RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Most population gained, South Dakota counties · 2000

South Dakota counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 65 is +11.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691+24,472–

02Lincoln County, SDSD77,145+8,704–

03Pennington County, SDSD116,792+7,222–

04Codington County, SDSD29,562+3,199–

05Brookings County, SDSD37,635+3,013–

06Yankton County, SDSD23,635+2,400–

07Union County, SDSD17,402+2,395–

08Meade County, SDSD30,711+2,375–

09Hughes County, SDSD17,570+1,664–

10Davison County, SDSD20,069+1,238–

11Butte County, SDSD10,856+1,180–

12Lawrence County, SDSD29,459+1,147–

13Custer County, SDSD9,431+1,096–

14Lake County, SDSD10,993+726–

15Todd County, SDSD8,863+698–

16Hamlin County, SDSD6,900+566–

17Dewey County, SDSD5,419+449–

18Bennett County, SDSD3,307+368–

19Clay County, SDSD15,031+351–

20Stanley County, SDSD3,018+319–

21Ziebach County, SDSD2,389+299–

22Turner County, SDSD9,314+273–

23Buffalo County, SDSD1,802+273–

24Lyman County, SDSD3,694+257–

25Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303+219–

26Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244+171–

27Hanson County, SDSD3,456+145–

28McCook County, SDSD5,964+144–

29Jackson County, SDSD2,666+119–

30Roberts County, SDSD10,255+102–

31Fall River County, SDSD7,467+100–

32Moody County, SDSD6,632+88–

33Edmunds County, SDSD4,022+11–

34Corson County, SDSD3,781-14–

35Deuel County, SDSD4,408-24–

36Hyde County, SDSD1,191-25–

37Sully County, SDSD1,479-33–

38Mellette County, SDSD2,137-54–

39Aurora County, SDSD2,801-77–

40Faulk County, SDSD2,178-104–

41Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284-110–

42Walworth County, SDSD5,217-113–

43Brown County, SDSD37,561-120–

44Brule County, SDSD5,278-121–

45Jerauld County, SDSD1,654-130–

46Jones County, SDSD913-131–

47Sanborn County, SDSD2,388-158–

48Campbell County, SDSD1,377-183–

49Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413-187–

50Clark County, SDSD4,031-260–

51Marshall County, SDSD4,426-268–

52Douglas County, SDSD2,888-288–

53Harding County, SDSD1,331-316–

54McPherson County, SDSD2,347-324–

55Miner County, SDSD2,281-388–

56Haakon County, SDSD1,802-428–

57Tripp County, SDSD5,708-494–

58Potter County, SDSD2,377-497–

59Grant County, SDSD7,534-525–

60Spink County, SDSD6,155-527–

61Hand County, SDSD3,121-531–

62Gregory County, SDSD4,037-567–

63Perkins County, SDSD2,853-569–

64Day County, SDSD5,484-711–

65Beadle County, SDSD19,624-1,230–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS