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Most rooted, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of residents living in the same house as one year earlier (2024 ACS). These are the places where people stay put. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 91.7%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Stanley County, SD, up 32 places to #17.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE AS 1 YEAR AGOVS 2020

01▲13Buffalo County, SDSD1,80299.3%+6.0 pts

02▲14Jackson County, SDSD2,66698.6%+5.5 pts

03▲5Bennett County, SDSD3,30798.4%+3.4 pts

04▼2Ziebach County, SDSD2,38998.1%+0.7 pts

05▼4Corson County, SDSD3,78197.1%−1.3 pts

06▲18Jerauld County, SDSD1,65496.7%+4.1 pts

07▼4Dewey County, SDSD5,41996.7%−0.1 pts

08▲4Sanborn County, SDSD2,38896.3%+2.5 pts

09▲1Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33896.2%+1.9 pts

10▲10Perkins County, SDSD2,85396.1%+3.1 pts

11▼4Hanson County, SDSD3,45695.9%+0.8 pts

12▲6Harding County, SDSD1,33195.8%+2.7 pts

13▲17Aurora County, SDSD2,80195.8%+3.7 pts

14▲1Deuel County, SDSD4,40895.4%+2.1 pts

15▲4Todd County, SDSD8,86395.1%+2.1 pts

16▲16Campbell County, SDSD1,37795.1%+3.2 pts

17▲32Stanley County, SDSD3,01894.6%+7.8 pts

18▼7Mellette County, SDSD2,13794.4%+0.5 pts

19▲14Marshall County, SDSD4,42694.3%+2.8 pts

20▼3McPherson County, SDSD2,34794.2%+1.0 pts

21▼8Lyman County, SDSD3,69494.0%+0.6 pts

22▼18Haakon County, SDSD1,80293.9%−2.4 pts

23▼2Hand County, SDSD3,12193.3%+0.4 pts

24▲14Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28493.0%+3.2 pts

25▼20Potter County, SDSD2,37793.0%−3.3 pts

26▲2Hyde County, SDSD1,19192.9%+0.9 pts

27▲15Gregory County, SDSD4,03792.8%+3.9 pts

28▼1Spink County, SDSD6,15592.6%+0.5 pts

29Moody County, SDSD6,63292.5%+0.5 pts

30▲10Custer County, SDSD9,43192.2%+3.0 pts

31▲3Miner County, SDSD2,28192.2%+1.1 pts

32▼1Clark County, SDSD4,03191.7%−0.2 pts

33▲11McCook County, SDSD5,96491.7%+3.7 pts

34▲11Roberts County, SDSD10,25591.7%+3.9 pts

35▲15Hamlin County, SDSD6,90091.2%+5.0 pts

36▲10Butte County, SDSD10,85691.2%+3.6 pts

37▲10Brule County, SDSD5,27891.2%+4.2 pts

38▲1Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41391.1%+1.9 pts

39▼14Grant County, SDSD7,53491.1%−1.5 pts

40▼5Turner County, SDSD9,31490.9%+0.3 pts

41▼18Douglas County, SDSD2,88890.7%−2.1 pts

42▼6Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30390.6%+0.1 pts

43▲13Davison County, SDSD20,06990.2%+5.9 pts

44▼38Jones County, SDSD91390.0%−5.8 pts

45▼19Faulk County, SDSD2,17889.9%−2.5 pts

46▼5Sully County, SDSD1,47989.4%+0.4 pts

47▲4Codington County, SDSD29,56289.1%+3.0 pts

48Union County, SDSD17,40288.6%+1.7 pts

49▼12Tripp County, SDSD5,70888.3%−2.0 pts

50▲3Beadle County, SDSD19,62487.8%+2.7 pts

51▲1Brown County, SDSD37,56187.8%+2.1 pts

52▲2Lincoln County, SDSD77,14587.2%+2.2 pts

53▲8Lawrence County, SDSD29,45986.8%+4.7 pts

54▲10Hughes County, SDSD17,57086.7%+7.0 pts

55▼46Edmunds County, SDSD4,02286.6%−8.3 pts

56▼34Day County, SDSD5,48486.2%−6.7 pts

57Yankton County, SDSD23,63586.2%+2.5 pts

58▲2Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69186.0%+3.6 pts

59▲4Meade County, SDSD30,71185.5%+4.5 pts

60▼5Lake County, SDSD10,99385.3%+0.7 pts

61▼3Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24483.8%+0.6 pts

62Walworth County, SDSD5,21783.8%+2.5 pts

63▼4Pennington County, SDSD116,79283.3%+0.2 pts

64▼21Fall River County, SDSD7,46783.2%−5.1 pts

65Brookings County, SDSD37,63574.7%−2.9 pts

66Clay County, SDSD15,03171.4%+6.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES