Table 3: Population Change Components, Selected South Dakota Counties, 2024--2025
| County |
Population |
Pop. Change |
Natural Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Total Migration |
Int'l |
Domestic |
| South Dakota |
935,094 |
7,984 |
2,605 |
11,299 |
8,694 |
5,352 |
3,183 |
2,169 |
| Beadle County |
19,624 |
102 |
79 |
309 |
230 |
25 |
290 |
-265 |
| Brookings County |
37,635 |
821 |
194 |
401 |
207 |
622 |
592 |
30 |
| Brown County |
37,561 |
-60 |
15 |
411 |
396 |
-79 |
37 |
-116 |
| Butte County |
10,856 |
-29 |
-25 |
130 |
105 |
-54 |
1 |
-55 |
| Clay County |
15,031 |
-159 |
-41 |
93 |
134 |
-119 |
63 |
-182 |
| Codington County |
29,562 |
292 |
18 |
317 |
299 |
274 |
-3 |
277 |
| Davison County |
20,069 |
79 |
7 |
207 |
200 |
71 |
14 |
57 |
| Hughes County |
17,570 |
13 |
41 |
197 |
156 |
-30 |
9 |
-21 |
| Lake County |
10,993 |
-51 |
-2 |
109 |
111 |
-49 |
7 |
-56 |
| Lawrence County |
29,459 |
750 |
-82 |
184 |
266 |
841 |
55 |
786 |
| Lincoln County |
77,145 |
2,022 |
449 |
833 |
384 |
1,577 |
14 |
1,563 |
| Meade County |
30,711 |
-164 |
13 |
300 |
287 |
-175 |
7 |
-168 |
| Minnehaha County |
212,691 |
3,275 |
1,089 |
2,760 |
1,671 |
2,167 |
1,288 |
879 |
| Oglala Lakota Co. |
13,338 |
-78 |
92 |
249 |
157 |
-170 |
0 |
-170 |
| Pennington County |
116,792 |
480 |
209 |
1,339 |
1,130 |
259 |
209 |
50 |
| Roberts County |
10,255 |
-23 |
45 |
143 |
98 |
-67 |
6 |
-73 |
| Union County |
17,402 |
29 |
104 |
247 |
143 |
-76 |
39 |
-115 |
| Yankton County |
23,635 |
58 |
-34 |
219 |
253 |
90 |
71 |
19 |
| Largest Counties |
730,329 |
7,357 |
2,221 |
8,448 |
6,227 |
5,107 |
2,667 |
2,440 |
| % of State Total |
78.1% |
92.1% |
85.3% |
74.8% |
71.6% |
95.4% |
83.8% |
112.5% |
| Minnehaha+Lincoln |
289,836 |
5,297 |
1,538 |
3,593 |
2,055 |
3,744 |
1,302 |
2,442 |
| % of State Total |
31.0% |
66.3% |
59.0% |
31.8% |
23.6% |
70.0% |
40.9% |
112.6% |
|
Source: Dakota Institute |