Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population in 2021

Updated on August 1, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, the Population for South Dakota was 896.30K. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest population (199.90K), followed by Pennington County (111.89K), and Lincoln County (67.99K).

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 Population in 2021
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Population in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 Minnehaha County 199904
2 Pennington County 111886
3 Lincoln County 67992
4 Brown County 38117
5 Brookings County 34696
6 Meade County 30289
7 Codington County 28484
8 Lawrence County 26162
9 Yankton County 23353
10 Davison County 19899
11 Beadle County 19181
12 Hughes County 17760
13 Union County 16876
14 Clay County 15165
15 Oglala Lakota County 13559
16 Lake County 10864
17 Butte County 10542
18 Roberts County 10172
19 Todd County 9301
20 Charles Mix County 9184
21 Turner County 8679
22 Custer County 8639
23 Grant County 7552
24 Hutchinson County 7377
25 Fall River County 7213
26 Bon Homme County 7000
27 Moody County 6305
28 Hamlin County 6264
29 Spink County 6261
30 McCook County 5718
31 Tripp County 5580
32 Day County 5426
33 Walworth County 5260
34 Brule County 5243
35 Dewey County 5223
36 Kingsbury County 5201
37 Marshall County 4324
38 Deuel County 4290
39 Edmunds County 4034
40 Gregory County 3957
41 Clark County 3873
42 Corson County 3849
43 Lyman County 3763
44 Hanson County 3510
45 Bennett County 3389
46 Hand County 3079
47 Stanley County 3035
48 Jackson County 2864
49 Perkins County 2825
50 Douglas County 2811
51 Aurora County 2736
52 Potter County 2471
53 McPherson County 2416
54 Ziebach County 2385
55 Sanborn County 2373
56 Miner County 2311
57 Faulk County 2124
58 Mellette County 1898
59 Buffalo County 1894
60 Haakon County 1835
61 Jerauld County 1645
62 Sully County 1471
63 Campbell County 1376
64 Harding County 1325
65 Hyde County 1230
66 Jones County 879