RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Largest senior population, South Dakota counties · 2000

South Dakota counties home to the most residents aged 65 and over as of 2000. Ranked by number of people, not the senior share. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS 65 AND OVERVS 1990

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69116,313+13%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79210,451+28%

03Brown County, SDSD37,5615,744+7%

04Codington County, SDSD29,5623,653+1%

05Beadle County, SDSD19,6243,295−1%

06Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593,192+8%

07Yankton County, SDSD23,6353,164+10%

08Brookings County, SDSD37,6353,065+3%

09Davison County, SDSD20,0693,042−0%

10Meade County, SDSD30,7112,530+18%

11Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452,516+13%

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5702,252+27%

13Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4132,118−1%

14Lake County, SDSD10,9931,843−4%

15Turner County, SDSD9,3141,808−6%

16Roberts County, SDSD10,2551,704−8%

17Union County, SDSD17,4021,702+1%

18Fall River County, SDSD7,4671,674+7%

19Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031,619+1%

20Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441,513−5%

21Grant County, SDSD7,5341,496−1%

22Day County, SDSD5,4841,472−9%

23Spink County, SDSD6,1551,412−4%

24Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841,406−0%

25Butte County, SDSD10,8561,378+10%

26Clay County, SDSD15,0311,364+0%

27Walworth County, SDSD5,2171,310+2%

28Tripp County, SDSD5,7081,265+6%

29Gregory County, SDSD4,0371,189−2%

30Custer County, SDSD9,4311,167+26%

31McCook County, SDSD5,9641,138−12%

32Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001,061−6%

33Moody County, SDSD6,632985−14%

34Marshall County, SDSD4,426973−8%

35Edmunds County, SDSD4,022971−3%

36Deuel County, SDSD4,408930−1%

37Clark County, SDSD4,031921−4%

38Brule County, SDSD5,278905−0%

39Hand County, SDSD3,121904+4%

40McPherson County, SDSD2,347859−3%

41Perkins County, SDSD2,853796−4%

42Douglas County, SDSD2,888780−0%

43Miner County, SDSD2,281690−14%

44Potter County, SDSD2,377674−2%

45Aurora County, SDSD2,801661−3%

46Faulk County, SDSD2,178604+6%

47Jerauld County, SDSD1,654588+0%

48Lyman County, SDSD3,694528+10%

49Sanborn County, SDSD2,388521−3%

50Todd County, SDSD8,863521−6%

51Dewey County, SDSD5,419494+8%

52Hanson County, SDSD3,456467−4%

53Corson County, SDSD3,781439−2%

54Bennett County, SDSD3,307398+5%

55Haakon County, SDSD1,802396+4%

56Campbell County, SDSD1,377394−1%

57Hyde County, SDSD1,191373−6%

58Jackson County, SDSD2,666340−4%

59Stanley County, SDSD3,018305+16%

60Mellette County, SDSD2,137274−2%

61Sully County, SDSD1,479271+12%

62Jones County, SDSD913217−4%

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,389188+9%

64Harding County, SDSD1,331181−21%

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,802133+1%

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