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Most densely populated, South Dakota counties · 2000

South Dakota counties ranked by residents per square mile (2023). 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691184+0%

02Davison County, SDSD20,06943+0%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,14542+0%

04Yankton County, SDSD23,63542+0%

05Codington County, SDSD29,56238+0%

06Brookings County, SDSD37,63536+0%

07Clay County, SDSD15,03133+0%

08Pennington County, SDSD116,79232+0%

09Union County, SDSD17,40227+0%

10Lawrence County, SDSD29,45927+0%

11Hughes County, SDSD17,57022+0%

12Brown County, SDSD37,56121+0%

13Lake County, SDSD10,99320+0%

14Turner County, SDSD9,31414+0%

15Beadle County, SDSD19,62414+0%

16Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24413+0%

17Moody County, SDSD6,63213+0%

18Grant County, SDSD7,53412+0%

19Hamlin County, SDSD6,90011+0%

20McCook County, SDSD5,96410+0%

21Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41310+0%

22Roberts County, SDSD10,2559+0%

23Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3039+0%

24Walworth County, SDSD5,2178+0%

25Douglas County, SDSD2,8888+0%

26Hanson County, SDSD3,4567+0%

27Deuel County, SDSD4,4087+0%

28Meade County, SDSD30,7117+0%

29Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2847+0%

30Brule County, SDSD5,2787+0%

31Todd County, SDSD8,8637+0%

32Day County, SDSD5,4846+0%

33Marshall County, SDSD4,4265+0%

34Miner County, SDSD2,2815+0%

35Spink County, SDSD6,1555+0%

36Gregory County, SDSD4,0375+0%

37Sanborn County, SDSD2,3885+0%

38Custer County, SDSD9,4315+0%

39Jerauld County, SDSD1,6544+0%

40Clark County, SDSD4,0314+0%

41Aurora County, SDSD2,8014+0%

42Buffalo County, SDSD1,8024+0%

43Fall River County, SDSD7,4674+0%

44Butte County, SDSD10,8564+0%

45Tripp County, SDSD5,7084+0%

46Edmunds County, SDSD4,0224+0%

47Potter County, SDSD2,3773+0%

48Bennett County, SDSD3,3073+0%

49Faulk County, SDSD2,1783+0%

50Hand County, SDSD3,1213+0%

51Dewey County, SDSD5,4193+0%

52McPherson County, SDSD2,3473+0%

53Campbell County, SDSD1,3772+0%

54Lyman County, SDSD3,6942+0%

55Hyde County, SDSD1,1912+0%

56Stanley County, SDSD3,0182+0%

57Corson County, SDSD3,7812+0%

58Mellette County, SDSD2,1372+0%

59Jackson County, SDSD2,6662+0%

60Sully County, SDSD1,4792+0%

61Ziebach County, SDSD2,3891+0%

62Jones County, SDSD9131+0%

63Haakon County, SDSD1,8021+0%

64Perkins County, SDSD2,8531+0%

65Harding County, SDSD1,3311+0%

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