RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Most population gained, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties that added the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691+21,187−13%

02Lincoln County, SDSD77,145+20,697+138%

03Pennington County, SDSD116,792+12,383+71%

04Brookings County, SDSD37,635+3,745+24%

05Lawrence County, SDSD29,459+2,295+100%

06Union County, SDSD17,402+1,815−24%

07Codington County, SDSD29,562+1,330−58%

08Meade County, SDSD30,711+1,181−50%

09Brown County, SDSD37,561+1,071−993%

10Butte County, SDSD10,856+1,016−14%

11Custer County, SDSD9,431+941−14%

12Yankton County, SDSD23,635+786−67%

13Davison County, SDSD20,069+763−38%

14Todd County, SDSD8,863+562−19%

15Hughes County, SDSD17,570+541−67%

16Beadle County, SDSD19,624+375−130%

17Hamlin County, SDSD6,900+363−36%

18Clay County, SDSD15,031+327−7%

19Ziebach County, SDSD2,389+282−6%

20Stanley County, SDSD3,018+194−39%

21Hanson County, SDSD3,456+192+32%

22Roberts County, SDSD10,255+133+30%

23Jackson County, SDSD2,666+101−15%

24Marshall County, SDSD4,426+80−130%

25Mellette County, SDSD2,137-35−35%

26Lake County, SDSD10,993-76−110%

27Harding County, SDSD1,331-98−69%

28Brule County, SDSD5,278-109−10%

29Moody County, SDSD6,632-109−224%

30Buffalo County, SDSD1,802-120−144%

31Corson County, SDSD3,781-131+836%

32Deuel County, SDSD4,408-134+458%

33Lyman County, SDSD3,694-140−154%

34Bennett County, SDSD3,307-143−139%

35Sully County, SDSD1,479-183+455%

36Jones County, SDSD913-187+43%

37Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244-190−211%

38McCook County, SDSD5,964-214−249%

39Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303-221−201%

40Jerauld County, SDSD1,654-224+72%

41Hyde County, SDSD1,191-251+904%

42Haakon County, SDSD1,802-259−39%

43Faulk County, SDSD2,178-276+165%

44Edmunds County, SDSD4,022-296−2791%

45Hand County, SDSD3,121-310−42%

46Campbell County, SDSD1,377-316+73%

47Sanborn County, SDSD2,388-320+103%

48Aurora County, SDSD2,801-348+352%

49Fall River County, SDSD7,467-359−459%

50Potter County, SDSD2,377-364−27%

51Perkins County, SDSD2,853-381−33%

52McPherson County, SDSD2,347-445+37%

53Clark County, SDSD4,031-452+74%

54Douglas County, SDSD2,888-456+58%

55Grant County, SDSD7,534-491−6%

56Miner County, SDSD2,281-495+28%

57Turner County, SDSD9,314-502−284%

58Gregory County, SDSD4,037-521−8%

59Walworth County, SDSD5,217-536+374%

60Day County, SDSD5,484-557−22%

61Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284-667+506%

62Dewey County, SDSD5,419-671−249%

63Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413-732+291%

64Tripp County, SDSD5,708-786+59%

65Spink County, SDSD6,155-1,039+97%

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