South Dakota Natural Population Increase Rate By County in 2012
According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2012, the natural population increase rate for South Dakota was 5.41, and the top three counties that had the highest natural population increase rate were:
- Buffalo County: 21.03
- Dewey County: 18.67
- Todd County: 18.62
On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest natural population increase rate were:
- Potter County: -10.19
- Campbell County: -9.89
- Fall River County: -8.9
Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the natural population increase rate for each South Dakota county in 2012. You can also find links to the historical natural population increase rate for each county below.
Natural Population Increase Rate refers to the natural increase (number of births minus number of deaths) during a year per 1,000 population at midyear.
| County | Natural Pop. Increase Rate |
|---|---|
| Aurora | 2.56 |
| Beadle | 5.26 |
| Bennett | 14.2 |
| Bon Homme | -0.71 |
| Brookings | 5.82 |
| Brown | 1.77 |
| Brule | 2.46 |
| Buffalo | 21.03 |
| Butte | -0.19 |
| Campbell | -9.89 |
| Charles Mix | 8.05 |
| Clark | -4.45 |
| Clay | 3.14 |
| Codington | 4.39 |
| Corson | 10.12 |
| Custer | -2.52 |
| Davison | 2.07 |
| Day | -3.17 |
| Deuel | -2.52 |
| Dewey | 18.67 |
| Douglas | -6.42 |
| Edmunds | -2.23 |
| Fall River | -8.9 |
| Faulk | -1.27 |
| Grant | 0 |
| Gregory | -6.14 |
| Haakon | -1.04 |
| Hamlin | 6.72 |
| Hand | -2.06 |
| Hanson | 7.7 |
| Harding | 1.55 |
| Hughes | 4.66 |
| Hutchinson | -0.83 |
| Hyde | -0.71 |
| Jackson | 10.74 |
| Jerauld | -0.97 |
| Jones | -1 |
| Kingsbury | -0.96 |
| Lake | 2.4 |
| Lawrence | -0.37 |
| Lincoln | 13.11 |
| Lyman | 6.07 |
| McCook | -3.96 |
| McPherson | -4.92 |
| Marshall | -3.22 |
| Meade | 6.04 |
| Mellette | -1.94 |
| Miner | -7.35 |
| Minnehaha | 8.71 |
| Moody | 6 |
| Oglala Lakota | 15.89 |
| Pennington | 7.45 |
| Perkins | -4.96 |
| Potter | -10.19 |
| Roberts | 7.18 |
| Sanborn | -3 |
| Spink | 0.3 |
| Stanley | 7.72 |
| Sully | 7.14 |
| Todd | 18.62 |
| Tripp | -0.36 |
| Turner | -1.2 |
| Union | 4.21 |
| Walworth | -2.54 |
| Yankton | 1.91 |
| Ziebach | 12.24 |
Historical Natural Population Increase Rate for Counties in South Dakota
Use the links below to find the historical natural population increase rate for each county in South Dakota.