South Dakota Citizen Population By County in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2021, the citizen population for South Dakota was 861,895 and represented 97.74% of the total South Dakota population.

Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha had the highest citizen population (186.98K), followed by Pennington (107.32K), and Lincoln (61.65K).

In terms of percentages, Buffalo had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (100.00%), followed by Faulk (100.00%), and Gregory (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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South Dakota Citizen Population By County in 2021
South Dakota Citizen Population By County in 2021
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County Citizen Population % of County Population
Minnehaha 186975 95.94
Pennington 107315 98.72
Lincoln 61645 97.49
Brown 37045 96.30
Brookings 32990 96.14
Meade 29190 98.75
Codington 27825 98.36
Lawrence 25285 98.44
Yankton 22810 98.26
Davison 19685 98.70
Hughes 17770 99.66
Beadle 17435 91.96
Union 16225 98.78
Clay 14405 97.23
Oglala Lakota 13835 100.00
Lake 11240 98.94
Roberts 10210 99.56
Butte 10155 99.90
Charles Mix 9305 99.57
Todd 9185 97.35
Turner 8540 99.07
Custer 8295 99.22
Hutchinson 7400 99.87
Grant 7310 96.82
Bon Homme 6980 99.43
Fall River 6890 98.71
Spink 6380 99.53
Moody 6275 99.05
Hamlin 5960 97.31
McCook 5620 99.03
Tripp 5560 99.02
Day 5470 99.73
Walworth 5325 99.44
Dewey 5290 98.97
Brule 5215 99.43
Kingsbury 5120 99.81
Deuel 4235 98.83
Marshall 4235 96.80
Gregory 4005 100.00
Corson 3960 99.87
Edmunds 3955 98.75
Clark 3745 98.81
Lyman 3730 99.60
Hanson 3425 99.85
Bennett 3385 99.27
Hand 3005 98.20
Stanley 2965 100.00
Perkins 2960 99.50
Jackson 2855 99.48
Douglas 2825 99.47
Potter 2595 99.24
Aurora 2560 96.60
Ziebach 2460 99.19
Sanborn 2355 99.37
Miner 2295 100.00
McPherson 2230 99.33
Faulk 2155 100.00
Buffalo 1975 100.00
Mellette 1915 100.00
Haakon 1870 100.00
Jerauld 1770 97.79
Campbell 1540 99.36
Hyde 1380 100.00
Sully 1270 99.22
Harding 1165 98.73
Jones 910 99.45