Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2012

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, the Death Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 8.94. Among all South Dakota counties, Potter County had the highest death rate (22.08), followed by Miner County (17.31), and Douglas County (16.57).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2012
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2012
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Rank County Death Rate
1 Potter County 22.08
2 Miner County 17.31
3 Douglas County 16.57
4 Fall River County 16.51
5 Perkins County 15.87
6 Sanborn County 15.41
7 McCook County 15.31
8 McPherson County 15.17
9 Gregory County 14.64
10 Walworth County 14.53
11 Clark County 14.18
12 Marshall County 14.16
13 Hutchinson County 14.06
14 Day County 13.75
15 Tripp County 13.27
16 Edmunds County 13.16
17 Brule County 13.03
18 Jackson County 12.95
19 Spink County 12.63
20 Mellette County 12.61
21 Hamlin County 12.59
21 Jerauld County 12.59
22 Butte County 12.47
23 Kingsbury County 12.31
24 Campbell County 12.01
24 Turner County 12.01
25 Haakon County 11.46
26 Aurora County 11.32
26 Hyde County 11.32
27 Davison County 11.24
28 Deuel County 11.21
29 Beadle County 11.2
30 Hand County 11.16
30 Roberts County 11.16
31 Faulk County 11.04
32 Custer County 10.8
33 Lyman County 10.55
34 Brown County 10.39
35 Todd County 10.22
36 Charles Mix County 10.12
36 Corson County 10.12
36 Lake County 10.12
37 Bon Homme County 10.11
38 Jones County 10.03
39 Grant County 9.76
40 Bennett County 9.56
41 Codington County 9.41
42 Lawrence County 9.35
43 Dewey County 9.15
44 Yankton County 9.14
45 Oglala Lakota County 8.95
46 Buffalo County 8.51
47 Hughes County 8.46
48 Pennington County 7.48
49 Minnehaha County 7.4
50 Union County 7.34
51 Sully County 7.14
52 Clay County 7.05
53 Moody County 6.47
54 Stanley County 6.38
55 Brookings County 6.31
56 Meade County 6.23
57 Harding County 6.2
58 Hanson County 5.63
59 Lincoln County 4.43
60 Ziebach County 2.45