South Dakota Population By County in 2017

Updated on January 27, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the population of South Dakota was 873,732. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha[object Promise] had the highest population (189,786), followed by Pennington[object Promise] (110,686), and Lincoln[object Promise] (56,732). Jones[object Promise] was the least populated county (918).

Hover over or click on the counties in the map below to see the populations. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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South Dakota Population By County in 2017
South Dakota Population By County in 2017
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County Population % of State Population
Aurora 2759 0.32
Beadle 18397 2.11
Bennett 3447 0.40
Bon Homme 6955 0.80
Brookings 34871 3.99
Brown 39332 4.50
Brule 5300 0.61
Buffalo 2014 0.23
Butte 10128 1.16
Campbell 1373 0.16
Charles Mix 9402 1.08
Clark 3677 0.42
Clay 14075 1.61
Codington 28219 3.23
Corson 4187 0.48
Custer 8747 1.00
Davison 19893 2.28
Day 5498 0.63
Deuel 4302 0.49
Dewey 5854 0.67
Douglas 2914 0.33
Edmunds 3915 0.45
Fall River 6698 0.77
Faulk 2324 0.27
Grant 7179 0.82
Gregory 4207 0.48
Haakon 1919 0.22
Hamlin 6032 0.69
Hand 3273 0.38
Hanson 3411 0.39
Harding 1243 0.14
Hughes 17697 2.03
Hutchinson 7347 0.84
Hyde 1299 0.15
Jackson 3277 0.38
Jerauld 2020 0.23
Jones 918 0.11
Kingsbury 4922 0.56
Lake 12814 1.47
Lawrence 25736 2.95
Lincoln 56732 6.49
Lyman 3869 0.44
McCook 5549 0.64
McPherson 2403 0.28
Marshall 4898 0.56
Meade 28007 3.21
Mellette 2066 0.24
Miner 2200 0.25
Minnehaha 189786 21.72
Moody 6483 0.74
Oglala Lakota 14392 1.65
Pennington 110686 12.67
Perkins 2962 0.34
Potter 2216 0.25
Roberts 10269 1.18
Sanborn 2437 0.28
Spink 6516 0.75
Stanley 2987 0.34
Sully 1400 0.16
Todd 10332 1.18
Tripp 5448 0.62
Turner 8290 0.95
Union 15311 1.75
Walworth 5480 0.63
Yankton 22691 2.60
Ziebach 2747 0.31