Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2016

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, the Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 5.21. Among all South Dakota counties, Dewey County had the highest natural population increase rate (17.58), followed by Todd County (15.86), and Bennett County (15.15).

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 2016
Dewey
Todd
Bennett
Lyman
Oglala Lakota
Stanley
Harding
Aurora
Minnehaha
Lincoln
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2016
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Rank County Natural Pop. Increase Rate
1 Dewey County 17.58
2 Todd County 15.86
3 Bennett County 15.15
4 Lyman County 11.31
5 Oglala Lakota County 10.77
6 Stanley County 9.68
7 Harding County 9.47
8 Aurora County 9.43
9 Minnehaha County 9.15
10 Lincoln County 9
11 Jackson County 7.94
12 Brookings County 7.74
13 Hamlin County 7.4
14 Buffalo County 7.26
15 Beadle County 6.45
16 Corson County 6.05
17 Roberts County 5.69
18 Hanson County 5.61
19 Pennington County 5.11
20 Union County 4.98
21 Hughes County 4.66
22 Codington County 4.61
23 Meade County 4.51
24 Brown County 3.93
24 Marshall County 3.93
25 Mellette County 3.9
26 Ziebach County 3.85
27 Charles Mix County 3.42
28 Clay County 3.31
29 Clark County 3.29
30 Moody County 3.24
31 Haakon County 2.68
32 Sanborn County 2.12
33 Davison County 2.1
34 Douglas County 2.05
35 McCook County 2
36 Brule County 1.92
37 Lake County 1.76
38 Sully County 1.42
39 Tripp County 1.28
40 Lawrence County 1.03
41 Yankton County 0.84
42 Hutchinson County 0.69
43 Kingsbury County 0.4
44 Butte County 0.3
45 Deuel County 0
45 Jerauld County 0
46 Edmunds County -0.25
47 Day County -0.36
48 Walworth County -0.55
49 Jones County -1.08
50 Grant County -1.94
51 Turner County -2.2
52 Miner County -2.25
53 Gregory County -2.39
54 Perkins County -2.69
55 Bon Homme County -3.17
56 Spink County -3.37
57 Faulk County -3.46
58 Campbell County -3.57
59 Potter County -4.39
60 Custer County -5.04
61 McPherson County -5.82
62 Hyde County -6.62
63 Hand County -7.6
64 Fall River County -8.98