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Most public transit riders, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties with the most workers commuting by public transportation, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of commuters, not the transit share. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPTRANSIT COMMUTERSVS 2020

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691756+24%

02Yankton County, SDSD23,635199+696%

03Meade County, SDSD30,711159–

04Lawrence County, SDSD29,459130+233%

05Clay County, SDSD15,031115+326%

06Brown County, SDSD37,561103+5050%

07Davison County, SDSD20,06998−31%

08Pennington County, SDSD116,79295−81%

09Hughes County, SDSD17,57090+3%

10Brookings County, SDSD37,63584+140%

11Codington County, SDSD29,56277+1000%

12Lake County, SDSD10,99350+16%

13Tripp County, SDSD5,70850–

14Roberts County, SDSD10,25547+161%

15Lincoln County, SDSD77,14544+83%

16Moody County, SDSD6,63234−32%

17Butte County, SDSD10,85621+40%

18Turner County, SDSD9,31417+113%

19Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30316−50%

20Day County, SDSD5,48416+129%

21Walworth County, SDSD5,21714−50%

22Lyman County, SDSD3,69412+100%

23Dewey County, SDSD5,41911−58%

24Beadle County, SDSD19,62410–

25Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2449+29%

26Hyde County, SDSD1,1919+50%

27Brule County, SDSD5,2786−25%

28Douglas County, SDSD2,8886+20%

29Hand County, SDSD3,1213+50%

30Fall River County, SDSD7,4672−71%

31Faulk County, SDSD2,1782–

32Custer County, SDSD9,4311−98%

33Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000–

34Aurora County, SDSD2,8010–

35Bennett County, SDSD3,3070−100%

36Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020–

37Campbell County, SDSD1,3770–

38Clark County, SDSD4,0310–

39Corson County, SDSD3,7810–

40Deuel County, SDSD4,4080–

41Edmunds County, SDSD4,0220–

42Grant County, SDSD7,5340−100%

43Gregory County, SDSD4,0370–

44Haakon County, SDSD1,8020–

45Hanson County, SDSD3,4560–

46Harding County, SDSD1,3310–

47Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130–

48Jackson County, SDSD2,6660−100%

49Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540−100%

50Jones County, SDSD9130–

51Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2840−100%

52McCook County, SDSD5,9640–

53McPherson County, SDSD2,3470−100%

54Marshall County, SDSD4,4260−100%

55Mellette County, SDSD2,1370–

56Miner County, SDSD2,2810–

57Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380−100%

58Perkins County, SDSD2,8530−100%

59Potter County, SDSD2,3770–

60Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880–

61Spink County, SDSD6,1550–

62Stanley County, SDSD3,0180−100%

63Sully County, SDSD1,4790–

64Todd County, SDSD8,8630−100%

65Union County, SDSD17,4020−100%

66Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890−100%

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