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Largest veteran population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties home to the most civilian veterans 18 and over, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of veterans, not the veteran share. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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01Pennington County, SDSD116,79210,482–

02Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69110,317–

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452,885–

04Meade County, SDSD30,7112,801–

05Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592,224–

06Codington County, SDSD29,5622,209–

07Yankton County, SDSD23,6351,826–

08Brown County, SDSD37,5611,751–

09Brookings County, SDSD37,6351,532–

10Custer County, SDSD9,4311,186–

11Davison County, SDSD20,0691,103–

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5701,036–

13Union County, SDSD17,4021,034–

14Beadle County, SDSD19,624880–

15Butte County, SDSD10,856871–

16Fall River County, SDSD7,467839–

17Clay County, SDSD15,031712–

18Lake County, SDSD10,993708–

19Turner County, SDSD9,314532–

20Roberts County, SDSD10,255532–

21Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303510–

22Day County, SDSD5,484510–

23Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244497–

24Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338437–

25Moody County, SDSD6,632429–

26Grant County, SDSD7,534423–

27Walworth County, SDSD5,217423–

28Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413422–

29Spink County, SDSD6,155372–

30Hamlin County, SDSD6,900339–

31McCook County, SDSD5,964337–

32Marshall County, SDSD4,426332–

33Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284309–

34Deuel County, SDSD4,408279–

35Perkins County, SDSD2,853277–

36Todd County, SDSD8,863275–

37Corson County, SDSD3,781241–

38Dewey County, SDSD5,419227–

39Hanson County, SDSD3,456225–

40Gregory County, SDSD4,037211–

41Tripp County, SDSD5,708205–

42Brule County, SDSD5,278203–

43Douglas County, SDSD2,888195–

44Edmunds County, SDSD4,022188–

45Potter County, SDSD2,377188–

46Hand County, SDSD3,121182–

47Stanley County, SDSD3,018173–

48McPherson County, SDSD2,347170–

49Jerauld County, SDSD1,654165–

50Clark County, SDSD4,031156–

51Bennett County, SDSD3,307152–

52Aurora County, SDSD2,801150–

53Lyman County, SDSD3,694135–

54Sanborn County, SDSD2,388133–

55Jackson County, SDSD2,666132–

56Buffalo County, SDSD1,802123–

57Faulk County, SDSD2,17897–

58Miner County, SDSD2,28194–

59Ziebach County, SDSD2,38994–

60Harding County, SDSD1,33192–

61Mellette County, SDSD2,13790–

62Sully County, SDSD1,47976–

63Hyde County, SDSD1,19176–

64Campbell County, SDSD1,37763–

65Haakon County, SDSD1,80259–

66Jones County, SDSD91343–

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