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Most transient, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the smallest share of residents living in the same house as one year earlier (2020 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 91.6%.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPLIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE AS 1 YEAR AGOVS –

01Clay County, SDSD15,03164.9%–

02Brookings County, SDSD37,63577.5%–

03Hughes County, SDSD17,57079.7%–

04Meade County, SDSD30,71181.0%–

05Walworth County, SDSD5,21781.3%–

06Lawrence County, SDSD29,45982.1%–

07Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69182.4%–

08Pennington County, SDSD116,79283.0%–

09Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24483.3%–

10Yankton County, SDSD23,63583.6%–

11Davison County, SDSD20,06984.3%–

12Lake County, SDSD10,99384.6%–

13Lincoln County, SDSD77,14585.0%–

14Beadle County, SDSD19,62485.1%–

15Brown County, SDSD37,56185.7%–

16Codington County, SDSD29,56286.1%–

17Hamlin County, SDSD6,90086.2%–

18Stanley County, SDSD3,01886.7%–

19Union County, SDSD17,40286.9%–

20Brule County, SDSD5,27886.9%–

21Butte County, SDSD10,85687.6%–

22Roberts County, SDSD10,25587.8%–

23McCook County, SDSD5,96488.0%–

24Fall River County, SDSD7,46788.3%–

25Gregory County, SDSD4,03788.9%–

26Sully County, SDSD1,47989.1%–

27Custer County, SDSD9,43189.2%–

28Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41389.2%–

29Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28489.8%–

30Tripp County, SDSD5,70890.4%–

31Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30390.5%–

32Turner County, SDSD9,31490.5%–

33Miner County, SDSD2,28191.1%–

34Marshall County, SDSD4,42691.6%–

35Campbell County, SDSD1,37791.9%–

36Clark County, SDSD4,03191.9%–

37Aurora County, SDSD2,80192.0%–

38Moody County, SDSD6,63292.0%–

39Hyde County, SDSD1,19192.0%–

40Spink County, SDSD6,15592.2%–

41Faulk County, SDSD2,17892.4%–

42Grant County, SDSD7,53492.6%–

43Jerauld County, SDSD1,65492.6%–

44Douglas County, SDSD2,88892.8%–

45Day County, SDSD5,48492.9%–

46Hand County, SDSD3,12192.9%–

47Perkins County, SDSD2,85393.0%–

48Todd County, SDSD8,86393.0%–

49Harding County, SDSD1,33193.1%–

50McPherson County, SDSD2,34793.2%–

51Jackson County, SDSD2,66693.2%–

52Deuel County, SDSD4,40893.3%–

53Buffalo County, SDSD1,80293.3%–

54Lyman County, SDSD3,69493.4%–

55Sanborn County, SDSD2,38893.7%–

56Mellette County, SDSD2,13793.9%–

57Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33894.3%–

58Edmunds County, SDSD4,02294.9%–

59Bennett County, SDSD3,30795.0%–

60Hanson County, SDSD3,45695.1%–

61Jones County, SDSD91395.8%–

62Potter County, SDSD2,37796.2%–

63Haakon County, SDSD1,80296.3%–

64Dewey County, SDSD5,41996.7%–

65Ziebach County, SDSD2,38997.4%–

66Corson County, SDSD3,78198.4%–

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