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Most transient, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the smallest share of residents living in the same house as one year earlier (2024 ACS). These are the places where people move the most. 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: Edmunds County, SD, up 46 places to #12.

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Most transient by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPLIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE AS 1 YEAR AGOVS 2020
01Clay County, SDSD15,03171.4%+6.5 pts
02Brookings County, SDSD37,63574.7%−2.9 pts
03▲21Fall River County, SDSD7,46783.2%−5.1 pts
04▲4Pennington County, SDSD116,79283.3%+0.2 pts
05Walworth County, SDSD5,21783.8%+2.5 pts
06▲3Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24483.8%+0.6 pts
07▲5Lake County, SDSD10,99385.3%+0.7 pts
08▼4Meade County, SDSD30,71185.5%+4.5 pts
09▼2Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69186.0%+3.6 pts
10Yankton County, SDSD23,63586.2%+2.5 pts
11▲34Day County, SDSD5,48486.2%−6.7 pts
12▲46Edmunds County, SDSD4,02286.6%−8.3 pts
13▼10Hughes County, SDSD17,57086.7%+7.0 pts
14▼8Lawrence County, SDSD29,45986.8%+4.7 pts
15▼2Lincoln County, SDSD77,14587.2%+2.2 pts
16▼1Brown County, SDSD37,56187.8%+2.1 pts
17▼3Beadle County, SDSD19,62487.8%+2.7 pts
18▲12Tripp County, SDSD5,70888.3%−2.0 pts
19Union County, SDSD17,40288.6%+1.7 pts
20▼4Codington County, SDSD29,56289.1%+3.0 pts
21▲5Sully County, SDSD1,47989.4%+0.4 pts
22▲19Faulk County, SDSD2,17889.9%−2.5 pts
23▲38Jones County, SDSD91390.0%−5.8 pts
24▼13Davison County, SDSD20,06990.2%+5.9 pts
25▲6Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30390.6%+0.1 pts
26▲18Douglas County, SDSD2,88890.7%−2.1 pts
27▲5Turner County, SDSD9,31490.9%+0.3 pts
28▲14Grant County, SDSD7,53491.1%−1.5 pts
29▼1Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41391.1%+1.9 pts
30▼10Brule County, SDSD5,27891.2%+4.2 pts
31▼10Butte County, SDSD10,85691.2%+3.6 pts
32▼15Hamlin County, SDSD6,90091.2%+5.0 pts
33▼11Roberts County, SDSD10,25591.7%+3.9 pts
34▼11McCook County, SDSD5,96491.7%+3.7 pts
35▲1Clark County, SDSD4,03191.7%−0.2 pts
36▼3Miner County, SDSD2,28192.2%+1.1 pts
37▼10Custer County, SDSD9,43192.2%+3.0 pts
38Moody County, SDSD6,63292.5%+0.5 pts
39▲1Spink County, SDSD6,15592.6%+0.5 pts
40▼15Gregory County, SDSD4,03792.8%+3.9 pts
41▼2Hyde County, SDSD1,19192.9%+0.9 pts
42▲20Potter County, SDSD2,37793.0%−3.3 pts
43▼14Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28493.0%+3.2 pts
44▲2Hand County, SDSD3,12193.3%+0.4 pts
45▲18Haakon County, SDSD1,80293.9%−2.4 pts
46▲8Lyman County, SDSD3,69494.0%+0.6 pts
47▲3McPherson County, SDSD2,34794.2%+1.0 pts
48▼14Marshall County, SDSD4,42694.3%+2.8 pts
49▲7Mellette County, SDSD2,13794.4%+0.5 pts
50▼32Stanley County, SDSD3,01894.6%+7.8 pts
51▼16Campbell County, SDSD1,37795.1%+3.2 pts
52▼4Todd County, SDSD8,86395.1%+2.1 pts
53▼1Deuel County, SDSD4,40895.4%+2.1 pts
54▼17Aurora County, SDSD2,80195.8%+3.7 pts
55▼6Harding County, SDSD1,33195.8%+2.7 pts
56▲4Hanson County, SDSD3,45695.9%+0.8 pts
57▼10Perkins County, SDSD2,85396.1%+3.1 pts
58▼1Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33896.2%+1.9 pts
59▼4Sanborn County, SDSD2,38896.3%+2.5 pts
60▲4Dewey County, SDSD5,41996.7%−0.1 pts
61▼18Jerauld County, SDSD1,65496.7%+4.1 pts
62▲4Corson County, SDSD3,78197.1%−1.3 pts
63▲2Ziebach County, SDSD2,38998.1%+0.7 pts
64▼5Bennett County, SDSD3,30798.4%+3.4 pts
65▼14Jackson County, SDSD2,66698.6%+5.5 pts
66▼13Buffalo County, SDSD1,80299.3%+6.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES