South Dakota Death Rate By County in 2023

Updated on June 16, 2025.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2023, the death rate for South Dakota was 9.33. Faulk had the highest death rate (20.23), followed by Mellette (18.87), and Fall River (18.86). On the other hand, Harding had the lowest death rate (4.54), followed by Lincoln (5.06), and Brookings (6.56).

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South Dakota Death Rate By County in 2023
South Dakota Death Rate By County in 2023
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County Death Rate
Aurora 13.29
Beadle 9.14
Bennett 12.33
Bon Homme 12.7
Brookings 6.56
Brown 10.32
Brule 9.77
Buffalo 15.54
Butte 8.87
Campbell 17.62
Charles Mix 9.08
Clark 12.93
Clay 7.43
Codington 9.46
Corson 18.54
Custer 10.47
Davison 11.15
Day 16.11
Deuel 12.18
Dewey 18.52
Douglas 12.41
Edmunds 10.28
Fall River 18.86
Faulk 20.23
Grant 13.11
Gregory 9.48
Haakon 11.94
Hamlin 7.79
Hand 16.03
Hanson 6.65
Harding 4.54
Hughes 10.37
Hutchinson 13.79
Hyde 15.93
Jackson 10.71
Jerauld 11.53
Jones 11.55
Kingsbury 14.99
Lake 9.65
Lawrence 8.93
Lincoln 5.06
Lyman 11.03
McCook 12.26
McPherson 16.05
Marshall 14
Meade 8.51
Mellette 18.87
Miner 11.79
Minnehaha 7.52
Moody 10.77
Oglala Lakota 14.28
Pennington 9.21
Perkins 14.92
Potter 12.74
Roberts 11.48
Sanborn 13.69
Spink 14.54
Stanley 10.57
Sully 9.45
Todd 12.15
Tripp 11.65
Turner 11.15
Union 8
Walworth 11.78
Yankton 10.23
Ziebach 11.94