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
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 924,669 |
| 2023 | 918,305 |
| 2022 | 909,723 |
| 2021 | 896,492 |
| 2020 | 887,948 |
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8 % |
| 2023 | 1.8 % |
| 2022 | 1.9 % |
| 2021 | 2.6 % |
| 2020 | 4.1 % |
Counties · 66
| # | County | Population | Change since 2020 | Unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnehaha County | 208,639 | 5.8 % | 2.0 % |
| 2 | Pennington County | 115,979 | 6.2 % | 2.0 % |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 75,244 | 15.5 % | 1.8 % |
| 4 | Brown County | 37,495 | -2.1 % | 2.1 % |
| 5 | Brookings County | 36,359 | 5.8 % | 2.1 % |
| 6 | Meade County | 30,918 | 3.6 % | 2.0 % |
| 7 | Codington County | 29,278 | 3.4 % | 2.0 % |
| 8 | Lawrence County | 28,809 | 11.8 % | 1.9 % |
| 9 | Yankton County | 23,509 | 0.8 % | 1.9 % |
| 10 | Davison County | 19,907 | -0.2 % | 1.8 % |
| 11 | Beadle County | 19,459 | 1.6 % | 2.0 % |
| 12 | Hughes County | 17,526 | -1.4 % | 1.7 % |
| 13 | Union County | 17,402 | 3.5 % | 2.1 % |
| 14 | Clay County | 15,245 | 1.8 % | 2.1 % |
| 15 | Oglala Lakota County | 13,360 | -2.3 % | 5.2 % |
| 16 | Lake County | 11,006 | -0.5 % | 1.8 % |
| 17 | Butte County | 10,891 | 6.3 % | 1.9 % |
| 18 | Roberts County | 10,283 | 0.0 % | 3.5 % |
| 19 | Charles Mix County | 9,343 | -0.4 % | 2.1 % |
| 20 | Custer County | 9,330 | 12.1 % | 2.4 % |
| 21 | Todd County | 9,172 | -1.6 % | 5.6 % |
| 22 | Turner County | 9,087 | 4.8 % | 2.0 % |
| 23 | Grant County | 7,618 | 0.7 % | 3.2 % |
| 24 | Hutchinson County | 7,416 | -0.1 % | 1.9 % |
| 25 | Fall River County | 7,359 | 5.6 % | 2.7 % |
| 26 | Bon Homme County | 7,071 | 1.1 % | 2.1 % |
| 27 | Hamlin County | 6,596 | 7.0 % | 1.8 % |
| 28 | Moody County | 6,529 | 3.0 % | 2.4 % |
| 29 | Spink County | 6,108 | -3.9 % | 2.2 % |
| 30 | McCook County | 5,771 | 1.5 % | 1.9 % |
| 31 | Tripp County | 5,717 | 1.6 % | 1.6 % |
| 32 | Day County | 5,408 | -0.7 % | 2.4 % |
| 33 | Dewey County | 5,322 | 1.5 % | 5.1 % |
| 34 | Walworth County | 5,270 | -0.9 % | 2.8 % |
| 35 | Brule County | 5,261 | 0.3 % | 1.4 % |
| 36 | Kingsbury County | 5,261 | 1.4 % | 2.3 % |
| 37 | Marshall County | 4,395 | 2.2 % | 2.4 % |
| 38 | Deuel County | 4,335 | 0.8 % | 2.5 % |
| 39 | Gregory County | 4,110 | 3.0 % | 2.0 % |
| 40 | Edmunds County | 4,027 | 0.8 % | 2.0 % |
| 41 | Clark County | 3,974 | 3.5 % | 2.2 % |
| 42 | Corson County | 3,747 | -3.8 % | 4.1 % |
| 43 | Lyman County | 3,721 | 0.2 % | 2.3 % |
| 44 | Hanson County | 3,477 | 0.5 % | 2.4 % |
| 45 | Bennett County | 3,289 | -2.7 % | 2.6 % |
| 46 | Hand County | 3,097 | -1.6 % | 1.7 % |
| 47 | Stanley County | 3,015 | 1.2 % | 1.6 % |
| 48 | Douglas County | 2,849 | 0.6 % | 1.9 % |
| 49 | Perkins County | 2,832 | -0.6 % | 1.8 % |
| 50 | Aurora County | 2,752 | -0.0 % | 1.7 % |
| 51 | Jackson County | 2,737 | -2.5 % | 3.3 % |
| 52 | Ziebach County | 2,418 | 0.2 % | 2.9 % |
| 53 | Potter County | 2,402 | -2.9 % | 2.2 % |
| 54 | Sanborn County | 2,392 | 2.4 % | 1.7 % |
| 55 | McPherson County | 2,307 | -4.3 % | 2.3 % |
| 56 | Miner County | 2,303 | 0.1 % | 2.3 % |
| 57 | Faulk County | 2,136 | 0.6 % | 1.6 % |
| 58 | Haakon County | 1,834 | -2.1 % | 1.7 % |
| 59 | Mellette County | 1,834 | -4.5 % | 3.0 % |
| 60 | Buffalo County | 1,825 | -6.2 % | 4.4 % |
| 61 | Jerauld County | 1,689 | 1.9 % | 1.7 % |
| 62 | Sully County | 1,468 | 1.5 % | 1.7 % |
| 63 | Campbell County | 1,342 | -2.6 % | 3.6 % |
| 64 | Harding County | 1,325 | 1.1 % | 1.6 % |
| 65 | Hyde County | 1,215 | -3.8 % | 1.4 % |
| 66 | Jones County | 874 | -4.7 % | 2.6 % |