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County · South Dakota
Buffalo County
1,825Population
-6.2 %Change since 2020
33Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 1,825 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -6.2 %
- Net migration
- 33 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 1,945 (2020)
- Births
- 33 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 18.1
- Deaths
- 29 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 4
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 33 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 18.1
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46017
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 4.4 % |
| 2022 | 4.4 % |
| 2021 | 4.9 % |
| 2020 | 8.0 % |
| 2019 | 5.9 % |
| 2018 | 6.0 % |
| 2017 | 7.7 % |
| 2016 | 9.2 % |
| 2015 | 6.9 % |
| 2014 | 7.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,825 |
| 2023 | 1,884 |
| 2022 | 1,848 |
| 2021 | 1,894 |
| 2020 | 1,938 |