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

Updated on June 21, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, the Net Migration Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 8.1. Among all South Dakota counties, Fall River County had the highest net migration rate (47.92), followed by Custer County (42.03), and Lincoln County (30.47).

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 Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2021
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2021
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Rank County Net Migration Rate
1 Fall River County 47.92
2 Custer County 42.03
3 Lincoln County 30.47
4 Butte County 24.09
5 Sanborn County 22.94
6 Pennington County 20
7 Stanley County 18.32
8 Lawrence County 16.11
9 Sully County 13.68
10 Edmunds County 12.44
10 McPherson County 12.44
11 Meade County 12.23
12 Miner County 11.7
13 Bon Homme County 10.73
14 Jackson County 9.88
15 Hanson County 9.19
16 Clay County 9.08
17 Hamlin County 8.86
18 McCook County 8.42
19 Day County 7.19
20 Lyman County 6.97
21 Harding County 6.84
22 Campbell County 6.53
23 Minnehaha County 6.38
24 Turner County 6.33
25 Brookings County 6.08
26 Potter County 6.06
27 Codington County 5.28
28 Grant County 3.71
29 Bennett County 2.65
30 Yankton County 2.53
31 Aurora County 1.46
32 Jerauld County 1.22
33 Ziebach County 0.84
34 Faulk County 0.47
35 Hutchinson County 0.41
36 Union County 0.18
37 Hughes County 0.06
38 Perkins County -0.35
39 Kingsbury County -0.38
40 Clark County -1.29
41 Marshall County -1.39
42 Davison County -1.71
43 Beadle County -2.24
44 Gregory County -2.51
45 Brown County -2.83
46 Brule County -4
47 Douglas County -4.25
48 Dewey County -4.4
49 Deuel County -4.42
50 Moody County -4.59
51 Tripp County -4.83
52 Walworth County -5.12
53 Mellette County -8.37
54 Spink County -8.57
55 Roberts County -8.9
56 Oglala Lakota County -9.19
57 Todd County -9.24
58 Buffalo County -9.92
59 Hand County -11.23
60 Haakon County -12.42
61 Hyde County -13.69
62 Lake County -13.99
63 Corson County -15.01
64 Charles Mix County -19.72
65 Jones County -42.25