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Largest by population, South Dakota counties · 2000

The most populous us counties as of the 2023 estimates. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPTOTAL POPULATIONVS 2000

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691148,281+0%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79288,565+0%

03Brown County, SDSD37,56135,460+0%

04Brookings County, SDSD37,63528,220+0%

05Codington County, SDSD29,56225,897+0%

06Meade County, SDSD30,71124,253+0%

07Lincoln County, SDSD77,14524,131+0%

08Lawrence County, SDSD29,45921,802+0%

09Yankton County, SDSD23,63521,652+0%

10Davison County, SDSD20,06918,741+0%

11Beadle County, SDSD19,62417,023+0%

12Hughes County, SDSD17,57016,481+0%

13Clay County, SDSD15,03113,537+0%

14Union County, SDSD17,40212,584+0%

15Lake County, SDSD10,99311,276+0%

16Roberts County, SDSD10,25510,016+0%

17Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3039,350+0%

18Butte County, SDSD10,8569,094+0%

19Todd County, SDSD8,8639,050+0%

20Turner County, SDSD9,3148,849+0%

21Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4138,075+0%

22Grant County, SDSD7,5347,847+0%

23Spink County, SDSD6,1557,454+0%

24Fall River County, SDSD7,4677,453+0%

25Custer County, SDSD9,4317,275+0%

26Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2447,260+0%

27Moody County, SDSD6,6326,595+0%

28Tripp County, SDSD5,7086,430+0%

29Day County, SDSD5,4846,267+0%

30Walworth County, SDSD5,2175,974+0%

31Dewey County, SDSD5,4195,972+0%

32McCook County, SDSD5,9645,832+0%

33Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2845,815+0%

34Hamlin County, SDSD6,9005,540+0%

35Brule County, SDSD5,2785,364+0%

36Gregory County, SDSD4,0374,792+0%

37Marshall County, SDSD4,4264,576+0%

38Deuel County, SDSD4,4084,498+0%

39Edmunds County, SDSD4,0224,367+0%

40Corson County, SDSD3,7814,181+0%

41Clark County, SDSD4,0314,143+0%

42Lyman County, SDSD3,6943,895+0%

43Hand County, SDSD3,1213,741+0%

44Bennett County, SDSD3,3073,574+0%

45Douglas County, SDSD2,8883,458+0%

46Perkins County, SDSD2,8533,363+0%

47Hanson County, SDSD3,4563,139+0%

48Aurora County, SDSD2,8013,058+0%

49Jackson County, SDSD2,6662,930+0%

50McPherson County, SDSD2,3472,904+0%

51Miner County, SDSD2,2812,884+0%

52Stanley County, SDSD3,0182,772+0%

53Potter County, SDSD2,3772,693+0%

54Sanborn County, SDSD2,3882,675+0%

55Faulk County, SDSD2,1782,640+0%

56Ziebach County, SDSD2,3892,519+0%

57Jerauld County, SDSD1,6542,295+0%

58Haakon County, SDSD1,8022,196+0%

59Mellette County, SDSD2,1372,083+0%

60Buffalo County, SDSD1,8022,032+0%

61Campbell County, SDSD1,3771,782+0%

62Hyde County, SDSD1,1911,671+0%

63Sully County, SDSD1,4791,556+0%

64Harding County, SDSD1,3311,353+0%

65Jones County, SDSD9131,193+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES