RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Most population lost, South Dakota counties · 2000

South Dakota counties that lost 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 –

01Beadle County, SDSD19,624-1,230–

02Day County, SDSD5,484-711–

03Perkins County, SDSD2,853-569–

04Gregory County, SDSD4,037-567–

05Hand County, SDSD3,121-531–

06Spink County, SDSD6,155-527–

07Grant County, SDSD7,534-525–

08Potter County, SDSD2,377-497–

09Tripp County, SDSD5,708-494–

10Haakon County, SDSD1,802-428–

11Miner County, SDSD2,281-388–

12McPherson County, SDSD2,347-324–

13Harding County, SDSD1,331-316–

14Douglas County, SDSD2,888-288–

15Marshall County, SDSD4,426-268–

16Clark County, SDSD4,031-260–

17Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413-187–

18Campbell County, SDSD1,377-183–

19Sanborn County, SDSD2,388-158–

20Jones County, SDSD913-131–

21Jerauld County, SDSD1,654-130–

22Brule County, SDSD5,278-121–

23Brown County, SDSD37,561-120–

24Walworth County, SDSD5,217-113–

25Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284-110–

26Faulk County, SDSD2,178-104–

27Aurora County, SDSD2,801-77–

28Mellette County, SDSD2,137-54–

29Sully County, SDSD1,479-33–

30Hyde County, SDSD1,191-25–

31Deuel County, SDSD4,408-24–

32Corson County, SDSD3,781-14–

33Edmunds County, SDSD4,022+11–

34Moody County, SDSD6,632+88–

35Fall River County, SDSD7,467+100–

36Roberts County, SDSD10,255+102–

37Jackson County, SDSD2,666+119–

38McCook County, SDSD5,964+144–

39Hanson County, SDSD3,456+145–

40Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244+171–

41Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303+219–

42Lyman County, SDSD3,694+257–

43Turner County, SDSD9,314+273–

44Buffalo County, SDSD1,802+273–

45Ziebach County, SDSD2,389+299–

46Stanley County, SDSD3,018+319–

47Clay County, SDSD15,031+351–

48Bennett County, SDSD3,307+368–

49Dewey County, SDSD5,419+449–

50Hamlin County, SDSD6,900+566–

51Todd County, SDSD8,863+698–

52Lake County, SDSD10,993+726–

53Custer County, SDSD9,431+1,096–

54Lawrence County, SDSD29,459+1,147–

55Butte County, SDSD10,856+1,180–

56Davison County, SDSD20,069+1,238–

57Hughes County, SDSD17,570+1,664–

58Meade County, SDSD30,711+2,375–

59Union County, SDSD17,402+2,395–

60Yankton County, SDSD23,635+2,400–

61Brookings County, SDSD37,635+3,013–

62Codington County, SDSD29,562+3,199–

63Pennington County, SDSD116,792+7,222–

64Lincoln County, SDSD77,145+8,704–

65Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691+24,472–

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