RANKING · 2024 ACS · 66 SHOWN OF 66

Most unmarried people, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties with the highest share of people 15 and over who are not currently married (never-married, widowed, or divorced), as of the 2024 American Community Survey. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 43.9%.

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YEAR2000 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNMARRIED PEOPLEVS 2000

01Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33880.6%–

02Buffalo County, SDSD1,80276.7%+14.8 pts

03Todd County, SDSD8,86367.0%+3.4 pts

04Clay County, SDSD15,03166.0%+14.3 pts

05Dewey County, SDSD5,41964.9%+8.8 pts

06Corson County, SDSD3,78164.5%+12.3 pts

07Bennett County, SDSD3,30762.3%+14.8 pts

08Ziebach County, SDSD2,38962.3%+7.9 pts

09Jackson County, SDSD2,66661.3%+10.9 pts

10Lyman County, SDSD3,69458.8%+12.8 pts

11Mellette County, SDSD2,13758.0%+9.5 pts

12Brookings County, SDSD37,63555.8%+5.4 pts

13Tripp County, SDSD5,70855.3%+16.3 pts

14Roberts County, SDSD10,25552.7%+8.3 pts

15Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30351.6%+7.4 pts

16Yankton County, SDSD23,63551.3%+11.9 pts

17Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24451.1%+13.7 pts

18Lawrence County, SDSD29,45950.2%+7.5 pts

19Hughes County, SDSD17,57050.1%+12.3 pts

20Brown County, SDSD37,56150.1%+7.3 pts

21Brule County, SDSD5,27849.9%+11.5 pts

22Pennington County, SDSD116,79249.5%+6.7 pts

23Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69149.0%+4.9 pts

24Day County, SDSD5,48448.3%+8.8 pts

25Codington County, SDSD29,56248.0%+8.1 pts

26Davison County, SDSD20,06947.9%+4.5 pts

27Stanley County, SDSD3,01847.4%+7.2 pts

28Lake County, SDSD10,99346.6%+2.6 pts

29Spink County, SDSD6,15545.1%+5.1 pts

30Aurora County, SDSD2,80145.1%+10.2 pts

31Miner County, SDSD2,28144.6%+6.5 pts

32Clark County, SDSD4,03144.4%+8.7 pts

33Meade County, SDSD30,71143.9%+8.8 pts

34Faulk County, SDSD2,17843.6%+8.1 pts

35Sanborn County, SDSD2,38843.1%+5.1 pts

36Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41343.1%+7.3 pts

37Butte County, SDSD10,85642.8%+3.9 pts

38Gregory County, SDSD4,03742.6%+4.0 pts

39Hand County, SDSD3,12142.4%+4.7 pts

40Sully County, SDSD1,47942.4%+9.1 pts

41Beadle County, SDSD19,62442.3%+1.8 pts

42Potter County, SDSD2,37742.2%+7.1 pts

43Turner County, SDSD9,31442.1%+7.3 pts

44Fall River County, SDSD7,46740.6%+0.4 pts

45Hyde County, SDSD1,19140.4%+2.3 pts

46Moody County, SDSD6,63240.3%+0.3 pts

47Deuel County, SDSD4,40840.3%+5.8 pts

48Grant County, SDSD7,53440.3%+4.7 pts

49Lincoln County, SDSD77,14540.1%+8.0 pts

50Marshall County, SDSD4,42639.4%+2.7 pts

51Walworth County, SDSD5,21739.4%−2.4 pts

52Hanson County, SDSD3,45639.3%+9.5 pts

53McCook County, SDSD5,96438.8%+4.3 pts

54McPherson County, SDSD2,34738.1%+7.4 pts

55Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28438.1%+2.0 pts

56Harding County, SDSD1,33137.9%+3.5 pts

57Jones County, SDSD91337.7%−4.6 pts

58Perkins County, SDSD2,85336.5%+1.2 pts

59Hamlin County, SDSD6,90036.2%+0.8 pts

60Union County, SDSD17,40235.6%+0.9 pts

61Jerauld County, SDSD1,65435.1%−1.7 pts

62Edmunds County, SDSD4,02234.5%+2.9 pts

63Haakon County, SDSD1,80234.2%+0.7 pts

64Douglas County, SDSD2,88830.9%−0.7 pts

65Custer County, SDSD9,43129.2%−6.1 pts

66Campbell County, SDSD1,37727.3%−3.5 pts

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