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Most veterans, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of the civilian population 18+ who are military veterans (2024 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPVETERANS (CIVILIAN 18+)VS 2010

01Fall River County, SDSD7,46715.0%−54%

02Custer County, SDSD9,43113.0%−39%

03Meade County, SDSD30,71112.7%−32%

04Pennington County, SDSD116,79212.3%−23%

05McPherson County, SDSD2,34711.8%+11%

06Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.5%+3%

07Lawrence County, SDSD29,45910.4%−22%

08Harding County, SDSD1,3319.8%+30%

09Perkins County, SDSD2,8539.7%−6%

10Hughes County, SDSD17,5709.2%−11%

11Marshall County, SDSD4,4269.0%−35%

12Day County, SDSD5,4848.6%−46%

13Mellette County, SDSD2,1378.6%+24%

14Edmunds County, SDSD4,0228.5%−33%

15Turner County, SDSD9,3148.4%−33%

16Jerauld County, SDSD1,6548.2%−35%

17Walworth County, SDSD5,2178.1%−44%

18Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3038.1%−29%

19Gregory County, SDSD4,0378.0%−41%

20McCook County, SDSD5,9648.0%−38%

21Hanson County, SDSD3,4567.9%−43%

22Campbell County, SDSD1,3777.8%−33%

23Lake County, SDSD10,9937.8%−32%

24Spink County, SDSD6,1557.8%−23%

25Clark County, SDSD4,0317.7%−37%

26Roberts County, SDSD10,2557.7%−44%

27Union County, SDSD17,4027.6%−45%

28Yankton County, SDSD23,6357.5%−25%

29Grant County, SDSD7,5347.5%−30%

30Deuel County, SDSD4,4087.5%−48%

31Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2447.4%−37%

32Douglas County, SDSD2,8887.4%−41%

33Faulk County, SDSD2,1787.3%−21%

34Bennett County, SDSD3,3077.2%−37%

35Moody County, SDSD6,6327.2%−48%

36Codington County, SDSD29,5627.1%−39%

37Davison County, SDSD20,0697.1%−39%

38Corson County, SDSD3,7817.0%−44%

39Butte County, SDSD10,8567.0%−55%

40Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4136.9%−41%

41Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2846.7%−45%

42Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6916.7%−34%

43Ziebach County, SDSD2,3896.6%−30%

44Brown County, SDSD37,5616.6%−36%

45Haakon County, SDSD1,8026.3%−50%

46Sanborn County, SDSD2,3886.3%−58%

47Beadle County, SDSD19,6246.2%−49%

48Lincoln County, SDSD77,1456.1%−33%

49Hamlin County, SDSD6,9006.0%−48%

50Miner County, SDSD2,2815.8%−55%

51Stanley County, SDSD3,0185.8%−34%

52Todd County, SDSD8,8635.3%−48%

53Potter County, SDSD2,3775.3%−63%

54Aurora County, SDSD2,8015.3%−58%

55Lyman County, SDSD3,6945.1%−63%

56Clay County, SDSD15,0315.1%−36%

57Hand County, SDSD3,1214.9%−57%

58Brookings County, SDSD37,6354.8%−34%

59Tripp County, SDSD5,7084.6%−60%

60Dewey County, SDSD5,4194.3%−51%

61Brule County, SDSD5,2784.3%−68%

62Hyde County, SDSD1,1914.1%−67%

63Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3383.6%–

64Jackson County, SDSD2,6663.4%−57%

65Sully County, SDSD1,4793.4%−65%

66Jones County, SDSD9132.6%−79%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES