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Most never-married people, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties with the highest share of people 15 and over who have never been married, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNEVER-MARRIED PEOPLEVS 2000

01Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33863.5%–

02Buffalo County, SDSD1,80260.2%+35%

03Clay County, SDSD15,03155.1%+30%

04Todd County, SDSD8,86352.5%+25%

05Ziebach County, SDSD2,38949.0%+26%

06Jackson County, SDSD2,66647.8%+43%

07Brookings County, SDSD37,63546.7%+18%

08Bennett County, SDSD3,30746.2%+45%

09Corson County, SDSD3,78145.2%+27%

10Dewey County, SDSD5,41943.7%+21%

11Lyman County, SDSD3,69439.8%+27%

12Mellette County, SDSD2,13737.0%+19%

13Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30336.2%+35%

14Tripp County, SDSD5,70835.5%+56%

15Brown County, SDSD37,56133.9%+26%

16Roberts County, SDSD10,25533.9%+24%

17Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69133.3%+17%

18Yankton County, SDSD23,63533.3%+38%

19Stanley County, SDSD3,01833.3%+47%

20Hanson County, SDSD3,45633.1%+62%

21Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24432.9%+54%

22Brule County, SDSD5,27832.5%+36%

23Lawrence County, SDSD29,45932.2%+28%

24Faulk County, SDSD2,17831.8%+56%

25Meade County, SDSD30,71131.0%+47%

26Pennington County, SDSD116,79230.5%+19%

27Hughes County, SDSD17,57030.5%+42%

28Davison County, SDSD20,06930.4%+18%

29Codington County, SDSD29,56230.3%+23%

30Lake County, SDSD10,99330.2%+1%

31Aurora County, SDSD2,80130.1%+40%

32Lincoln County, SDSD77,14527.6%+31%

33Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41327.5%+39%

34Day County, SDSD5,48427.2%+27%

35Gregory County, SDSD4,03727.1%+35%

36Sully County, SDSD1,47927.0%+47%

37Spink County, SDSD6,15526.7%+5%

38Harding County, SDSD1,33126.7%+38%

39Butte County, SDSD10,85626.1%+35%

40Jones County, SDSD91326.0%+16%

41Miner County, SDSD2,28125.9%+19%

42Sanborn County, SDSD2,38825.8%+18%

43Hand County, SDSD3,12125.6%+28%

44Beadle County, SDSD19,62425.5%+15%

45Deuel County, SDSD4,40825.1%+33%

46Turner County, SDSD9,31425.1%+27%

47McCook County, SDSD5,96424.4%+26%

48Clark County, SDSD4,03124.3%+14%

49Marshall County, SDSD4,42624.0%+9%

50Moody County, SDSD6,63223.5%−3%

51Hamlin County, SDSD6,90023.5%+14%

52Union County, SDSD17,40223.3%+15%

53Walworth County, SDSD5,21723.1%+14%

54Potter County, SDSD2,37722.3%+31%

55Grant County, SDSD7,53421.7%+4%

56McPherson County, SDSD2,34721.0%+33%

57Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28420.8%+12%

58Edmunds County, SDSD4,02220.3%+17%

59Perkins County, SDSD2,85319.3%−6%

60Haakon County, SDSD1,80219.0%−4%

61Hyde County, SDSD1,19118.7%−10%

62Jerauld County, SDSD1,65418.1%−12%

63Fall River County, SDSD7,46717.6%−8%

64Douglas County, SDSD2,88815.4%−14%

65Campbell County, SDSD1,37714.1%−21%

66Custer County, SDSD9,43112.6%−33%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES