USA: South Dakota
Contents: South Dakota
State
886,729 Population [2020] – census
924,669 Population [2024] – estimate
196,346km² Area
4.709/km² Density [2024]
Counties
The population of all counties in the State of South Dakota according to census results and latest offcial estimates.
| Name | Status | Population Census 1990-04-01 | Population Census 2000-04-01 | Population Census 2010-04-01 | Population Census 2020-04-01 | Population Estimate 2024-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | County | 3,135 | 3,058 | 2,710 | 2,753 | 2,752 | → |
| Beadle | County | 18,253 | 17,023 | 17,398 | 19,152 | 19,459 | → |
| Bennett | County | 3,206 | 3,574 | 3,431 | 3,379 | 3,289 | → |
| Bon Homme | County | 7,089 | 7,260 | 7,070 | 6,995 | 7,071 | → |
| Brookings | County | 25,207 | 28,220 | 31,965 | 34,376 | 36,359 | → |
| Brown | County | 35,580 | 35,460 | 36,531 | 38,296 | 37,495 | → |
| Brule | County | 5,485 | 5,364 | 5,255 | 5,247 | 5,261 | → |
| Buffalo | County | 1,759 | 2,032 | 1,912 | 1,945 | 1,825 | → |
| Butte | County | 7,914 | 9,094 | 10,110 | 10,242 | 10,891 | → |
| Campbell | County | 1,965 | 1,782 | 1,466 | 1,378 | 1,342 | → |
| Charles Mix | County | 9,131 | 9,350 | 9,129 | 9,384 | 9,343 | → |
| Clark | County | 4,403 | 4,143 | 3,691 | 3,839 | 3,974 | → |
| Clay | County | 13,186 | 13,537 | 13,864 | 14,971 | 15,245 | → |
| Codington | County | 22,698 | 25,897 | 27,227 | 28,323 | 29,278 | → |
| Corson | County | 4,195 | 4,181 | 4,050 | 3,896 | 3,747 | → |
| Custer | County | 6,179 | 7,275 | 8,216 | 8,325 | 9,330 | → |
| Davison | County | 17,503 | 18,741 | 19,504 | 19,950 | 19,907 | → |
| Day | County | 6,978 | 6,267 | 5,710 | 5,444 | 5,408 | → |
| Deuel | County | 4,522 | 4,498 | 4,364 | 4,301 | 4,335 | → |
| Dewey | County | 5,523 | 5,972 | 5,301 | 5,243 | 5,322 | → |
| Douglas | County | 3,746 | 3,458 | 3,002 | 2,833 | 2,849 | → |
| Edmunds | County | 4,356 | 4,367 | 4,071 | 3,996 | 4,027 | → |
| Fall River | County | 7,353 | 7,453 | 7,094 | 6,971 | 7,359 | → |
| Faulk | County | 2,744 | 2,640 | 2,364 | 2,124 | 2,136 | → |
| Grant | County | 8,372 | 7,847 | 7,356 | 7,562 | 7,618 | → |
| Gregory | County | 5,359 | 4,792 | 4,271 | 3,991 | 4,110 | → |
| Haakon | County | 2,624 | 2,196 | 1,937 | 1,874 | 1,834 | → |
| Hamlin | County | 4,974 | 5,540 | 5,903 | 6,162 | 6,596 | → |
| Hand | County | 4,272 | 3,741 | 3,431 | 3,148 | 3,097 | → |
| Hanson | County | 2,994 | 3,139 | 3,331 | 3,458 | 3,477 | → |
| Harding | County | 1,669 | 1,353 | 1,255 | 1,310 | 1,325 | → |
| Hughes | County | 14,817 | 16,481 | 17,022 | 17,770 | 17,526 | → |
| Hutchinson | County | 8,262 | 8,075 | 7,343 | 7,425 | 7,416 | → |
| Hyde | County | 1,696 | 1,671 | 1,420 | 1,263 | 1,215 | → |
| Jackson | County | 2,811 | 2,930 | 3,031 | 2,808 | 2,737 | → |
| Jerauld | County | 2,425 | 2,295 | 2,071 | 1,657 | 1,689 | → |
| Jones | County | 1,324 | 1,193 | 1,006 | 917 | 874 | → |
| Kingsbury | County | 5,925 | 5,815 | 5,148 | 5,187 | 5,261 | → |
| Lake | County | 10,550 | 11,276 | 11,200 | 11,064 | 11,006 | → |
| Lawrence | County | 20,655 | 21,802 | 24,097 | 25,776 | 28,809 | → |
| Lincoln | County | 15,427 | 24,131 | 44,828 | 65,156 | 75,244 | → |
| Lyman | County | 3,638 | 3,895 | 3,755 | 3,714 | 3,721 | → |
| Marshall | County | 4,844 | 4,576 | 4,656 | 4,300 | 4,395 | → |
| McCook | County | 5,688 | 5,832 | 5,618 | 5,683 | 5,771 | → |
| McPherson | County | 3,228 | 2,904 | 2,459 | 2,410 | 2,307 | → |
| Meade | County | 21,878 | 24,253 | 25,434 | 29,850 | 30,918 | → |
| Mellette | County | 2,137 | 2,083 | 2,048 | 1,921 | 1,834 | → |
| Miner | County | 3,272 | 2,884 | 2,389 | 2,300 | 2,303 | → |
| Minnehaha | County | 123,809 | 148,281 | 169,468 | 197,221 | 208,639 | → |
| Moody | County | 6,507 | 6,595 | 6,486 | 6,336 | 6,529 | → |
| Oglala Lakota (Shannon) | County | 9,902 | 12,466 | 13,586 | 13,671 | 13,360 | → |
| Pennington | County | 81,343 | 88,565 | 100,948 | 109,229 | 115,979 | → |
| Perkins | County | 3,932 | 3,363 | 2,982 | 2,849 | 2,832 | → |
| Potter | County | 3,190 | 2,693 | 2,329 | 2,474 | 2,402 | → |
| Roberts | County | 9,914 | 10,016 | 10,149 | 10,282 | 10,283 | → |
| Sanborn | County | 2,833 | 2,675 | 2,355 | 2,335 | 2,392 | → |
| Spink | County | 7,981 | 7,454 | 6,415 | 6,357 | 6,108 | → |
| Stanley | County | 2,453 | 2,772 | 2,966 | 2,980 | 3,015 | → |
| Sully | County | 1,589 | 1,556 | 1,373 | 1,447 | 1,468 | → |
| Todd | County | 8,352 | 9,050 | 9,612 | 9,322 | 9,172 | → |
| Tripp | County | 6,924 | 6,430 | 5,644 | 5,625 | 5,717 | → |
| Turner | County | 8,576 | 8,849 | 8,347 | 8,674 | 9,087 | → |
| Union | County | 10,189 | 12,584 | 14,399 | 16,814 | 17,402 | → |
| Walworth | County | 6,087 | 5,974 | 5,438 | 5,318 | 5,270 | → |
| Yankton | County | 19,252 | 21,652 | 22,438 | 23,312 | 23,509 | → |
| Ziebach | County | 2,220 | 2,519 | 2,801 | 2,414 | 2,418 | → |
| South Dakota | State | 696,004 | 754,844 | 814,180 | 886,729 | 924,669 |
Contents: Incorporated Places
The population of all incorporated places in the State of South Dakota according to census results and latest offcial estimates.
icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, »race«, ethnicity).| Name | Status | County | Population Census 1990-04-01 | Population Census 2000-04-01 | Population Census 2010-04-01 | Population Census 2020-04-01 | Population Estimate 2024-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | City | Brown | 25,288 | 25,280 | 26,112 | 28,495 | 27,919 | → |
| Agar | Town | Sully | 82 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 68 | → |
| Akaska | Town | Walworth | 52 | 30 | 42 | 76 | 82 | → |
| Albee | Town | Grant | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 8 | → |
| Alcester | City | Union | 924 | 871 | 812 | 822 | 772 | → |
| Alexandria | City | Hanson | 518 | 565 | 615 | 651 | 657 | → |
| Alpena | Town | Jerauld | 251 | 270 | 286 | 209 | 217 | → |
| Altamont | Town | Deuel | 48 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 33 | → |
| Andover | Town | Day | 106 | 99 | 91 | 67 | 68 | → |
| Arlington | City | Kingsbury / Brookings | 910 | 994 | 915 | 918 | 926 | → |
| Armour | City | Douglas | 854 | 789 | 699 | 696 | 712 | → |
| Artas | Town | Campbell | 28 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | → |
| Artesian | Town | Sanborn | 217 | 157 | 136 | 131 | 135 | → |
| Ashton | City | Spink | 146 | 151 | 122 | 110 | 105 | → |
| Astoria | Town | Deuel | 155 | 150 | 139 | 134 | 130 | → |
| Aurora | Town | Brookings | 621 | 519 | 530 | 1,050 | 1,159 | → |
| Avon | City | Bon Homme | 576 | 561 | 590 | 593 | 606 | → |
| Badger | Town | Kingsbury | 114 | 144 | 102 | 129 | 135 | → |
| Baltic | City | Minnehaha | 705 | 811 | 1,083 | 1,249 | 1,331 | → |
| Bancroft | Town | Kingsbury | 30 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 13 | → |
| Batesland | Town | Oglala Lakota | 124 | 88 | 108 | 76 | 74 | → |
| Belle Fourche | City | Butte | 4,379 | 4,722 | 5,594 | 5,624 | 5,855 | → |
| Belvidere | Town | Jackson | 63 | 63 | 51 | 43 | 43 | → |
| Beresford | City | Union / Lincoln | 1,855 | 2,001 | 2,001 | 2,176 | 2,087 | → |
| Big Stone City | City | Grant | 655 | 595 | 471 | 412 | 413 | → |
| Bison | Town | Perkins | 474 | 364 | 334 | 304 | 302 | → |
| Blunt | City | Hughes | 342 | 374 | 354 | 342 | 334 | → |
| Bonesteel | City | Gregory | 297 | 294 | 275 | 253 | 259 | → |
| Bowdle | City | Edmunds | 589 | 544 | 526 | 468 | 472 | → |
| Box Elder | City | Pennington / Meade | 6,981 | 7,561 | 7,858 | 11,849 | 13,887 | → |
| Bradley | Town | Clark | 117 | 112 | 72 | 63 | 66 | → |
| Brandon | City | Minnehaha | 3,633 | 5,686 | 8,891 | 11,039 | 10,837 | → |
| Brandt | Town | Deuel | 123 | 113 | 108 | 116 | 119 | → |
| Brant Lake (← Brant Lake CDP) | City | Lake | ... | ... | 51 | 57 | 56 | → |
| Brentford | Town | Spink | 69 | 66 | 77 | 87 | 86 | → |
| Bridgewater | City | McCook | 533 | 603 | 492 | 511 | 505 | → |
| Bristol | City | Day | 487 | 377 | 341 | 286 | 275 | → |
| Britton | City | Marshall | 1,364 | 1,323 | 1,243 | 1,213 | 1,199 | → |
| Broadland | Town | Beadle | 40 | 40 | 31 | 28 | 28 | → |
| Brookings | City | Brookings | 16,367 | 18,803 | 22,074 | 23,382 | 24,555 | → |
| Bruce | City | Brookings | 245 | 272 | 205 | 211 | 216 | → |
| Bryant | City | Hamlin | 380 | 434 | 456 | 472 | 479 | → |
| Buffalo | Town | Harding | 488 | 360 | 330 | 348 | 353 | → |
| Buffalo Gap | Town | Custer | 173 | 162 | 126 | 128 | 154 | → |
| Burke | City | Gregory | 758 | 664 | 605 | 579 | 590 | → |
| Bushnell | Town | Brookings | 81 | 75 | 65 | 72 | 74 | → |
| Butler | Town | Day | 17 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 6 | → |
| Camp Crook | Town | Harding | 146 | 55 | 63 | 59 | 68 | → |
| Canistota | City | McCook | 608 | 705 | 656 | 632 | 643 | → |
| Canova | Town | Miner | 172 | 142 | 105 | 93 | 94 | → |
| Canton | City | Lincoln | 2,810 | 3,122 | 3,091 | 3,069 | 2,974 | → |
| Carthage | City | Miner | 221 | 187 | 144 | 130 | 128 | → |
| Castlewood | City | Hamlin | 581 | 670 | 627 | 700 | 716 | → |
| Cavour | Town | Beadle | 166 | 141 | 114 | 127 | 129 | → |
| Centerville | City | Turner | 879 | 915 | 884 | 924 | 958 | → |
| Central City | City | Lawrence | 153 | 142 | 134 | 95 | 108 | → |
| Chamberlain | City | Brule | 2,371 | 2,357 | 2,377 | 2,471 | 2,453 | → |
| Chancellor | Town | Turner | 282 | 325 | 264 | 298 | 312 | → |
| Chelsea | Town | Faulk | 33 | 33 | 27 | 19 | 19 | → |
| Claire City | Town | Roberts | 85 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 82 | → |
| Claremont | Town | Brown | 135 | 130 | 127 | 109 | 106 | → |
| Clark | City | Clark | 1,294 | 1,301 | 1,140 | 1,148 | 1,167 | → |
| Clear Lake | City | Deuel | 1,249 | 1,340 | 1,275 | 1,218 | 1,201 | → |
| Colman | City | Moody | 482 | 586 | 593 | 635 | 674 | → |
| Colome | City | Tripp | 309 | 317 | 296 | 330 | 337 | → |
| Colton | City | Minnehaha | 638 | 661 | 687 | 738 | 688 | → |
| Columbia | City | Brown | 138 | 140 | 136 | 160 | 157 | → |
| Conde | City | Spink | 203 | 186 | 140 | 144 | 139 | → |
| Corona | Town | Roberts | 118 | 112 | 109 | 66 | 70 | → |
| Corsica | City | Douglas | 633 | 642 | 592 | 561 | 556 | → |
| Cottonwood | Town | Jackson | 12 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | → |
| Cresbard | Town | Faulk | 185 | 142 | 104 | 99 | 101 | → |
| Crooks | City | Minnehaha | 672 | 874 | 1,269 | 1,368 | 1,369 | → |
| Custer | City | Custer | 1,889 | 1,821 | 2,005 | 1,950 | 1,829 | → |
| Dallas | Town | Gregory | 135 | 144 | 120 | 85 | 86 | → |
| Dante | Town | Charles Mix | 98 | 84 | 84 | 70 | 72 | → |
| Davis | Town | Turner | 87 | 102 | 87 | 54 | 55 | → |
| De Smet | City | Kingsbury | 1,190 | 1,209 | 1,091 | 1,065 | 1,037 | → |
| Deadwood | City | Lawrence | 1,782 | 1,408 | 1,292 | 1,152 | 1,347 | → |
| Dell Rapids | City | Minnehaha | 2,505 | 2,989 | 3,633 | 3,980 | 3,825 | → |
| Delmont | City | Douglas | 243 | 261 | 234 | 155 | 154 | → |
| Dimock | Town | Hutchinson | 154 | 147 | 131 | 138 | 154 | → |
| Doland | City | Spink | 308 | 296 | 180 | 203 | 195 | → |
| Dolton | Town | Turner | 43 | 42 | 37 | 35 | 36 | → |
| Draper | Town | Jones | 123 | 92 | 82 | 46 | 42 | → |
| Dupree | City | Ziebach | 484 | 446 | 527 | 495 | 496 | → |
| Eagle Butte | City | Ziebach / Dewey | 489 | 633 | 1,419 | 1,257 | 1,270 | → |
| Eden | Town | Marshall | 97 | 101 | 89 | 92 | 91 | → |
| Edgemont | City | Fall River | 906 | 888 | 774 | 729 | 759 | → |
| Egan | City | Moody | 245 | 276 | 278 | 239 | 247 | → |
| Elk Point | City | Union | 1,447 | 1,707 | 1,964 | 2,149 | 2,074 | → |
| Elkton | City | Brookings | 605 | 673 | 736 | 758 | 778 | → |
| Emery | City | Hanson | 411 | 442 | 448 | 484 | 473 | → |
| Erwin | Town | Kingsbury | 42 | 58 | 45 | 38 | 39 | → |
| Estelline | City | Hamlin | 653 | 675 | 768 | 746 | 768 | → |
| Ethan | Town | Davison | 312 | 330 | 331 | 358 | 358 | → |
| Eureka | City | McPherson | 1,199 | 1,108 | 868 | 809 | 759 | → |
| Fairburn | Town | Custer | 62 | 78 | 85 | 57 | 68 | → |
| Fairfax | Town | Gregory | 144 | 121 | 115 | 99 | 103 | → |
| Fairview | Town | Lincoln | 73 | 101 | 63 | 64 | 66 | → |
| Faith | City | Meade | 548 | 490 | 416 | 373 | 354 | → |
| Farmer | Town | Hanson | 18 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 15 | → |
| Faulkton | City | Faulk | 817 | 781 | 736 | 829 | 818 | → |
| Flandreau | City | Moody | 2,345 | 2,404 | 2,341 | 2,375 | 2,372 | → |
| Florence | Town | Codington | 192 | 298 | 372 | 332 | 333 | → |
| Fort Pierre | City | Stanley | 1,862 | 2,044 | 2,096 | 2,120 | 2,158 | → |
| Frankfort | City | Spink | 192 | 166 | 149 | 136 | 131 | → |
| Frederick | Town | Brown | 241 | 256 | 199 | 215 | 209 | → |
| Freeman | City | Hutchinson | 1,350 | 1,374 | 1,308 | 1,335 | 1,308 | → |
| Fruitdale | Town | Butte | 43 | 62 | 64 | 74 | 80 | → |
| Fulton | Town | Hanson | 70 | 86 | 91 | 84 | 84 | → |
| Garden City | Town | Clark | 93 | 72 | 53 | 34 | 36 | → |
| Garretson | City | Minnehaha | 936 | 1,165 | 1,166 | 1,228 | 1,169 | → |
| Gary | City | Deuel | 274 | 231 | 227 | 233 | 233 | → |
| Gayville | Town | Yankton | 398 | 426 | 403 | 389 | 379 | → |
| Geddes | City | Charles Mix | 279 | 259 | 211 | 157 | 152 | → |
| Gettysburg | City | Potter | 1,502 | 1,352 | 1,178 | 1,105 | 1,062 | → |
| Glenham | Town | Walworth | 134 | 139 | 105 | 108 | 107 | → |
| Goodwin | Town | Deuel | 126 | 164 | 146 | 146 | 150 | → |
| Gregory | City | Gregory | 1,389 | 1,348 | 1,293 | 1,227 | 1,270 | → |
| Grenville | Town | Day | 81 | 62 | 52 | 44 | 45 | → |
| Groton | City | Brown | 1,205 | 1,353 | 1,458 | 1,385 | 1,343 | → |
| Harrisburg | City | Lincoln | 796 | 1,096 | 4,113 | 6,738 | 10,203 | → |
| Harrold | Town | Hughes | 167 | 209 | 130 | 103 | 98 | → |
| Hartford | City | Minnehaha | 1,316 | 1,869 | 2,537 | 3,351 | 3,600 | → |
| Hayti | Town | Hamlin | 377 | 363 | 381 | 383 | 434 | → |
| Hazel | Town | Hamlin | 103 | 106 | 91 | 99 | 98 | → |
| Hecla | City | Brown | 398 | 324 | 224 | 195 | 185 | → |
| Henry | Town | Codington | 213 | 268 | 267 | 255 | 266 | → |
| Hermosa | Town | Custer | 247 | 395 | 396 | 389 | 381 | → |
| Herreid | City | Campbell | 490 | 498 | 438 | 416 | 405 | → |
| Herrick | Town | Gregory | 139 | 105 | 105 | 75 | 77 | → |
| Hetland | Town | Kingsbury | 53 | 45 | 51 | 18 | 18 | → |
| Highmore | City | Hyde | 869 | 850 | 795 | 678 | 647 | → |
| Hill City | City | Pennington | 655 | 783 | 961 | 873 | 937 | → |
| Hillsview | Town | McPherson | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | → |
| Hitchcock | Town | Beadle | 123 | 109 | 91 | 106 | 106 | → |
| Hosmer | City | Edmunds | 310 | 287 | 208 | 159 | 159 | → |
| Hot Springs | City | Fall River | 4,338 | 4,135 | 3,729 | 3,396 | 3,608 | → |
| Hoven | Town | Potter | 530 | 502 | 406 | 380 | 360 | → |
| Howard | City | Miner | 1,156 | 1,055 | 853 | 851 | 841 | → |
| Hudson | Town | Lincoln | 342 | 402 | 296 | 310 | 325 | → |
| Humboldt | Town | Minnehaha | 520 | 525 | 589 | 581 | 572 | → |
| Hurley | City | Turner | 379 | 424 | 413 | 378 | 385 | → |
| Huron | City | Beadle | 12,828 | 11,925 | 12,609 | 14,254 | 14,515 | → |
| Interior | Town | Jackson | 67 | 84 | 92 | 67 | 65 | → |
| Ipswich | City | Edmunds | 969 | 997 | 957 | 927 | 931 | → |
| Irene | City | Turner / Clay / Yankton | 461 | 437 | 420 | 426 | 431 | → |
| Iroquois | City | Kingsbury / Beadle | 328 | 279 | 266 | 299 | 296 | → |
| Isabel | Town | Dewey | 319 | 239 | 135 | 146 | 155 | → |
| Java | Town | Walworth | 161 | 197 | 129 | 122 | 120 | → |
| Jefferson | City | Union | 534 | 584 | 549 | 474 | 449 | → |
| Kadoka | City | Jackson | 736 | 706 | 656 | 544 | 530 | → |
| Kennebec | Town | Lyman | 284 | 290 | 240 | 279 | 285 | → |
| Keystone | Town | Pennington | 232 | 311 | 334 | 243 | 261 | → |
| Kimball | City | Brule | 743 | 760 | 699 | 569 | 573 | → |
| Kranzburg | Town | Codington | 132 | 197 | 172 | 163 | 166 | → |
| La Bolt | Town | Grant | 91 | 86 | 68 | 61 | 62 | → |
| Lake Andes | City | Charles Mix | 823 | 822 | 820 | 715 | 692 | → |
| Lake City | Town | Marshall | 43 | 47 | 51 | 44 | 45 | → |
| Lake Norden | City | Hamlin | 427 | 444 | 469 | 557 | 625 | → |
| Lake Preston | City | Kingsbury | 733 | 739 | 599 | 589 | 605 | → |
| Lane | Town | Jerauld | 71 | 63 | 59 | 47 | 47 | → |
| Langford | Town | Marshall | 298 | 301 | 313 | 279 | 278 | → |
| Lead | City | Lawrence | 3,882 | 3,035 | 3,123 | 2,981 | 3,038 | → |
| Lebanon | Town | Potter | 115 | 86 | 47 | 32 | 31 | → |
| Lemmon | City | Perkins | 1,608 | 1,426 | 1,235 | 1,153 | 1,141 | → |
| Lennox | City | Lincoln | 1,775 | 2,034 | 2,130 | 2,420 | 2,539 | → |
| Leola | City | McPherson | 536 | 461 | 457 | 434 | 406 | → |
| Lesterville | Town | Yankton | 169 | 159 | 127 | 113 | 114 | → |
| Letcher | Town | Sanborn | 180 | 177 | 173 | 154 | 159 | → |
| Long Lake | Town | McPherson | 64 | 58 | 31 | 27 | 26 | → |
| Lowry | Town | Walworth | 15 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | → |
| Madison | City | Lake | 6,355 | 6,574 | 6,493 | 6,193 | 6,086 | → |
| Marion | City | Turner | 831 | 893 | 784 | 849 | 880 | → |
| Martin | City | Bennett | 1,100 | 1,077 | 1,063 | 936 | 923 | → |
| Marvin | Town | Grant | 30 | 62 | 30 | 19 | 19 | → |
| McIntosh | City | Corson | 302 | 217 | 168 | 113 | 108 | → |
| McLaughlin | City | Corson | 780 | 793 | 652 | 565 | 541 | → |
| Mellette | City | Spink | 184 | 243 | 210 | 199 | 193 | → |
| Menno | City | Hutchinson | 764 | 733 | 604 | 617 | 618 | → |
| Midland | Town | Haakon | 233 | 181 | 129 | 110 | 109 | → |
| Milbank | City | Grant | 3,902 | 3,665 | 3,353 | 3,548 | 3,545 | → |
| Miller | City | Hand | 1,675 | 1,555 | 1,483 | 1,345 | 1,307 | → |
| Mission | City | Todd | 736 | 906 | 1,182 | 1,153 | 1,135 | → |
| Mission Hill | Town | Yankton | 180 | 181 | 177 | 192 | 182 | → |
| Mitchell | City | Davison | 13,837 | 14,651 | 15,283 | 15,671 | 15,621 | → |
| Mobridge | City | Walworth | 3,764 | 3,630 | 3,462 | 3,260 | 3,219 | → |
| Monroe | Town | Turner | 151 | 163 | 160 | 159 | 163 | → |
| Montrose | City | McCook | 420 | 452 | 472 | 467 | 461 | → |
| Morristown | Town | Corson | 64 | 82 | 67 | 46 | 44 | → |
| Mound City | Town | Campbell | 89 | 84 | 71 | 68 | 66 | → |
| Mount Vernon | City | Davison | 375 | 477 | 462 | 458 | 457 | → |
| Murdo | City | Jones | 679 | 610 | 488 | 473 | 464 | → |
| Naples | Town | Clark | 35 | 25 | 44 | 40 | 41 | → |
| New Effington | Town | Roberts | 219 | 233 | 256 | 234 | 228 | → |
| New Underwood | City | Pennington | 553 | 622 | 655 | 605 | 610 | → |
| New Witten | Town | Tripp | 87 | 51 | 79 | 53 | 54 | → |
| Newell | City | Butte | 675 | 718 | 609 | 576 | 585 | → |
| Nisland | Town | Butte | 174 | 228 | 226 | 206 | 211 | → |
| North Sioux City | City | Union | 2,010 | 2,240 | 2,533 | 3,044 | 3,059 | → |
| Northville | Town | Spink | 107 | 120 | 143 | 140 | 134 | → |
| Nunda | Town | Lake | 45 | 47 | 43 | 47 | 49 | → |
| Oacoma | Town | Lyman | 375 | 482 | 453 | 386 | 392 | → |
| Oelrichs | Town | Fall River | 138 | 145 | 130 | 119 | 126 | → |
| Oldham | City | Kingsbury | 189 | 207 | 133 | 122 | 118 | → |
| Olivet | Town | Hutchinson | 74 | 70 | 74 | 64 | 63 | → |
| Onaka | Town | Faulk | 52 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 14 | → |
| Onida | City | Sully | 752 | 740 | 658 | 665 | 644 | → |
| Orient | Town | Faulk | 59 | 57 | 63 | 51 | 51 | → |
| Ortley | Town | Roberts | 63 | 54 | 65 | 49 | 50 | → |
| Parker | City | Turner | 1,036 | 1,071 | 1,022 | 1,194 | 1,306 | → |
| Parkston | City | Hutchinson | 1,576 | 1,663 | 1,516 | 1,562 | 1,542 | → |
| Peever | Town | Roberts | 195 | 209 | 168 | 177 | 174 | → |
| Philip | City | Haakon | 1,088 | 886 | 781 | 764 | 752 | → |
| Pickstown | Town | Charles Mix | 95 | 164 | 203 | 225 | 230 | → |
| Piedmont | City | Meade | 239 | 673 | 885 | 1,033 | 1,002 | → |
| Pierpont | Town | Day | 173 | 126 | 135 | 127 | 121 | → |
| Pierre | City | Hughes | 12,916 | 13,881 | 13,646 | 14,093 | 13,788 | → |
| Plankinton | City | Aurora | 604 | 608 | 712 | 767 | 763 | → |
| Platte | City | Charles Mix | 1,307 | 1,369 | 1,230 | 1,296 | 1,249 | → |
| Pollock | Town | Campbell | 383 | 339 | 241 | 226 | 222 | → |
| Presho | City | Lyman | 654 | 588 | 497 | 472 | 467 | → |
| Pringle | Town | Custer | 96 | 125 | 112 | 113 | 107 | → |
| Pukwana | Town | Brule | 270 | 284 | 290 | 232 | 236 | → |
| Quinn | Town | Pennington | 72 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 61 | → |
| Ramona | Town | Lake | 194 | 190 | 174 | 160 | 161 | → |
| Rapid City | City | Pennington | 55,553 | 60,794 | 68,975 | 74,730 | 79,894 | → |
| Ravinia | Town | Charles Mix | 79 | 79 | 61 | 69 | 71 | → |
| Raymond | Town | Clark | 96 | 86 | 50 | 53 | 56 | → |
| Redfield | City | Spink | 2,785 | 2,942 | 2,370 | 2,209 | 2,101 | → |
| Ree Heights | Town | Hand | 122 | 85 | 62 | 55 | 55 | → |
| Reliance | Town | Lyman | 169 | 207 | 191 | 126 | 127 | → |
| Revillo | Town | Grant | 153 | 150 | 115 | 99 | 98 | → |
| Rockham | Town | Faulk | 48 | 53 | 33 | 18 | 18 | → |
| Roscoe | City | Edmunds | 347 | 300 | 329 | 278 | 279 | → |
| Rosholt | Town | Roberts | 413 | 415 | 422 | 381 | 372 | → |
| Roslyn | Town | Day | 251 | 225 | 184 | 184 | 180 | → |
| Salem | City | McCook | 1,307 | 1,377 | 1,351 | 1,332 | 1,315 | → |
| Scotland | City | Bon Homme | 980 | 896 | 841 | 791 | 786 | → |
| Selby | City | Walworth | 707 | 738 | 634 | 613 | 606 | → |
| Seneca | Town | Faulk | 81 | 58 | 38 | 22 | 23 | → |
| Sherman | Town | Minnehaha | 88 | 84 | 78 | 79 | 76 | → |
| Sinai | Town | Brookings | 125 | 128 | 120 | 94 | 100 | → |
| Sioux Falls | City | Minnehaha / Lincoln | 101,720 | 124,728 | 153,976 | 192,721 | 209,289 | → |
| Sisseton | City | Roberts | 2,204 | 2,602 | 2,440 | 2,481 | 2,432 | → |
| South Shore | Town | Codington | 260 | 270 | 225 | 189 | 190 | → |
| Spearfish | City | Lawrence | 7,097 | 8,850 | 10,472 | 12,200 | 13,803 | → |
| Spencer | City | McCook | 313 | 157 | 154 | 136 | 136 | → |
| Springfield | City | Bon Homme | 1,277 | 1,561 | 1,988 | 1,915 | 1,912 | → |
| St. Francis | Town | Todd | 815 | 676 | 536 | 470 | 468 | → |
| St. Lawrence | Town | Hand | 223 | 196 | 198 | 165 | 161 | → |
| Stickney | Town | Aurora | 325 | 334 | 284 | 320 | 313 | → |
| Stockholm | Town | Grant | 91 | 107 | 108 | 103 | 106 | → |
| Strandburg | Town | Grant | 79 | 69 | 72 | 65 | 66 | → |
| Stratford | Town | Brown | 85 | 96 | 72 | 60 | 59 | → |
| Sturgis | City | Meade | 6,062 | 6,624 | 6,642 | 7,093 | 7,014 | → |
| Summerset | City | Meade | 404 | 573 | 1,844 | 2,968 | 3,013 | → |
| Summit | Town | Roberts | 269 | 281 | 297 | 285 | 278 | → |
| Tabor | Town | Bon Homme | 403 | 416 | 420 | 405 | 400 | → |
| Tea | City | Lincoln | 861 | 1,788 | 3,808 | 5,598 | 7,699 | → |
| Timber Lake | City | Dewey | 517 | 434 | 443 | 514 | 537 | → |
| Tolstoy | Town | Potter | 69 | 56 | 40 | 38 | 37 | → |
| Toronto | Town | Deuel | 201 | 197 | 212 | 198 | 195 | → |
| Trent | Town | Moody | 211 | 271 | 232 | 207 | 237 | → |
| Tripp | City | Hutchinson | 672 | 713 | 647 | 572 | 563 | → |
| Tulare | Town | Spink | 244 | 221 | 207 | 212 | 204 | → |
| Turton | Town | Spink | 76 | 61 | 48 | 54 | 52 | → |
| Twin Brooks | Town | Grant | 54 | 55 | 69 | 46 | 47 | → |
| Tyndall | City | Bon Homme | 1,201 | 1,239 | 1,067 | 1,055 | 1,082 | → |
| Utica | Town | Yankton | 115 | 95 | 65 | 71 | 70 | → |
| Valley Springs | City | Minnehaha | 739 | 792 | 759 | 881 | 872 | → |
| Veblen | City | Marshall | 321 | 282 | 531 | 318 | 313 | → |
| Verdon | Town | Brown | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | → |
| Vermillion | City | Clay | 10,048 | 10,268 | 10,578 | 11,704 | 11,877 | → |
| Viborg | City | Turner | 763 | 846 | 786 | 808 | 834 | → |
| Vienna | Town | Clark | 93 | 78 | 42 | 50 | 53 | → |
| Vilas | Town | Miner | 28 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 24 | → |
| Virgil | Town | Beadle | 33 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 24 | → |
| Volga | City | Brookings | 1,291 | 1,448 | 1,785 | 2,105 | 2,380 | → |
| Volin | Town | Yankton | 175 | 207 | 161 | 160 | 159 | → |
| Wagner | City | Charles Mix | 1,499 | 1,632 | 1,566 | 1,486 | 1,429 | → |
| Wakonda | Town | Clay | 336 | 366 | 323 | 345 | 343 | → |
| Wall | Town | Pennington | 834 | 812 | 766 | 697 | 672 | → |
| Wallace | Town | Codington | 83 | 88 | 85 | 93 | 94 | → |
| Ward | Town | Moody | 35 | 41 | 48 | 33 | 42 | → |
| Warner | Town | Brown | 336 | 422 | 457 | 474 | 450 | → |
| Wasta | Town | Pennington | 82 | 76 | 80 | 65 | 63 | → |
| Watertown | City | Codington | 17,763 | 20,331 | 21,533 | 22,660 | 23,492 | → |
| Waubay | City | Day | 653 | 650 | 576 | 474 | 474 | → |
| Webster | City | Day | 2,082 | 1,963 | 1,893 | 1,725 | 1,666 | → |
| Wentworth | Village | Lake | 181 | 188 | 171 | 180 | 169 | → |
| Wessington | City | Beadle / Hand | 265 | 247 | 168 | 198 | 199 | → |
| Wessington Springs | City | Jerauld | 1,083 | 1,011 | 956 | 770 | 773 | → |
| Westport | Town | Brown | 112 | 123 | 133 | 87 | 83 | → |
| Wetonka | Town | McPherson | 12 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 13 | → |
| White | City | Brookings | 536 | 536 | 482 | 533 | 554 | → |
| White Lake | City | Aurora | 403 | 408 | 370 | 395 | 396 | → |
| White River | City | Mellette | 595 | 596 | 581 | 536 | 512 | → |
| White Rock | Town | Roberts | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | → |
| Whitewood | City | Lawrence | 891 | 849 | 924 | 893 | 965 | → |
| Willow Lake | City | Clark | 317 | 287 | 260 | 265 | 268 | → |
| Wilmot | City | Roberts | 566 | 544 | 496 | 434 | 426 | → |
| Winner | City | Tripp | 3,381 | 3,197 | 2,931 | 2,910 | 2,962 | → |
| Wolsey | Town | Beadle | 464 | 422 | 376 | 458 | 461 | → |
| Wood | Town | Mellette | 73 | 66 | 62 | 44 | 42 | → |
| Woonsocket | City | Sanborn | 766 | 724 | 653 | 631 | 646 | → |
| Worthing | City | Lincoln | 396 | 592 | 877 | 927 | 914 | → |
| Yale | Town | Beadle | 123 | 122 | 108 | 109 | 110 | → |
| Yankton | City | Yankton | 12,570 | 13,519 | 14,472 | 15,441 | 15,670 | → |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.