Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2023

Updated on July 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, the Net Migration Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 7.22. Among all South Dakota counties, Lawrence County had the highest net migration rate (31.79), followed by Lincoln County (23.57), and Buffalo County (17.66).

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 2023
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2023
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Rank County Net Migration Rate
1 Lawrence County 31.79
2 Lincoln County 23.57
3 Buffalo County 17.66
4 Turner County 17.19
5 Douglas County 15.64
6 Faulk County 14.51
7 Custer County 12.24
8 Dewey County 11.98
9 Fall River County 11.49
10 Perkins County 10.99
11 Pennington County 10.84
12 Sully County 10.08
13 Haakon County 9.77
14 Grant County 9.44
15 Stanley County 9.24
16 Aurora County 9.02
17 Brookings County 8.84
18 Minnehaha County 8.63
19 Lake County 8.47
20 Meade County 7.17
21 Clay County 6.9
22 Hutchinson County 6.78
23 Gregory County 6.74
24 Moody County 6.7
25 Tripp County 6.43
26 McCook County 6.22
27 Codington County 6.13
28 Butte County 4.8
29 Yankton County 4.52
30 Marshall County 4.34
31 Roberts County 3.64
32 Union County 3.45
33 Hand County 3.22
34 Bon Homme County 2.97
35 Miner County 2.63
36 Day County 1.1
37 Davison County 0.8
38 Kingsbury County 0.57
39 Beadle County 0.26
40 Clark County 0.25
41 Hyde County -0.84
42 Brule County -0.94
43 Jerauld County -1.2
44 Deuel County -3.44
45 Sanborn County -3.75
46 Walworth County -4.55
47 Hamlin County -4.67
48 Charles Mix County -4.76
49 Hanson County -4.89
50 Hughes County -4.99
51 Campbell County -5.19
52 Edmunds County -5.41
53 Lyman County -5.67
54 Brown County -5.82
55 Spink County -8.55
56 Oglala Lakota County -8.98
57 Mellette County -9.67
58 Potter County -9.88
59 Bennett County -10.85
60 Corson County -11.84
61 Todd County -12.04
62 Jones County -17.34
63 McPherson County -18.6
64 Harding County -19.53
65 Jackson County -27.46
66 Ziebach County -33.08