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Largest by population, South Dakota counties · 2020

The most populous us counties as of the 2023 estimates. This list covers the 66 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, SDSD212,691197,214+33%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,792109,222+23%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,14565,161+170%

04Brown County, SDSD37,56138,301+8%

05Brookings County, SDSD37,63534,375+22%

06Meade County, SDSD30,71129,852+23%

07Codington County, SDSD29,56228,325+9%

08Lawrence County, SDSD29,45925,768+18%

09Yankton County, SDSD23,63523,310+8%

10Davison County, SDSD20,06919,956+6%

11Beadle County, SDSD19,62419,149+12%

12Hughes County, SDSD17,57017,765+8%

13Union County, SDSD17,40216,811+34%

14Clay County, SDSD15,03114,967+11%

15Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33813,672–

16Lake County, SDSD10,99311,059−2%

17Roberts County, SDSD10,25510,280+3%

18Butte County, SDSD10,85610,243+13%

19Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3039,373+0%

20Todd County, SDSD8,8639,319+3%

21Turner County, SDSD9,3148,673−2%

22Custer County, SDSD9,4318,318+14%

23Grant County, SDSD7,5347,556−4%

24Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4137,427−8%

25Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2447,003−4%

26Fall River County, SDSD7,4676,973−6%

27Spink County, SDSD6,1556,361−15%

28Moody County, SDSD6,6326,336−4%

29Hamlin County, SDSD6,9006,164+11%

30McCook County, SDSD5,9645,682−3%

31Tripp County, SDSD5,7085,624−13%

32Day County, SDSD5,4845,449−13%

33Walworth County, SDSD5,2175,315−11%

34Brule County, SDSD5,2785,247−2%

35Dewey County, SDSD5,4195,239−12%

36Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2845,187−11%

37Marshall County, SDSD4,4264,306−6%

38Deuel County, SDSD4,4084,295−5%

39Gregory County, SDSD4,0373,994−17%

40Edmunds County, SDSD4,0223,986−9%

41Corson County, SDSD3,7813,902−7%

42Clark County, SDSD4,0313,837−7%

43Lyman County, SDSD3,6943,718−5%

44Hanson County, SDSD3,4563,461+10%

45Bennett County, SDSD3,3073,381−5%

46Hand County, SDSD3,1213,145−16%

47Stanley County, SDSD3,0182,980+8%

48Douglas County, SDSD2,8882,835−18%

49Perkins County, SDSD2,8532,835−16%

50Jackson County, SDSD2,6662,806−4%

51Aurora County, SDSD2,8012,747−10%

52Potter County, SDSD2,3772,472−8%

53Ziebach County, SDSD2,3892,413−4%

54McPherson County, SDSD2,3472,411−17%

55Sanborn County, SDSD2,3882,330−13%

56Miner County, SDSD2,2812,298−20%

57Faulk County, SDSD2,1782,125−20%

58Buffalo County, SDSD1,8021,948−4%

59Mellette County, SDSD2,1371,918−8%

60Haakon County, SDSD1,8021,872−15%

61Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541,663−28%

62Sully County, SDSD1,4791,446−7%

63Campbell County, SDSD1,3771,377−23%

64Harding County, SDSD1,3311,311−3%

65Hyde County, SDSD1,1911,262−24%

66Jones County, SDSD913917−23%

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