South Dakota Death Rate By County in 2021

Updated on June 16, 2025.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2021, the death rate for South Dakota was 10.95. Buffalo had the highest death rate (27.66), followed by Gregory (21.12), and Faulk (20.26). On the other hand, Lincoln had the lowest death rate (5.46), followed by Hanson (6.32), and Stanley (7).

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South Dakota Death Rate By County in 2021
South Dakota Death Rate By County in 2021
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County Death Rate
Aurora 18.25
Beadle 10.9
Bennett 12.97
Bon Homme 16.6
Brookings 7.04
Brown 11.53
Brule 9.14
Buffalo 27.66
Butte 11.14
Campbell 15.95
Charles Mix 14.44
Clark 9.58
Clay 7.36
Codington 11.58
Corson 18.63
Custer 11.54
Davison 13.2
Day 17.32
Deuel 10.46
Dewey 18.95
Douglas 18.06
Edmunds 15.42
Fall River 17.62
Faulk 20.26
Grant 14.97
Gregory 21.12
Haakon 14.04
Hamlin 13.69
Hand 19.25
Hanson 6.32
Harding 7.6
Hughes 11.1
Hutchinson 18.24
Hyde 17.71
Jackson 17.99
Jerauld 13.4
Jones 15.56
Kingsbury 13.44
Lake 10.6
Lawrence 11.38
Lincoln 5.46
Lyman 10.19
McCook 12.98
McPherson 16.18
Marshall 11.61
Meade 7.87
Mellette 16.75
Miner 19.5
Minnehaha 9.19
Moody 13.29
Oglala Lakota 16.32
Pennington 11.39
Perkins 19.01
Potter 14.55
Roberts 12.62
Sanborn 12.32
Spink 14.75
Stanley 7
Sully 11.63
Todd 15.25
Tripp 13.05
Turner 15.88
Union 9.96
Walworth 14.21
Yankton 10.72
Ziebach 17.59