RANKING · 2024 ACS · 66 SHOWN OF 66

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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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPVETERANS (CIVILIAN 18+)VS 2010

01Fall River County, SDSD7,46715.0%−17.3 pts

02Custer County, SDSD9,43113.0%−8.4 pts

03Meade County, SDSD30,71112.7%−5.9 pts

04Pennington County, SDSD116,79212.3%−3.7 pts

05McPherson County, SDSD2,34711.8%+1.2 pts

06Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.5%+0.3 pts

07Lawrence County, SDSD29,45910.4%−3.0 pts

08Harding County, SDSD1,3319.8%+2.2 pts

09Perkins County, SDSD2,8539.7%−0.6 pts

10Hughes County, SDSD17,5709.2%−1.2 pts

11Marshall County, SDSD4,4269.0%−4.8 pts

12Day County, SDSD5,4848.6%−7.2 pts

13Mellette County, SDSD2,1378.6%+1.7 pts

14Edmunds County, SDSD4,0228.5%−4.2 pts

15Turner County, SDSD9,3148.4%−4.2 pts

16Jerauld County, SDSD1,6548.2%−4.4 pts

17Walworth County, SDSD5,2178.1%−6.4 pts

18Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3038.1%−3.3 pts

19Gregory County, SDSD4,0378.0%−5.6 pts

20McCook County, SDSD5,9648.0%−4.9 pts

21Hanson County, SDSD3,4567.9%−6.0 pts

22Campbell County, SDSD1,3777.8%−3.9 pts

23Lake County, SDSD10,9937.8%−3.6 pts

24Spink County, SDSD6,1557.8%−2.4 pts

25Clark County, SDSD4,0317.7%−4.5 pts

26Roberts County, SDSD10,2557.7%−5.9 pts

27Union County, SDSD17,4027.6%−6.1 pts

28Yankton County, SDSD23,6357.5%−2.6 pts

29Grant County, SDSD7,5347.5%−3.2 pts

30Deuel County, SDSD4,4087.5%−6.8 pts

31Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2447.4%−4.3 pts

32Douglas County, SDSD2,8887.4%−5.1 pts

33Faulk County, SDSD2,1787.3%−1.9 pts

34Bennett County, SDSD3,3077.2%−4.2 pts

35Moody County, SDSD6,6327.2%−6.5 pts

36Codington County, SDSD29,5627.1%−4.7 pts

37Davison County, SDSD20,0697.1%−4.6 pts

38Corson County, SDSD3,7817.0%−5.5 pts

39Butte County, SDSD10,8567.0%−8.4 pts

40Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4136.9%−4.9 pts

41Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2846.7%−5.5 pts

42Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6916.7%−3.5 pts

43Ziebach County, SDSD2,3896.6%−2.8 pts

44Brown County, SDSD37,5616.6%−3.8 pts

45Haakon County, SDSD1,8026.3%−6.5 pts

46Sanborn County, SDSD2,3886.3%−8.8 pts

47Beadle County, SDSD19,6246.2%−5.9 pts

48Lincoln County, SDSD77,1456.1%−3.1 pts

49Hamlin County, SDSD6,9006.0%−5.4 pts

50Miner County, SDSD2,2815.8%−7.1 pts

51Stanley County, SDSD3,0185.8%−3.0 pts

52Todd County, SDSD8,8635.3%−4.9 pts

53Potter County, SDSD2,3775.3%−8.9 pts

54Aurora County, SDSD2,8015.3%−7.2 pts

55Lyman County, SDSD3,6945.1%−8.9 pts

56Clay County, SDSD15,0315.1%−2.9 pts

57Hand County, SDSD3,1214.9%−6.5 pts

58Brookings County, SDSD37,6354.8%−2.5 pts

59Tripp County, SDSD5,7084.6%−7.0 pts

60Dewey County, SDSD5,4194.3%−4.4 pts

61Brule County, SDSD5,2784.3%−9.3 pts

62Hyde County, SDSD1,1914.1%−8.4 pts

63Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3383.6%–

64Jackson County, SDSD2,6663.4%−4.6 pts

65Sully County, SDSD1,4793.4%−6.3 pts

66Jones County, SDSD9132.6%−9.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES