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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) — the places where people move the most. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR20202024
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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
03Fall River County, SDSD7,46783.2%−5.1 pts
04Pennington County, SDSD116,79283.3%+0.2 pts
05Walworth County, SDSD5,21783.8%+2.5 pts
06Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24483.8%+0.6 pts
07Lake County, SDSD10,99385.3%+0.7 pts
08Meade County, SDSD30,71185.5%+4.5 pts
09Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69186.0%+3.6 pts
10Yankton County, SDSD23,63586.2%+2.5 pts
11Day County, SDSD5,48486.2%−6.7 pts
12Edmunds County, SDSD4,02286.6%−8.3 pts
13Hughes County, SDSD17,57086.7%+7.0 pts
14Lawrence County, SDSD29,45986.8%+4.7 pts
15Lincoln County, SDSD77,14587.2%+2.2 pts
16Brown County, SDSD37,56187.8%+2.1 pts
17Beadle County, SDSD19,62487.8%+2.7 pts
18Tripp County, SDSD5,70888.3%−2.0 pts
19Union County, SDSD17,40288.6%+1.7 pts
20Codington County, SDSD29,56289.1%+3.0 pts
21Sully County, SDSD1,47989.4%+0.4 pts
22Faulk County, SDSD2,17889.9%−2.5 pts
23Jones County, SDSD91390.0%−5.8 pts
24Davison County, SDSD20,06990.2%+5.9 pts
25Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30390.6%+0.1 pts
26Douglas County, SDSD2,88890.7%−2.1 pts
27Turner County, SDSD9,31490.9%+0.3 pts
28Grant County, SDSD7,53491.1%−1.5 pts
29Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41391.1%+1.9 pts
30Brule County, SDSD5,27891.2%+4.2 pts
31Butte County, SDSD10,85691.2%+3.6 pts
32Hamlin County, SDSD6,90091.2%+5.0 pts
33Roberts County, SDSD10,25591.7%+3.9 pts
34McCook County, SDSD5,96491.7%+3.7 pts
35Clark County, SDSD4,03191.7%−0.2 pts
36Miner County, SDSD2,28192.2%+1.1 pts
37Custer County, SDSD9,43192.2%+3.0 pts
38Moody County, SDSD6,63292.5%+0.5 pts
39Spink County, SDSD6,15592.6%+0.5 pts
40Gregory County, SDSD4,03792.8%+3.9 pts
41Hyde County, SDSD1,19192.9%+0.9 pts
42Potter County, SDSD2,37793.0%−3.3 pts
43Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28493.0%+3.2 pts
44Hand County, SDSD3,12193.3%+0.4 pts
45Haakon County, SDSD1,80293.9%−2.4 pts
46Lyman County, SDSD3,69494.0%+0.6 pts
47McPherson County, SDSD2,34794.2%+1.0 pts
48Marshall County, SDSD4,42694.3%+2.8 pts
49Mellette County, SDSD2,13794.4%+0.5 pts
50Stanley County, SDSD3,01894.6%+7.8 pts
51Campbell County, SDSD1,37795.1%+3.2 pts
52Todd County, SDSD8,86395.1%+2.1 pts
53Deuel County, SDSD4,40895.4%+2.1 pts
54Aurora County, SDSD2,80195.8%+3.7 pts
55Harding County, SDSD1,33195.8%+2.7 pts
56Hanson County, SDSD3,45695.9%+0.8 pts
57Perkins County, SDSD2,85396.1%+3.1 pts
58Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33896.2%+1.9 pts
59Sanborn County, SDSD2,38896.3%+2.5 pts
60Dewey County, SDSD5,41996.7%−0.1 pts
61Jerauld County, SDSD1,65496.7%+4.1 pts
62Corson County, SDSD3,78197.1%−1.3 pts
63Ziebach County, SDSD2,38998.1%+0.7 pts
64Bennett County, SDSD3,30798.4%+3.4 pts
65Jackson County, SDSD2,66698.6%+5.5 pts
66Buffalo County, SDSD1,80299.3%+6.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES