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South Dakota counties by population

Number of counties: 66
Population: 881,785
Largest county: Minnehaha County
Table of counties in South Dakota sorted by population from largest to smallest.
CountyPopulation
Minnehaha County194,884
Pennington County108,707
Lincoln County63,233
Brown County38,471
Brookings County34,315
Meade County29,561
Codington County28,289
Lawrence County25,687
Yankton County23,213
Davison County19,944
Beadle County18,959
Hughes County17,829
Union County16,424
Clay County14,816
Oglala Lakota County13,835
Lake County11,358
Roberts County10,254
Butte County10,167
Todd County9,434
Charles Mix County9,346
Turner County8,621
Custer County8,360
Grant County7,550
Hutchinson County7,412
Bon Homme County7,020
Fall River County6,979
Spink County6,408
Moody County6,335
Hamlin County6,127
McCook County5,676
Tripp County5,615
Day County5,487
Walworth County5,355
Dewey County5,343
Brule County5,247
Kingsbury County5,131
Marshall County4,373
Deuel County4,283
Edmunds County4,005
Gregory County4,004
Corson County3,965
Clark County3,791
Lyman County3,746
Hanson County3,429
Bennett County3,411
Hand County3,061
Perkins County2,977
Stanley County2,963
Jackson County2,868
Douglas County2,838
Aurora County2,649
Potter County2,613
Ziebach County2,479
Sanborn County2,371
Miner County2,293
McPherson County2,245
Faulk County2,157
Buffalo County1,974
Mellette County1,916
Haakon County1,868
Jerauld County1,811
Campbell County1,548
Hyde County1,381
Sully County1,279
Harding County1,179
Jones County916

What is the largest county in South Dakota?

Minnehaha County is the largest county in South Dakota with a population of 194,884.

TOP-5 counties by population in South Dakota:
  • Minnehaha County
  • Pennington County
  • Lincoln County
  • Brown County
  • Brookings County