Population of South Dakota (State)
Map of Population by County in South Dakota
Map of Population by County Subdivision in South Dakota
Population by Place in South Dakota
There are 392 places in South Dakota. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 1,689.Population by Metro Area in South Dakota
There are 12 metro areas that are fully or partially contained within South Dakota (11 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 12 of those to each other.Population by County in South Dakota
There are 66 counties in South Dakota. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 2,961.Population by County Subdivision in South Dakota
There are 1,335 county subdivisions in South Dakota. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 2,278.Population by State in the United States
There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares South Dakota to all of the states in the United States.Population by State in the Midwest
There are 12 states in the Midwest. This section compares South Dakota to all of the states in the Midwest.Definitions
This page reports on the population distribution in South Dakota, both in terms of raw head counts, and in terms of population density per square mile.
- Population: count of all residents of the given entity at the time of the survey, excluding visitors
- Population Density: population divided by the total land area of the entity (i.e., excluding water areas contained in the entity)
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Counties:
Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Corson, Custer, Davison, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, McPherson, Meade, Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Perkins, Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, Yankton, Ziebach
Metro Areas:
Major Cities:
Aberdeen, Belle Fourche, Beresford, Box Elder, Brandon, Britton, Brookings, Canton, Chamberlain, Custer, Dell Rapids, Elk Point, Flandreau, Fort Pierre, Groton, Harrisburg, Hartford, Hot Springs, Huron, Lead, Lennox, Madison, Milbank, Mitchell, Mobridge, North Sioux City, Parkston, Pierre, Rapid City, Redfield, Sioux Falls, Sisseton, Spearfish, Springfield, Sturgis, Summerset, Tea, Vermillion, Volga, Watertown, Webster, Winner, Yankton
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