Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2021

Updated on July 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, the Death Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 10.96. Among all South Dakota counties, Buffalo County had the highest death rate (28.18), followed by Gregory County (21.36), and Faulk County (20.21).

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 2021
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2021
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Rank County Death Rate
1 Buffalo County 28.18
2 Gregory County 21.36
3 Faulk County 20.21
4 Hand County 19.62
5 Miner County 19.5
6 Perkins County 19.06
7 Corson County 18.6
8 Dewey County 18.57
9 Hutchinson County 18.38
10 Aurora County 18.28
11 Douglas County 18.07
12 Jackson County 18.01
13 Hyde County 17.74
14 Fall River County 17.63
15 Ziebach County 17.57
16 Day County 17.48
17 Mellette County 16.76
18 Bon Homme County 16.75
19 McPherson County 16.19
20 Oglala Lakota County 16.17
21 Turner County 16.02
22 Campbell County 15.98
23 Jones County 15.51
24 Edmunds County 15.46
25 Todd County 15.14
26 Grant County 14.98
27 Spink County 14.92
28 Charles Mix County 14.66
29 Potter County 14.56
30 Walworth County 14.21
31 Haakon County 14.05
32 Hamlin County 13.84
33 Kingsbury County 13.46
34 Jerauld County 13.36
35 Davison County 13.35
35 McCook County 13.35
36 Tripp County 13.05
37 Bennett County 12.99
38 Moody County 12.98
39 Sanborn County 12.34
40 Roberts County 12.05
41 Custer County 11.67
42 Sully County 11.64
43 Codington County 11.61
44 Lawrence County 11.42
45 Brown County 11.4
46 Pennington County 11.39
47 Marshall County 11.35
48 Butte County 11.23
49 Hughes County 11.21
50 Beadle County 10.95
51 Deuel County 10.72
51 Yankton County 10.72
52 Lake County 10.6
53 Union County 10.02
54 Lyman County 9.91
55 Clark County 9.58
56 Minnehaha County 9.2
57 Brule County 9.16
58 Meade County 7.91
59 Harding County 7.6
60 Clay County 7.36
61 Brookings County 7.07
62 Stanley County 6.99
63 Hanson County 6.31
64 Lincoln County 5.49