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South Dakota

924,669Population
4.3 %Change since 2020
2,646Natural change, 2023
1.8 %Unemployment rate

Facts

Population
924,669 (2024)
Change since 2020
4.3 %
Natural change, 2023
2,646
Unemployment rate
1.8 % (2024)
Population base, April 2020
886,729 (2020)
Births
11,171 (2023)
Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
12.1
Deaths
8,525 (2023)
Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
9.2
International migration
1,314 (2023)
Domestic migration
4,536 (2023)
Net migration
5,850 (2023)
Net migration per 1,000, 2023
6.3
Postal code
SD
FIPS code
46

Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS

Population estimates, 2020–2024

20202024924.7K887.9K
PeriodValue
2024924,669
2023918,305
2022909,723
2021896,492
2020887,948

Unemployment rate, annual average

202020241.84.1
PeriodValue
20241.8 %
20231.8 %
20221.9 %
20212.6 %
20204.1 %

Counties · 66

#CountyPopulationChange since 2020Unemployment rate
1Minnehaha County208,6395.8 %2.0 %
2Pennington County115,9796.2 %2.0 %
3Lincoln County75,24415.5 %1.8 %
4Brown County37,495-2.1 %2.1 %
5Brookings County36,3595.8 %2.1 %
6Meade County30,9183.6 %2.0 %
7Codington County29,2783.4 %2.0 %
8Lawrence County28,80911.8 %1.9 %
9Yankton County23,5090.8 %1.9 %
10Davison County19,907-0.2 %1.8 %
11Beadle County19,4591.6 %2.0 %
12Hughes County17,526-1.4 %1.7 %
13Union County17,4023.5 %2.1 %
14Clay County15,2451.8 %2.1 %
15Oglala Lakota County13,360-2.3 %5.2 %
16Lake County11,006-0.5 %1.8 %
17Butte County10,8916.3 %1.9 %
18Roberts County10,2830.0 %3.5 %
19Charles Mix County9,343-0.4 %2.1 %
20Custer County9,33012.1 %2.4 %
21Todd County9,172-1.6 %5.6 %
22Turner County9,0874.8 %2.0 %
23Grant County7,6180.7 %3.2 %
24Hutchinson County7,416-0.1 %1.9 %
25Fall River County7,3595.6 %2.7 %
26Bon Homme County7,0711.1 %2.1 %
27Hamlin County6,5967.0 %1.8 %
28Moody County6,5293.0 %2.4 %
29Spink County6,108-3.9 %2.2 %
30McCook County5,7711.5 %1.9 %
31Tripp County5,7171.6 %1.6 %
32Day County5,408-0.7 %2.4 %
33Dewey County5,3221.5 %5.1 %
34Walworth County5,270-0.9 %2.8 %
35Brule County5,2610.3 %1.4 %
36Kingsbury County5,2611.4 %2.3 %
37Marshall County4,3952.2 %2.4 %
38Deuel County4,3350.8 %2.5 %
39Gregory County4,1103.0 %2.0 %
40Edmunds County4,0270.8 %2.0 %
41Clark County3,9743.5 %2.2 %
42Corson County3,747-3.8 %4.1 %
43Lyman County3,7210.2 %2.3 %
44Hanson County3,4770.5 %2.4 %
45Bennett County3,289-2.7 %2.6 %
46Hand County3,097-1.6 %1.7 %
47Stanley County3,0151.2 %1.6 %
48Douglas County2,8490.6 %1.9 %
49Perkins County2,832-0.6 %1.8 %
50Aurora County2,752-0.0 %1.7 %
51Jackson County2,737-2.5 %3.3 %
52Ziebach County2,4180.2 %2.9 %
53Potter County2,402-2.9 %2.2 %
54Sanborn County2,3922.4 %1.7 %
55McPherson County2,307-4.3 %2.3 %
56Miner County2,3030.1 %2.3 %
57Faulk County2,1360.6 %1.6 %
58Haakon County1,834-2.1 %1.7 %
59Mellette County1,834-4.5 %3.0 %
60Buffalo County1,825-6.2 %4.4 %
61Jerauld County1,6891.9 %1.7 %
62Sully County1,4681.5 %1.7 %
63Campbell County1,342-2.6 %3.6 %
64Harding County1,3251.1 %1.6 %
65Hyde County1,215-3.8 %1.4 %
66Jones County874-4.7 %2.6 %