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County · South Dakota
Meade County
30,918Population
3.6 %Change since 2020
203Net migration
2.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 30,918 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.6 %
- Net migration
- 203 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.0 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 29,850 (2020)
- Births
- 309 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.0
- Deaths
- 262 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 47
- International migration
- 1 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 202 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.6
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46093
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.0 % |
| 2024 | 1.7 % |
| 2023 | 1.8 % |
| 2022 | 1.9 % |
| 2021 | 2.4 % |
| 2020 | 4.1 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.0 % |
| 2016 | 3.0 % |
| 2015 | 3.1 % |
| 2014 | 3.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 30,918 |
| 2023 | 30,931 |
| 2022 | 30,679 |
| 2021 | 30,298 |
| 2020 | 29,903 |