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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%+52%

02Union County, SDSD17,402+14.4%−39%

03Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691+14.3%−28%

04Pennington County, SDSD116,792+14.0%+57%

05Brookings County, SDSD37,635+13.3%+11%

06Custer County, SDSD9,431+12.9%−27%

07Ziebach County, SDSD2,389+11.2%−17%

08Butte County, SDSD10,856+11.2%−25%

09Lawrence County, SDSD29,459+10.5%+90%

10Stanley County, SDSD3,018+7.0%−46%

11Hamlin County, SDSD6,900+6.6%−42%

12Todd County, SDSD8,863+6.2%−26%

13Hanson County, SDSD3,456+6.1%+26%

14Codington County, SDSD29,562+5.1%−64%

15Meade County, SDSD30,711+4.9%−55%

16Davison County, SDSD20,069+4.1%−42%

17Yankton County, SDSD23,635+3.6%−71%

18Jackson County, SDSD2,666+3.4%−19%

19Hughes County, SDSD17,570+3.3%−71%

20Brown County, SDSD37,561+3.0%−996%

21Clay County, SDSD15,031+2.4%−9%

22Beadle County, SDSD19,624+2.2%−133%

23Marshall County, SDSD4,426+1.7%−132%

24Roberts County, SDSD10,255+1.3%+29%

25Lake County, SDSD10,993-0.7%−110%

26Moody County, SDSD6,632-1.7%−222%

27Mellette County, SDSD2,137-1.7%−34%

28Brule County, SDSD5,278-2.0%−8%

29Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303-2.4%−199%

30Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244-2.6%−208%

31Deuel County, SDSD4,408-3.0%+461%

32Corson County, SDSD3,781-3.1%+839%

33Lyman County, SDSD3,694-3.6%−151%

34McCook County, SDSD5,964-3.7%−245%

35Bennett County, SDSD3,307-4.0%−135%

36Fall River County, SDSD7,467-4.8%−454%

37Turner County, SDSD9,314-5.7%−278%

38Buffalo County, SDSD1,802-5.9%−138%

39Grant County, SDSD7,534-6.3%−0%

40Edmunds County, SDSD4,022-6.8%−2784%

41Harding County, SDSD1,331-7.2%−62%

42Hand County, SDSD3,121-8.3%−33%

43Day County, SDSD5,484-8.9%−13%

44Walworth County, SDSD5,217-9.0%+383%

45Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413-9.1%+301%

46Jerauld County, SDSD1,654-9.8%+82%

47Faulk County, SDSD2,178-10.5%+176%

48Gregory County, SDSD4,037-10.9%+3%

49Clark County, SDSD4,031-10.9%+85%

50Dewey County, SDSD5,419-11.2%−238%

51Perkins County, SDSD2,853-11.3%−22%

52Aurora County, SDSD2,801-11.4%+363%

53Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284-11.5%+518%

54Sully County, SDSD1,479-11.8%+466%

55Haakon County, SDSD1,802-11.8%−28%

56Sanborn County, SDSD2,388-12.0%+114%

57Tripp County, SDSD5,708-12.2%+71%

58Douglas County, SDSD2,888-13.2%+72%

59Potter County, SDSD2,377-13.5%−13%

60Spink County, SDSD6,155-13.9%+111%

61Hyde County, SDSD1,191-15.0%+919%

62McPherson County, SDSD2,347-15.3%+53%

63Jones County, SDSD913-15.7%+58%

64Miner County, SDSD2,281-17.2%+45%

65Campbell County, SDSD1,377-17.7%+90%

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