RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Most never-married people, South Dakota counties · 2000

South Dakota counties with the highest share of people 15 and over who have never been married, as of the 2000 American Community Survey. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNEVER-MARRIED PEOPLEVS –

01Buffalo County, SDSD1,80244.7%–

02Clay County, SDSD15,03142.3%–

03Todd County, SDSD8,86342.0%–

04Brookings County, SDSD37,63539.7%–

05Ziebach County, SDSD2,38938.8%–

06Dewey County, SDSD5,41936.3%–

07Corson County, SDSD3,78135.5%–

08Jackson County, SDSD2,66633.5%–

09Bennett County, SDSD3,30731.8%–

10Lyman County, SDSD3,69431.3%–

11Mellette County, SDSD2,13731.2%–

12Lake County, SDSD10,99330.0%–

13Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69128.4%–

14Roberts County, SDSD10,25527.2%–

15Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30326.9%–

16Brown County, SDSD37,56126.9%–

17Davison County, SDSD20,06925.7%–

18Pennington County, SDSD116,79225.5%–

19Spink County, SDSD6,15525.4%–

20Lawrence County, SDSD29,45925.1%–

21Codington County, SDSD29,56224.6%–

22Moody County, SDSD6,63224.3%–

23Yankton County, SDSD23,63524.1%–

24Brule County, SDSD5,27824.0%–

25Tripp County, SDSD5,70822.7%–

26Stanley County, SDSD3,01822.7%–

27Jones County, SDSD91322.5%–

28Beadle County, SDSD19,62422.1%–

29Marshall County, SDSD4,42621.9%–

30Sanborn County, SDSD2,38821.8%–

31Miner County, SDSD2,28121.8%–

32Aurora County, SDSD2,80121.6%–

33Hughes County, SDSD17,57021.4%–

34Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24421.4%–

35Clark County, SDSD4,03121.4%–

36Day County, SDSD5,48421.4%–

37Lincoln County, SDSD77,14521.1%–

38Meade County, SDSD30,71121.1%–

39Grant County, SDSD7,53420.9%–

40Hyde County, SDSD1,19120.8%–

41Jerauld County, SDSD1,65420.7%–

42Perkins County, SDSD2,85320.6%–

43Hamlin County, SDSD6,90020.5%–

44Faulk County, SDSD2,17820.4%–

45Hanson County, SDSD3,45620.4%–

46Union County, SDSD17,40220.3%–

47Walworth County, SDSD5,21720.3%–

48Gregory County, SDSD4,03720.0%–

49Hand County, SDSD3,12119.9%–

50Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41319.9%–

51Haakon County, SDSD1,80219.8%–

52Turner County, SDSD9,31419.7%–

53Butte County, SDSD10,85619.4%–

54McCook County, SDSD5,96419.3%–

55Harding County, SDSD1,33119.3%–

56Fall River County, SDSD7,46719.3%–

57Deuel County, SDSD4,40818.8%–

58Custer County, SDSD9,43118.7%–

59Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28418.6%–

60Sully County, SDSD1,47918.4%–

61Douglas County, SDSD2,88818.0%–

62Campbell County, SDSD1,37717.9%–

63Edmunds County, SDSD4,02217.4%–

64Potter County, SDSD2,37717.0%–

65McPherson County, SDSD2,34715.7%–

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