Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2012

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, the Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 5.41. Among all South Dakota counties, Buffalo County had the highest natural population increase rate (21.03), followed by Dewey County (18.67), and Todd County (18.62).

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 Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2012
Buffalo
Dewey
Todd
Oglala Lakota
Bennett
Lincoln
Ziebach
Jackson
Corson
Minnehaha
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2012
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Rank County Natural Pop. Increase Rate
1 Buffalo County 21.03
2 Dewey County 18.67
3 Todd County 18.62
4 Oglala Lakota County 15.89
5 Bennett County 14.2
6 Lincoln County 13.11
7 Ziebach County 12.24
8 Jackson County 10.74
9 Corson County 10.12
10 Minnehaha County 8.71
11 Charles Mix County 8.05
12 Stanley County 7.72
13 Hanson County 7.7
14 Pennington County 7.45
15 Roberts County 7.18
16 Sully County 7.14
17 Hamlin County 6.72
18 Lyman County 6.07
19 Meade County 6.04
20 Moody County 6
21 Brookings County 5.82
22 Beadle County 5.26
23 Hughes County 4.66
24 Codington County 4.39
25 Union County 4.21
26 Clay County 3.14
27 Aurora County 2.56
28 Brule County 2.46
29 Lake County 2.4
30 Davison County 2.07
31 Yankton County 1.91
32 Brown County 1.77
33 Harding County 1.55
34 Spink County 0.3
35 Grant County 0
36 Butte County -0.19
37 Tripp County -0.36
38 Lawrence County -0.37
39 Bon Homme County -0.71
39 Hyde County -0.71
40 Hutchinson County -0.83
41 Kingsbury County -0.96
42 Jerauld County -0.97
43 Jones County -1
44 Haakon County -1.04
45 Turner County -1.2
46 Faulk County -1.27
47 Mellette County -1.94
48 Hand County -2.06
49 Edmunds County -2.23
50 Custer County -2.52
50 Deuel County -2.52
51 Walworth County -2.54
52 Sanborn County -3
53 Day County -3.17
54 Marshall County -3.22
55 McCook County -3.96
56 Clark County -4.45
57 McPherson County -4.92
58 Perkins County -4.96
59 Gregory County -6.14
60 Douglas County -6.42
61 Miner County -7.35
62 Fall River County -8.9
63 Campbell County -9.89
64 Potter County -10.19