pts

16Davison County, SDSD20,069+4.1%−3.0 pts

17Yankton County, SDSD23,635+3.6%−8.8 pts

18Jackson County, SDSD2,666+3.4%−0.8 pts

19Hughes County, SDSD17,570+3.3%−7.9 pts

20Brown County, SDSD37,561+3.0%+3.4 pts

21Clay County, SDSD15,031+2.4%−0.2 pts

22Beadle County, SDSD19,624+2.2%+8.9 pts

23Marshall County, SDSD4,426+1.7%+7.3 pts

24Roberts County, SDSD10,255+1.3%+0.3 pts

25Lake County, SDSD10,993-0.7%−7.6 pts

26Moody County, SDSD6,632-1.7%−3.0 pts

27Mellette County, SDSD2,137-1.7%+0.8 pts

28Brule County, SDSD5,278-2.0%+0.2 pts

29Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303-2.4%−4.8 pts

30Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244-2.6%−5.0 pts

31Deuel County, SDSD4,408-3.0%−2.4 pts

32Corson County, SDSD3,781-3.1%−2.8 pts

33Lyman County, SDSD3,694-3.6%−10.7 pts

34McCook County, SDSD5,964-3.7%−6.2 pts

35Bennett County, SDSD3,307-4.0%−15.5 pts

36Fall River County, SDSD7,467-4.8%−6.2 pts

37Turner County, SDSD9,314-5.7%−8.9 pts

38Buffalo County, SDSD1,802-5.9%−21.4 pts

39Grant County, SDSD7,534-6.3%+0.0 pts

40Edmunds County, SDSD4,022-6.8%−7.0 pts

41Harding County, SDSD1,331-7.2%+11.7 pts

42Hand County, SDSD3,121-8.3%+4.1 pts

43Day County, SDSD5,484-8.9%+1.3 pts

44Walworth County, SDSD5,217-9.0%−7.1 pts

45Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413-9.1%−6.8 pts

46Jerauld County, SDSD1,654-9.8%−4.4 pts

47Faulk County, SDSD2,178-10.5%−6.7 pts

48Gregory County, SDSD4,037-10.9%−0.3 pts

49Clark County, SDSD4,031-10.9%−5.0 pts

50Dewey County, SDSD5,419-11.2%−19.4 pts

51Perkins County, SDSD2,853-11.3%+3.1 pts

52Aurora County, SDSD2,801-11.4%−8.9 pts

53Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284-11.5%−9.6 pts

54Sully County, SDSD1,479-11.8%−9.7 pts

55Haakon County, SDSD1,802-11.8%+4.5 pts

56Sanborn County, SDSD2,388-12.0%−6.4 pts

57Tripp County, SDSD5,708-12.2%−5.1 pts

58Douglas County, SDSD2,888-13.2%−5.5 pts

59Potter County, SDSD2,377-13.5%+2.1 pts

60Spink County, SDSD6,155-13.9%−7.3 pts

61Hyde County, SDSD1,191-15.0%−13.5 pts

62McPherson County, SDSD2,347-15.3%−5.3 pts

63Jones County, SDSD913-15.7%−5.8 pts

64Miner County, SDSD2,281-17.2%−5.3 pts

65Campbell County, SDSD1,377-17.7%−8.4 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS