South Dakota Citizen Population By County in 2016 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2016, the citizen population for South Dakota was 833,720 and represented 97.96% of the total South Dakota population.

Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha had the highest citizen population (174.65K), followed by Pennington (106.17K), and Lincoln (50.99K).

In terms of percentages, Buffalo had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (100.00%), followed by Haakon (100.00%), and Hand (100.00%).

The chart and table below shows the citizen population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that were citizens.

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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year (CVAP).

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South Dakota Citizen Population By County in 2016

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County	Citizen Population	% of County Population
Minnehaha	174645	95.95
Pennington	106170	98.95
Lincoln	50985	99.20
Brown	37375	97.26
Brookings	31915	95.45
Codington	27775	99.61
Meade	26645	99.27
Lawrence	24485	98.49
Yankton	22450	99.12
Davison	19625	98.99
Hughes	17365	99.12
Beadle	16365	90.14
Union	14625	98.55
Oglala Lakota	14250	99.90
Clay	13690	97.58
Lake	12265	99.47
Roberts	10235	99.42
Butte	10220	99.51
Todd	9890	98.70
Charles Mix	9270	99.95
Custer	8365	99.05
Turner	8245	99.46
Hutchinson	7190	98.97
Bon Homme	6945	99.21
Grant	6925	96.25
Fall River	6805	98.98
Spink	6535	99.92
Moody	6250	96.97
Hamlin	5890	98.25
Dewey	5645	99.91
Day	5550	99.28
McCook	5545	98.75
Tripp	5465	99.82
Walworth	5355	96.66
Brule	5285	99.53
Kingsbury	5025	99.11
Marshall	4555	96.00
Deuel	4295	99.65
Gregory	4210	99.88
Corson	4160	99.76
Edmunds	3975	99.38
Lyman	3855	100.00
Clark	3550	97.53
Bennett	3440	99.86
Hanson	3390	100.00
Hand	3310	100.00
Jackson	3220	98.47
Perkins	3010	99.67
Stanley	2965	100.00
Douglas	2940	99.32
Ziebach	2805	99.47
Aurora	2635	96.52
Faulk	2350	99.79
Sanborn	2325	98.94
Potter	2295	99.57
Miner	2270	98.70
McPherson	2250	100.00
Mellette	2080	99.76
Haakon	2075	100.00
Buffalo	2050	100.00
Jerauld	1990	98.03
Campbell	1545	99.36
Sully	1445	99.31
Hyde	1435	99.65
Harding	1270	99.61
Jones	765	100.00