Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Updated on February 7, 2023.
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated South Dakota county as at April 2020 was Minnehaha County (197.21K), followed by Pennington County (109.22K), and Lincoln County (65.16K).
The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of South Dakota.
You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Population |
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| 1 | Minnehaha County | 197214 |
| 2 | Pennington County | 109222 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 65161 |
| 4 | Brown County | 38301 |
| 5 | Brookings County | 34375 |
| 6 | Meade County | 29852 |
| 7 | Codington County | 28325 |
| 8 | Lawrence County | 25768 |
| 9 | Yankton County | 23310 |
| 10 | Davison County | 19956 |
| 11 | Beadle County | 19149 |
| 12 | Hughes County | 17765 |
| 13 | Union County | 16811 |
| 14 | Clay County | 14967 |
| 15 | Oglala Lakota County | 13672 |
| 16 | Lake County | 11059 |
| 17 | Roberts County | 10280 |
| 18 | Butte County | 10243 |
| 19 | Charles Mix County | 9373 |
| 20 | Todd County | 9319 |
| 21 | Turner County | 8673 |
| 22 | Custer County | 8318 |
| 23 | Grant County | 7556 |
| 24 | Hutchinson County | 7427 |
| 25 | Bon Homme County | 7003 |
| 26 | Fall River County | 6973 |
| 27 | Spink County | 6361 |
| 28 | Moody County | 6336 |
| 29 | Hamlin County | 6164 |
| 30 | McCook County | 5682 |
| 31 | Tripp County | 5624 |
| 32 | Day County | 5449 |
| 33 | Walworth County | 5315 |
| 34 | Brule County | 5247 |
| 35 | Dewey County | 5239 |
| 36 | Kingsbury County | 5187 |
| 37 | Marshall County | 4306 |
| 38 | Deuel County | 4295 |
| 39 | Gregory County | 3994 |
| 40 | Edmunds County | 3986 |
| 41 | Corson County | 3902 |
| 42 | Clark County | 3837 |
| 43 | Lyman County | 3718 |
| 44 | Hanson County | 3461 |
| 45 | Bennett County | 3381 |
| 46 | Hand County | 3145 |
| 47 | Stanley County | 2980 |
| 48 | Douglas County | 2835 |
| 49 | Perkins County | 2835 |
| 50 | Jackson County | 2806 |
| 51 | Aurora County | 2747 |
| 52 | Potter County | 2472 |
| 53 | Ziebach County | 2413 |
| 54 | McPherson County | 2411 |
| 55 | Sanborn County | 2330 |
| 56 | Miner County | 2298 |
| 57 | Faulk County | 2125 |
| 58 | Buffalo County | 1948 |
| 59 | Mellette County | 1918 |
| 60 | Haakon County | 1872 |
| 61 | Jerauld County | 1663 |
| 62 | Sully County | 1446 |
| 63 | Campbell County | 1377 |
| 64 | Harding County | 1311 |
| 65 | Hyde County | 1262 |
| 66 | Jones County | 917 |