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County · South Dakota
Hughes County
17,526Population
-1.4 %Change since 2020
-88Net migration
1.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 17,526 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.4 %
- Net migration
- -88 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 1.7 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 17,770 (2020)
- Births
- 217 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.4
- Deaths
- 183 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 34
- International migration
- -3 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -85 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -5.0
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46065
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 % |
| 2024 | 1.5 % |
| 2023 | 1.5 % |
| 2022 | 1.7 % |
| 2021 | 2.2 % |
| 2020 | 3.3 % |
| 2019 | 2.4 % |
| 2018 | 2.5 % |
| 2017 | 2.7 % |
| 2016 | 2.6 % |
| 2015 | 2.4 % |
| 2014 | 2.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 17,526 |
| 2023 | 17,617 |
| 2022 | 17,674 |
| 2021 | 17,762 |
| 2020 | 17,741 |