USA: South Dakota
Contents: South Dakota
State
886,668 Population [2020] – census
919,318 Population [2023] – estimate
196,346km² Area
4.682/km² Density [2023]
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 2023-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | County | 3,135 | 3,058 | 2,710 | 2,748 | 2,782 | → |
| Beadle | County | 18,253 | 17,023 | 17,398 | 19,151 | 19,591 | → |
| Bennett | County | 3,206 | 3,574 | 3,431 | 3,375 | 3,305 | → |
| Bon Homme | County | 7,089 | 7,260 | 7,070 | 6,995 | 7,065 | → |
| Brookings | County | 25,207 | 28,220 | 31,965 | 34,370 | 35,980 | → |
| Brown | County | 35,580 | 35,460 | 36,531 | 38,304 | 37,733 | → |
| Brule | County | 5,485 | 5,364 | 5,255 | 5,240 | 5,311 | → |
| Buffalo | County | 1,759 | 2,032 | 1,912 | 1,946 | 1,884 | → |
| Butte | County | 7,914 | 9,094 | 10,110 | 10,244 | 10,863 | → |
| Campbell | County | 1,965 | 1,782 | 1,466 | 1,376 | 1,340 | → |
| Charles Mix | County | 9,131 | 9,350 | 9,129 | 9,382 | 9,240 | → |
| Clark | County | 4,403 | 4,143 | 3,691 | 3,841 | 3,948 | → |
| Clay | County | 13,186 | 13,537 | 13,864 | 14,967 | 15,431 | → |
| Codington | County | 22,698 | 25,897 | 27,227 | 28,321 | 28,971 | → |
| Corson | County | 4,195 | 4,181 | 4,050 | 3,903 | 3,782 | → |
| Custer | County | 6,179 | 7,275 | 8,216 | 8,320 | 9,117 | → |
| Davison | County | 17,503 | 18,741 | 19,504 | 19,953 | 19,922 | → |
| Day | County | 6,978 | 6,267 | 5,710 | 5,453 | 5,451 | → |
| Deuel | County | 4,522 | 4,498 | 4,364 | 4,294 | 4,354 | → |
| Dewey | County | 5,523 | 5,972 | 5,301 | 5,243 | 5,208 | → |
| Douglas | County | 3,746 | 3,458 | 3,002 | 2,833 | 2,838 | → |
| Edmunds | County | 4,356 | 4,367 | 4,071 | 3,987 | 4,057 | → |
| Fall River | County | 7,353 | 7,453 | 7,094 | 6,969 | 7,393 | → |
| Faulk | County | 2,744 | 2,640 | 2,364 | 2,130 | 2,151 | → |
| Grant | County | 8,372 | 7,847 | 7,356 | 7,561 | 7,553 | → |
| Gregory | County | 5,359 | 4,792 | 4,271 | 3,996 | 4,018 | → |
| Haakon | County | 2,624 | 2,196 | 1,937 | 1,872 | 1,851 | → |
| Hamlin | County | 4,974 | 5,540 | 5,903 | 6,167 | 6,451 | → |
| Hand | County | 4,272 | 3,741 | 3,431 | 3,141 | 3,107 | → |
| Hanson | County | 2,994 | 3,139 | 3,331 | 3,461 | 3,471 | → |
| Harding | County | 1,669 | 1,353 | 1,255 | 1,310 | 1,324 | → |
| Hughes | County | 14,817 | 16,481 | 17,022 | 17,769 | 17,624 | → |
| Hutchinson | County | 8,262 | 8,075 | 7,343 | 7,426 | 7,394 | → |
| Hyde | County | 1,696 | 1,671 | 1,420 | 1,261 | 1,186 | → |
| Jackson | County | 2,811 | 2,930 | 3,031 | 2,805 | 2,776 | → |
| Jerauld | County | 2,425 | 2,295 | 2,071 | 1,663 | 1,660 | → |
| Jones | County | 1,324 | 1,193 | 1,006 | 920 | 855 | → |
| Kingsbury | County | 5,925 | 5,815 | 5,148 | 5,180 | 5,276 | → |
| Lake | County | 10,550 | 11,276 | 11,200 | 11,067 | 11,031 | → |
| Lawrence | County | 20,655 | 21,802 | 24,097 | 25,771 | 28,053 | → |
| Lincoln | County | 15,427 | 24,131 | 44,828 | 65,158 | 73,238 | → |
| Lyman | County | 3,638 | 3,895 | 3,755 | 3,717 | 3,705 | → |
| Marshall | County | 4,844 | 4,576 | 4,656 | 4,310 | 4,390 | → |
| McCook | County | 5,688 | 5,832 | 5,618 | 5,679 | 5,809 | → |
| McPherson | County | 3,228 | 2,904 | 2,459 | 2,409 | 2,334 | → |
| Meade | County | 21,878 | 24,253 | 25,434 | 29,847 | 30,954 | → |
| Mellette | County | 2,137 | 2,083 | 2,048 | 1,919 | 1,851 | → |
| Miner | County | 3,272 | 2,884 | 2,389 | 2,300 | 2,280 | → |
| Minnehaha | County | 123,809 | 148,281 | 169,468 | 197,207 | 206,930 | → |
| Moody | County | 6,507 | 6,595 | 6,486 | 6,332 | 6,450 | → |
| Oglala Lakota (Shannon) | County | 9,902 | 12,466 | 13,586 | 13,671 | 13,434 | → |
| Pennington | County | 81,343 | 88,565 | 100,948 | 109,226 | 115,903 | → |
| Perkins | County | 3,932 | 3,363 | 2,982 | 2,842 | 2,834 | → |
| Potter | County | 3,190 | 2,693 | 2,329 | 2,473 | 2,413 | → |
| Roberts | County | 9,914 | 10,016 | 10,149 | 10,271 | 10,206 | → |
| Sanborn | County | 2,833 | 2,675 | 2,355 | 2,331 | 2,399 | → |
| Spink | County | 7,981 | 7,454 | 6,415 | 6,355 | 6,166 | → |
| Stanley | County | 2,453 | 2,772 | 2,966 | 2,981 | 3,043 | → |
| Sully | County | 1,589 | 1,556 | 1,373 | 1,446 | 1,494 | → |
| Todd | County | 8,352 | 9,050 | 9,612 | 9,324 | 9,199 | → |
| Tripp | County | 6,924 | 6,430 | 5,644 | 5,629 | 5,621 | → |
| Turner | County | 8,576 | 8,849 | 8,347 | 8,663 | 9,027 | → |
| Union | County | 10,189 | 12,584 | 14,399 | 16,818 | 17,183 | → |
| Walworth | County | 6,087 | 5,974 | 5,438 | 5,318 | 5,269 | → |
| Yankton | County | 19,252 | 21,652 | 22,438 | 23,313 | 23,517 | → |
| Ziebach | County | 2,220 | 2,519 | 2,801 | 2,414 | 2,322 | → |
| South Dakota | State | 696,004 | 754,844 | 814,180 | 886,668 | 919,318 |
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 2023-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | City | Brown | 25,288 | 25,280 | 26,112 | 28,491 | 28,110 | → |
| Agar | Town | Sully | 82 | 82 | 75 | 67 | 71 | → |
| Akaska | Town | Walworth | 52 | 30 | 42 | 75 | 80 | → |
| Albee | Town | Grant | 15 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 9 | → |
| Alcester | City | Union | 924 | 871 | 812 | 827 | 781 | → |
| Alexandria | City | Hanson | 518 | 565 | 615 | 652 | 654 | → |
| Alpena | Town | Jerauld | 251 | 270 | 286 | 210 | 212 | → |
| Altamont | Town | Deuel | 48 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 31 | → |
| Andover | Town | Day | 106 | 99 | 91 | 68 | 68 | → |
| Arlington | City | Kingsbury / Brookings | 910 | 994 | 915 | 916 | 928 | → |
| Armour | City | Douglas | 854 | 789 | 699 | 695 | 703 | → |
| Artas | Town | Campbell | 28 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | → |
| Artesian | Town | Sanborn | 217 | 157 | 136 | 132 | 135 | → |
| Ashton | City | Spink | 146 | 151 | 122 | 108 | 106 | → |
| Astoria | Town | Deuel | 155 | 150 | 139 | 134 | 132 | → |
| Aurora | Town | Brookings | 621 | 519 | 530 | 1,049 | 1,148 | → |
| Avon | City | Bon Homme | 576 | 561 | 590 | 585 | 595 | → |
| Badger | Town | Kingsbury | 114 | 144 | 102 | 129 | 134 | → |
| Baltic | City | Minnehaha | 705 | 811 | 1,083 | 1,248 | 1,325 | → |
| Bancroft | Town | Kingsbury | 30 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 11 | → |
| Batesland | Town | Oglala Lakota | 124 | 88 | 108 | 75 | 73 | → |
| Belle Fourche | City | Butte | 4,379 | 4,722 | 5,594 | 5,611 | 5,873 | → |
| Belvidere | Town | Jackson | 63 | 63 | 51 | 43 | 42 | → |
| Beresford | City | Union / Lincoln | 1,855 | 2,001 | 2,001 | 2,175 | 2,103 | → |
| Big Stone City | City | Grant | 655 | 595 | 471 | 412 | 410 | → |
| Bison | Town | Perkins | 474 | 364 | 334 | 305 | 304 | → |
| Blunt | City | Hughes | 342 | 374 | 354 | 342 | 338 | → |
| Bonesteel | City | Gregory | 297 | 294 | 275 | 255 | 257 | → |
| Bowdle | City | Edmunds | 589 | 544 | 526 | 470 | 476 | → |
| Box Elder | City | Pennington / Meade | 6,981 | 7,561 | 7,858 | 11,838 | 13,868 | → |
| Bradley | Town | Clark | 117 | 112 | 72 | 63 | 65 | → |
| Brandon | City | Minnehaha | 3,633 | 5,686 | 8,891 | 11,023 | 10,958 | → |
| Brandt | Town | Deuel | 123 | 113 | 108 | 115 | 118 | → |
| Brant Lake (← Brant Lake CDP) | City | Lake | ... | ... | 51 | 57 | 56 | → |
| Brentford | Town | Spink | 69 | 66 | 77 | 86 | 84 | → |
| Bridgewater | City | McCook | 533 | 603 | 492 | 510 | 507 | → |
| Bristol | City | Day | 487 | 377 | 341 | 290 | 282 | → |
| Britton | City | Marshall | 1,364 | 1,323 | 1,243 | 1,222 | 1,209 | → |
| Broadland | Town | Beadle | 40 | 40 | 31 | 27 | 27 | → |
| Brookings | City | Brookings | 16,367 | 18,803 | 22,074 | 23,370 | 24,312 | → |
| Bruce | City | Brookings | 245 | 272 | 205 | 211 | 215 | → |
| Bryant | City | Hamlin | 380 | 434 | 456 | 470 | 470 | → |
| Buffalo | Town | Harding | 488 | 360 | 330 | 348 | 356 | → |
| Buffalo Gap | Town | Custer | 173 | 162 | 126 | 129 | 149 | → |
| Burke | City | Gregory | 758 | 664 | 605 | 576 | 577 | → |
| Bushnell | Town | Brookings | 81 | 75 | 65 | 72 | 73 | → |
| Butler | Town | Day | 17 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 6 | → |
| Camp Crook | Town | Harding | 146 | 55 | 63 | 60 | 64 | → |
| Canistota | City | McCook | 608 | 705 | 656 | 633 | 642 | → |
| Canova | Town | Miner | 172 | 142 | 105 | 91 | 91 | → |
| Canton | City | Lincoln | 2,810 | 3,122 | 3,091 | 3,074 | 3,001 | → |
| Carthage | City | Miner | 221 | 187 | 144 | 130 | 127 | → |
| Castlewood | City | Hamlin | 581 | 670 | 627 | 697 | 706 | → |
| Cavour | Town | Beadle | 166 | 141 | 114 | 128 | 133 | → |
| Centerville | City | Turner | 879 | 915 | 884 | 922 | 957 | → |
| Central City | City | Lawrence | 153 | 142 | 134 | 94 | 104 | → |
| Chamberlain | City | Brule | 2,371 | 2,357 | 2,377 | 2,474 | 2,491 | → |
| Chancellor | Town | Turner | 282 | 325 | 264 | 301 | 316 | → |
| Chelsea | Town | Faulk | 33 | 33 | 27 | 19 | 19 | → |
| Claire City | Town | Roberts | 85 | 80 | 76 | 83 | 81 | → |
| Claremont | Town | Brown | 135 | 130 | 127 | 108 | 106 | → |
| Clark | City | Clark | 1,294 | 1,301 | 1,140 | 1,146 | 1,159 | → |
| Clear Lake | City | Deuel | 1,249 | 1,340 | 1,275 | 1,216 | 1,216 | → |
| Colman | City | Moody | 482 | 586 | 593 | 635 | 654 | → |
| Colome | City | Tripp | 309 | 317 | 296 | 331 | 330 | → |
| Colton | City | Minnehaha | 638 | 661 | 687 | 737 | 700 | → |
| Columbia | City | Brown | 138 | 140 | 136 | 158 | 156 | → |
| Conde | City | Spink | 203 | 186 | 140 | 145 | 140 | → |
| Corona | Town | Roberts | 118 | 112 | 109 | 65 | 67 | → |
| Corsica | City | Douglas | 633 | 642 | 592 | 561 | 556 | → |
| Cottonwood | Town | Jackson | 12 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | → |
| Cresbard | Town | Faulk | 185 | 142 | 104 | 100 | 103 | → |
| Crooks | City | Minnehaha | 672 | 874 | 1,269 | 1,368 | 1,371 | → |
| Custer | City | Custer | 1,889 | 1,821 | 2,005 | 1,920 | 1,844 | → |
| Dallas | Town | Gregory | 135 | 144 | 120 | 85 | 85 | → |
| Dante | Town | Charles Mix | 98 | 84 | 84 | 69 | 68 | → |
| Davis | Town | Turner | 87 | 102 | 87 | 55 | 56 | → |
| De Smet | City | Kingsbury | 1,190 | 1,209 | 1,091 | 1,061 | 1,046 | → |
| Deadwood | City | Lawrence | 1,782 | 1,408 | 1,292 | 1,153 | 1,343 | → |
| Dell Rapids | City | Minnehaha | 2,505 | 2,989 | 3,633 | 3,993 | 3,868 | → |
| Delmont | City | Douglas | 243 | 261 | 234 | 154 | 153 | → |
| Dimock | Town | Hutchinson | 154 | 147 | 131 | 138 | 153 | → |
| Doland | City | Spink | 308 | 296 | 180 | 196 | 189 | → |
| Dolton | Town | Turner | 43 | 42 | 37 | 35 | 36 | → |
| Draper | Town | Jones | 123 | 92 | 82 | 46 | 42 | → |
| Dupree | City | Ziebach | 484 | 446 | 527 | 495 | 476 | → |
| Eagle Butte | City | Ziebach / Dewey | 489 | 633 | 1,419 | 1,257 | 1,228 | → |
| Eden | Town | Marshall | 97 | 101 | 89 | 92 | 91 | → |
| Edgemont | City | Fall River | 906 | 888 | 774 | 732 | 767 | → |
| Egan | City | Moody | 245 | 276 | 278 | 242 | 246 | → |
| Elk Point | City | Union | 1,447 | 1,707 | 1,964 | 2,146 | 2,075 | → |
| Elkton | City | Brookings | 605 | 673 | 736 | 757 | 776 | → |
| Emery | City | Hanson | 411 | 442 | 448 | 484 | 478 | → |
| Erwin | Town | Kingsbury | 42 | 58 | 45 | 39 | 40 | → |
| Estelline | City | Hamlin | 653 | 675 | 768 | 749 | 768 | → |
| Ethan | Town | Davison | 312 | 330 | 331 | 360 | 361 | → |
| Eureka | City | McPherson | 1,199 | 1,108 | 868 | 809 | 773 | → |
| Fairburn | Town | Custer | 62 | 78 | 85 | 56 | 64 | → |
| Fairfax | Town | Gregory | 144 | 121 | 115 | 98 | 101 | → |
| Fairview | Town | Lincoln | 73 | 101 | 63 | 63 | 63 | → |
| Faith | City | Meade | 548 | 490 | 416 | 368 | 356 | → |
| Farmer | Town | Hanson | 18 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 16 | → |
| Faulkton | City | Faulk | 817 | 781 | 736 | 829 | 823 | → |
| Flandreau | City | Moody | 2,345 | 2,404 | 2,341 | 2,374 | 2,358 | → |
| Florence | Town | Codington | 192 | 298 | 372 | 333 | 334 | → |
| Fort Pierre | City | Stanley | 1,862 | 2,044 | 2,096 | 2,121 | 2,175 | → |
| Frankfort | City | Spink | 192 | 166 | 149 | 134 | 130 | → |
| Frederick | Town | Brown | 241 | 256 | 199 | 214 | 206 | → |
| Freeman | City | Hutchinson | 1,350 | 1,374 | 1,308 | 1,332 | 1,311 | → |
| Fruitdale | Town | Butte | 43 | 62 | 64 | 73 | 80 | → |
| Fulton | Town | Hanson | 70 | 86 | 91 | 85 | 86 | → |
| Garden City | Town | Clark | 93 | 72 | 53 | 34 | 36 | → |
| Garretson | City | Minnehaha | 936 | 1,165 | 1,166 | 1,224 | 1,175 | → |
| Gary | City | Deuel | 274 | 231 | 227 | 234 | 238 | → |
| Gayville | Town | Yankton | 398 | 426 | 403 | 382 | 378 | → |
| Geddes | City | Charles Mix | 279 | 259 | 211 | 158 | 152 | → |
| Gettysburg | City | Potter | 1,502 | 1,352 | 1,178 | 1,103 | 1,072 | → |
| Glenham | Town | Walworth | 134 | 139 | 105 | 109 | 108 | → |
| Goodwin | Town | Deuel | 126 | 164 | 146 | 147 | 149 | → |
| Gregory | City | Gregory | 1,389 | 1,348 | 1,293 | 1,227 | 1,222 | → |
| Grenville | Town | Day | 81 | 62 | 52 | 46 | 46 | → |
| Groton | City | Brown | 1,205 | 1,353 | 1,458 | 1,388 | 1,355 | → |
| Harrisburg | City | Lincoln | 796 | 1,096 | 4,113 | 6,738 | 9,435 | → |
| Harrold | Town | Hughes | 167 | 209 | 130 | 102 | 100 | → |
| Hartford | City | Minnehaha | 1,316 | 1,869 | 2,537 | 3,358 | 3,614 | → |
| Hayti | Town | Hamlin | 377 | 363 | 381 | 393 | 414 | → |
| Hazel | Town | Hamlin | 103 | 106 | 91 | 103 | 102 | → |
| Hecla | City | Brown | 398 | 324 | 224 | 196 | 189 | → |
| Henry | Town | Codington | 213 | 268 | 267 | 253 | 263 | → |
| Hermosa | Town | Custer | 247 | 395 | 396 | 380 | 373 | → |
| Herreid | City | Campbell | 490 | 498 | 438 | 415 | 405 | → |
| Herrick | Town | Gregory | 139 | 105 | 105 | 75 | 76 | → |
| Hetland | Town | Kingsbury | 53 | 45 | 51 | 18 | 18 | → |
| Highmore | City | Hyde | 869 | 850 | 795 | 680 | 636 | → |
| Hill City | City | Pennington | 655 | 783 | 961 | 873 | 953 | → |
| Hillsview | Town | McPherson | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | → |
| Hitchcock | Town | Beadle | 123 | 109 | 91 | 108 | 109 | → |
| Hosmer | City | Edmunds | 310 | 287 | 208 | 162 | 164 | → |
| Hot Springs | City | Fall River | 4,338 | 4,135 | 3,729 | 3,390 | 3,609 | → |
| Hoven | Town | Potter | 530 | 502 | 406 | 381 | 366 | → |
| Howard | City | Miner | 1,156 | 1,055 | 853 | 853 | 833 | → |
| Hudson | Town | Lincoln | 342 | 402 | 296 | 313 | 323 | → |
| Humboldt | Town | Minnehaha | 520 | 525 | 589 | 580 | 579 | → |
| Hurley | City | Turner | 379 | 424 | 413 | 377 | 385 | → |
| Huron | City | Beadle | 12,828 | 11,925 | 12,609 | 14,252 | 14,618 | → |
| Interior | Town | Jackson | 67 | 84 | 92 | 67 | 66 | → |
| Ipswich | City | Edmunds | 969 | 997 | 957 | 932 | 947 | → |
| Irene | City | Turner / Clay / Yankton | 461 | 437 | 420 | 427 | 435 | → |
| Iroquois | City | Kingsbury / Beadle | 328 | 279 | 266 | 297 | 295 | → |
| Isabel | Town | Dewey | 319 | 239 | 135 | 145 | 145 | → |
| Java | Town | Walworth | 161 | 197 | 129 | 122 | 121 | → |
| Jefferson | City | Union | 534 | 584 | 549 | 474 | 448 | → |
| Kadoka | City | Jackson | 736 | 706 | 656 | 545 | 539 | → |
| Kennebec | Town | Lyman | 284 | 290 | 240 | 279 | 284 | → |
| Keystone | Town | Pennington | 232 | 311 | 334 | 242 | 241 | → |
| Kimball | City | Brule | 743 | 760 | 699 | 571 | 581 | → |
| Kranzburg | Town | Codington | 132 | 197 | 172 | 162 | 165 | → |
| La Bolt | Town | Grant | 91 | 86 | 68 | 68 | 69 | → |
| Lake Andes | City | Charles Mix | 823 | 822 | 820 | 714 | 685 | → |
| Lake City | Town | Marshall | 43 | 47 | 51 | 43 | 43 | → |
| Lake Norden | City | Hamlin | 427 | 444 | 469 | 555 | 598 | → |
| Lake Preston | City | Kingsbury | 733 | 739 | 599 | 590 | 613 | → |
| Lane | Town | Jerauld | 71 | 63 | 59 | 47 | 49 | → |
| Langford | Town | Marshall | 298 | 301 | 313 | 282 | 281 | → |
| Lead | City | Lawrence | 3,882 | 3,035 | 3,123 | 2,982 | 3,035 | → |
| Lebanon | Town | Potter | 115 | 86 | 47 | 33 | 32 | → |
| Lemmon | City | Perkins | 1,608 | 1,426 | 1,235 | 1,161 | 1,156 | → |
| Lennox | City | Lincoln | 1,775 | 2,034 | 2,130 | 2,416 | 2,493 | → |
| Leola | City | McPherson | 536 | 461 | 457 | 435 | 416 | → |
| Lesterville | Town | Yankton | 169 | 159 | 127 | 114 | 115 | → |
| Letcher | Town | Sanborn | 180 | 177 | 173 | 153 | 159 | → |
| Long Lake | Town | McPherson | 64 | 58 | 31 | 27 | 27 | → |
| Lowry | Town | Walworth | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | → |
| Madison | City | Lake | 6,355 | 6,574 | 6,493 | 6,191 | 6,091 | → |
| Marion | City | Turner | 831 | 893 | 784 | 844 | 874 | → |
| Martin | City | Bennett | 1,100 | 1,077 | 1,063 | 933 | 926 | → |
| Marvin | Town | Grant | 30 | 62 | 30 | 20 | 20 | → |
| McIntosh | City | Corson | 302 | 217 | 168 | 113 | 110 | → |
| McLaughlin | City | Corson | 780 | 793 | 652 | 567 | 549 | → |
| Mellette | City | Spink | 184 | 243 | 210 | 199 | 195 | → |
| Menno | City | Hutchinson | 764 | 733 | 604 | 617 | 619 | → |
| Midland | Town | Haakon | 233 | 181 | 129 | 110 | 109 | → |
| Milbank | City | Grant | 3,902 | 3,665 | 3,353 | 3,544 | 3,512 | → |
| Miller | City | Hand | 1,675 | 1,555 | 1,483 | 1,348 | 1,326 | → |
| Mission | City | Todd | 736 | 906 | 1,182 | 1,154 | 1,142 | → |
| Mission Hill | Town | Yankton | 180 | 181 | 177 | 194 | 187 | → |
| Mitchell | City | Davison | 13,837 | 14,651 | 15,283 | 15,660 | 15,621 | → |
| Mobridge | City | Walworth | 3,764 | 3,630 | 3,462 | 3,261 | 3,224 | → |
| Monroe | Town | Turner | 151 | 163 | 160 | 156 | 160 | → |
| Montrose | City | McCook | 420 | 452 | 472 | 465 | 466 | → |
| Morristown | Town | Corson | 64 | 82 | 67 | 46 | 45 | → |
| Mound City | Town | Campbell | 89 | 84 | 71 | 67 | 65 | → |
| Mount Vernon | City | Davison | 375 | 477 | 462 | 459 | 459 | → |
| Murdo | City | Jones | 679 | 610 | 488 | 470 | 448 | → |
| Naples | Town | Clark | 35 | 25 | 44 | 40 | 41 | → |
| New Effington | Town | Roberts | 219 | 233 | 256 | 234 | 226 | → |
| New Underwood | City | Pennington | 553 | 622 | 655 | 593 | 610 | → |
| New Witten | Town | Tripp | 87 | 51 | 79 | 54 | 54 | → |
| Newell | City | Butte | 675 | 718 | 609 | 583 | 597 | → |
| Nisland | Town | Butte | 174 | 228 | 226 | 206 | 213 | → |
| North Sioux City | City | Union | 2,010 | 2,240 | 2,533 | 3,044 | 3,048 | → |
| Northville | Town | Spink | 107 | 120 | 143 | 140 | 136 | → |
| Nunda | Town | Lake | 45 | 47 | 43 | 47 | 47 | → |
| Oacoma | Town | Lyman | 375 | 482 | 453 | 386 | 390 | → |
| Oelrichs | Town | Fall River | 138 | 145 | 130 | 118 | 126 | → |
| Oldham | City | Kingsbury | 189 | 207 | 133 | 121 | 119 | → |
| Olivet | Town | Hutchinson | 74 | 70 | 74 | 65 | 64 | → |
| Onaka | Town | Faulk | 52 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 15 | → |
| Onida | City | Sully | 752 | 740 | 658 | 662 | 658 | → |
| Orient | Town | Faulk | 59 | 57 | 63 | 51 | 52 | → |
| Ortley | Town | Roberts | 63 | 54 | 65 | 49 | 48 | → |
| Parker | City | Turner | 1,036 | 1,071 | 1,022 | 1,195 | 1,271 | → |
| Parkston | City | Hutchinson | 1,576 | 1,663 | 1,516 | 1,563 | 1,544 | → |
| Peever | Town | Roberts | 195 | 209 | 168 | 177 | 173 | → |
| Philip | City | Haakon | 1,088 | 886 | 781 | 764 | 758 | → |
| Pickstown | Town | Charles Mix | 95 | 164 | 203 | 226 | 228 | → |
| Piedmont | City | Meade | 239 | 673 | 885 | 1,043 | 1,015 | → |
| Pierpont | Town | Day | 173 | 126 | 135 | 127 | 124 | → |
| Pierre | City | Hughes | 12,916 | 13,881 | 13,646 | 14,085 | 13,880 | → |
| Plankinton | City | Aurora | 604 | 608 | 712 | 776 | 782 | → |
| Platte | City | Charles Mix | 1,307 | 1,369 | 1,230 | 1,294 | 1,242 | → |
| Pollock | Town | Campbell | 383 | 339 | 241 | 226 | 222 | → |
| Presho | City | Lyman | 654 | 588 | 497 | 471 | 464 | → |
| Pringle | Town | Custer | 96 | 125 | 112 | 113 | 111 | → |
| Pukwana | Town | Brule | 270 | 284 | 290 | 232 | 238 | → |
| Quinn | Town | Pennington | 72 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 64 | → |
| Ramona | Town | Lake | 194 | 190 | 174 | 160 | 163 | → |
| Rapid City | City | Pennington | 55,553 | 60,794 | 68,975 | 74,719 | 79,404 | → |
| Ravinia | Town | Charles Mix | 79 | 79 | 61 | 69 | 69 | → |
| Raymond | Town | Clark | 96 | 86 | 50 | 55 | 58 | → |
| Redfield | City | Spink | 2,785 | 2,942 | 2,370 | 2,217 | 2,131 | → |
| Ree Heights | Town | Hand | 122 | 85 | 62 | 56 | 56 | → |
| Reliance | Town | Lyman | 169 | 207 | 191 | 129 | 127 | → |
| Revillo | Town | Grant | 153 | 150 | 115 | 99 | 98 | → |
| Rockham | Town | Faulk | 48 | 53 | 33 | 20 | 21 | → |
| Roscoe | City | Edmunds | 347 | 300 | 329 | 278 | 281 | → |
| Rosholt | Town | Roberts | 413 | 415 | 422 | 378 | 368 | → |
| Roslyn | Town | Day | 251 | 225 | 184 | 183 | 181 | → |
| Salem | City | McCook | 1,307 | 1,377 | 1,351 | 1,335 | 1,335 | → |
| Scotland | City | Bon Homme | 980 | 896 | 841 | 784 | 784 | → |
| Selby | City | Walworth | 707 | 738 | 634 | 614 | 607 | → |
| Seneca | Town | Faulk | 81 | 58 | 38 | 22 | 23 | → |
| Sherman | Town | Minnehaha | 88 | 84 | 78 | 79 | 75 | → |
| Sinai | Town | Brookings | 125 | 128 | 120 | 96 | 101 | → |
| Sioux Falls | City | Minnehaha / Lincoln | 101,720 | 124,728 | 153,976 | 192,718 | 206,410 | → |
| Sisseton | City | Roberts | 2,204 | 2,602 | 2,440 | 2,479 | 2,418 | → |
| South Shore | Town | Codington | 260 | 270 | 225 | 190 | 189 | → |
| Spearfish | City | Lawrence | 7,097 | 8,850 | 10,472 | 12,197 | 13,282 | → |
| Spencer | City | McCook | 313 | 157 | 154 | 137 | 137 | → |
| Springfield | City | Bon Homme | 1,277 | 1,561 | 1,988 | 1,916 | 1,913 | → |
| St. Francis | Town | Todd | 815 | 676 | 536 | 472 | 467 | → |
| St. Lawrence | Town | Hand | 223 | 196 | 198 | 165 | 163 | → |
| Stickney | Town | Aurora | 325 | 334 | 284 | 320 | 318 | → |
| Stockholm | Town | Grant | 91 | 107 | 108 | 105 | 106 | → |
| Strandburg | Town | Grant | 79 | 69 | 72 | 66 | 67 | → |
| Stratford | Town | Brown | 85 | 96 | 72 | 59 | 58 | → |
| Sturgis | City | Meade | 6,062 | 6,624 | 6,642 | 7,094 | 7,067 | → |
| Summerset | City | Meade | 404 | 573 | 1,844 | 2,972 | 3,000 | → |
| Summit | Town | Roberts | 269 | 281 | 297 | 286 | 277 | → |
| Tabor | Town | Bon Homme | 403 | 416 | 420 | 406 | 403 | → |
| Tea | City | Lincoln | 861 | 1,788 | 3,808 | 5,600 | 7,381 | → |
| Timber Lake | City | Dewey | 517 | 434 | 443 | 514 | 516 | → |
| Tolstoy | Town | Potter | 69 | 56 | 40 | 38 | 37 | → |
| Toronto | Town | Deuel | 201 | 197 | 212 | 197 | 196 | → |
| Trent | Town | Moody | 211 | 271 | 232 | 208 | 235 | → |
| Tripp | City | Hutchinson | 672 | 713 | 647 | 573 | 564 | → |
| Tulare | Town | Spink | 244 | 221 | 207 | 210 | 205 | → |
| Turton | Town | Spink | 76 | 61 | 48 | 55 | 54 | → |
| Twin Brooks | Town | Grant | 54 | 55 | 69 | 46 | 45 | → |
| Tyndall | City | Bon Homme | 1,201 | 1,239 | 1,067 | 1,054 | 1,075 | → |
| Utica | Town | Yankton | 115 | 95 | 65 | 71 | 71 | → |
| Valley Springs | City | Minnehaha | 739 | 792 | 759 | 881 | 878 | → |
| Veblen | City | Marshall | 321 | 282 | 531 | 317 | 314 | → |
| Verdon | Town | Brown | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | → |
| Vermillion | City | Clay | 10,048 | 10,268 | 10,578 | 11,697 | 12,011 | → |
| Viborg | City | Turner | 763 | 846 | 786 | 809 | 834 | → |
| Vienna | Town | Clark | 93 | 78 | 42 | 53 | 54 | → |
| Vilas | Town | Miner | 28 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 25 | → |
| Virgil | Town | Beadle | 33 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 26 | → |
| Volga | City | Brookings | 1,291 | 1,448 | 1,785 | 2,109 | 2,340 | → |
| Volin | Town | Yankton | 175 | 207 | 161 | 156 | 157 | → |
| Wagner | City | Charles Mix | 1,499 | 1,632 | 1,566 | 1,487 | 1,426 | → |
| Wakonda | Town | Clay | 336 | 366 | 323 | 347 | 350 | → |
| Wall | Town | Pennington | 834 | 812 | 766 | 697 | 688 | → |
| Wallace | Town | Codington | 83 | 88 | 85 | 93 | 94 | → |
| Ward | Town | Moody | 35 | 41 | 48 | 34 | 43 | → |
| Warner | Town | Brown | 336 | 422 | 457 | 483 | 463 | → |
| Wasta | Town | Pennington | 82 | 76 | 80 | 63 | 62 | → |
| Watertown | City | Codington | 17,763 | 20,331 | 21,533 | 22,658 | 23,230 | → |
| Waubay | City | Day | 653 | 650 | 576 | 475 | 475 | → |
| Webster | City | Day | 2,082 | 1,963 | 1,893 | 1,729 | 1,687 | → |
| Wentworth | Village | Lake | 181 | 188 | 171 | 181 | 174 | → |
| Wessington | City | Beadle / Hand | 265 | 247 | 168 | 199 | 202 | → |
| Wessington Springs | City | Jerauld | 1,083 | 1,011 | 956 | 771 | 761 | → |
| Westport | Town | Brown | 112 | 123 | 133 | 89 | 86 | → |
| Wetonka | Town | McPherson | 12 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 13 | → |
| White | City | Brookings | 536 | 536 | 482 | 534 | 542 | → |
| White Lake | City | Aurora | 403 | 408 | 370 | 400 | 406 | → |
| White River | City | Mellette | 595 | 596 | 581 | 538 | 519 | → |
| White Rock | Town | Roberts | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | → |
| Whitewood | City | Lawrence | 891 | 849 | 924 | 884 | 943 | → |
| Willow Lake | City | Clark | 317 | 287 | 260 | 259 | 261 | → |
| Wilmot | City | Roberts | 566 | 544 | 496 | 433 | 424 | → |
| Winner | City | Tripp | 3,381 | 3,197 | 2,931 | 2,915 | 2,912 | → |
| Wolsey | Town | Beadle | 464 | 422 | 376 | 460 | 465 | → |
| Wood | Town | Mellette | 73 | 66 | 62 | 42 | 41 | → |
| Woonsocket | City | Sanborn | 766 | 724 | 653 | 631 | 648 | → |
| Worthing | City | Lincoln | 396 | 592 | 877 | 926 | 918 | → |
| Yale | Town | Beadle | 123 | 122 | 108 | 108 | 111 | → |
| Yankton | City | Yankton | 12,570 | 13,519 | 14,472 | 15,441 | 15,630 | → |
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.