RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Largest senior population, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties home to the most residents aged 65 and over as of 2010. 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 2000

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69118,843+16%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79213,617+30%

03Brown County, SDSD37,5615,873+2%

04Codington County, SDSD29,5624,051+11%

05Lincoln County, SDSD77,1454,032+60%

06Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593,993+25%

07Yankton County, SDSD23,6353,665+16%

08Davison County, SDSD20,0693,301+9%

09Brookings County, SDSD37,6353,170+3%

10Meade County, SDSD30,7113,038+20%

11Beadle County, SDSD19,6243,006−9%

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5702,285+1%

13Union County, SDSD17,4022,022+19%

14Lake County, SDSD10,9931,893+3%

15Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131,838−13%

16Custer County, SDSD9,4311,766+51%

17Roberts County, SDSD10,2551,758+3%

18Fall River County, SDSD7,4671,638−2%

19Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031,619+0%

20Butte County, SDSD10,8561,591+15%

21Turner County, SDSD9,3141,583−12%

22Clay County, SDSD15,0311,421+4%

23Grant County, SDSD7,5341,363−9%

24Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441,347−11%

25Day County, SDSD5,4841,309−11%

26Walworth County, SDSD5,2171,303−1%

27Spink County, SDSD6,1551,291−9%

28Tripp County, SDSD5,7081,187−6%

29Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841,120−20%

30McCook County, SDSD5,9641,066−6%

31Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001,020−4%

32Gregory County, SDSD4,0371,013−15%

33Moody County, SDSD6,632983−0%

34Brule County, SDSD5,278914+1%

35Marshall County, SDSD4,426887−9%

36Edmunds County, SDSD4,022883−9%

37Hand County, SDSD3,121867−4%

38Deuel County, SDSD4,408839−10%

39Clark County, SDSD4,031804−13%

40McPherson County, SDSD2,347733−15%

41Douglas County, SDSD2,888727−7%

42Perkins County, SDSD2,853690−13%

43Potter County, SDSD2,377627−7%

44Todd County, SDSD8,863593+14%

45Faulk County, SDSD2,178560−7%

46Lyman County, SDSD3,694548+4%

47Aurora County, SDSD2,801539−18%

48Miner County, SDSD2,281532−23%

49Jerauld County, SDSD1,654519−12%

50Dewey County, SDSD5,419515+4%

51Sanborn County, SDSD2,388477−8%

52Stanley County, SDSD3,018469+54%

53Hanson County, SDSD3,456467+0%

54Corson County, SDSD3,781423−4%

55Haakon County, SDSD1,802421+6%

56Jackson County, SDSD2,666407+20%

57Bennett County, SDSD3,307384−4%

58Campbell County, SDSD1,377370−6%

59Hyde County, SDSD1,191321−14%

60Mellette County, SDSD2,137277+1%

61Sully County, SDSD1,479263−3%

62Jones County, SDSD913207−5%

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,389195+4%

64Harding County, SDSD1,331182+1%

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,802137+3%

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