Median Household Income
$75,081
Median Home Value
$257,400
Median Gross Rent
$946/mo
Poverty Rate
11.9%
Unemployment Rate
2.9%
Homeownership Rate
68.6%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
31.9%
Median Age
38.0
Population Over Time
South Dakota grew 8.7% from 2014 to 2024.
2014
834,708
2016
851,058
2018
864,289
2020
879,336
2022
890,342
2024
907,428
Business & Industry
South Dakota has 29,106 business establishments employing 383,805 people.
Construction
3,802
Other services (except public administration)
2,986
Health care and social assistance
2,829
Accommodation and food services
2,696
Professional, scientific, and technical services
2,214
Finance and insurance
2,044
Wholesale trade
1,592
Real estate and rental and leasing
1,356
Establishments by industry sector. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns.
Largest Cities in South Dakota
See all →Sioux Falls193,401 people$75,970Rapid City75,632 people$70,870Aberdeen28,388 people$64,405Brookings23,530 people$63,493Watertown22,718 people$69,600Mitchell15,656 people$58,620Yankton15,421 people$67,804Huron14,179 people$61,452Pierre14,105 people$77,672Spearfish12,268 people$65,688Box Elder11,905 people$73,008Vermillion11,667 people$50,456Brandon10,919 people$110,806Rapid Valley7,324 people$83,208Harrisburg7,157 people$108,724Sturgis7,121 people$54,404Madison6,271 people$65,593Tea5,922 people$120,139Belle Fourche5,670 people$65,071Dakota Dunes3,997 people$136,125Dell Rapids3,953 people$100,170Milbank3,506 people$56,011Hot Springs3,465 people$66,338Hartford3,340 people$99,893Mobridge3,130 people$65,357Canton3,060 people$60,850Lead2,993 people$73,047North Sioux City2,984 people$71,908Summerset2,950 people$119,271Blackhawk2,930 people$71,993Pine Ridge2,921 people$53,060Winner2,905 people$47,381Lennox2,603 people$81,761Sisseton2,564 people$48,875Chamberlain2,538 people$76,761Fort Pierre2,522 people$70,357Beresford2,419 people$78,793Colonial Pine Hills2,346 people$98,696Redfield2,253 people$58,229Flandreau2,246 people$49,157Springfield2,216 people$55,714Elk Point2,177 people$90,473Rosebud2,155 people$55,135Volga2,043 people$78,828Custer2,043 people$78,369Parkston2,003 people$70,139Webster1,805 people$55,179North Spearfish1,791 people$76,809Groton1,688 people$89,861North Eagle Butte1,666 people$34,358
Counties in South Dakota
Aurora CountyBeadle CountyBennett CountyBon Homme CountyBrookings CountyBrown CountyBrule CountyBuffalo CountyButte CountyCampbell CountyCharles Mix CountyClark CountyClay CountyCodington CountyCorson CountyCuster CountyDavison CountyDay CountyDeuel CountyDewey CountyDouglas CountyEdmunds CountyFall River CountyFaulk CountyGrant CountyGregory CountyHaakon CountyHamlin CountyHand CountyHanson CountyHarding CountyHughes CountyHutchinson CountyHyde CountyJackson CountyJerauld CountyJones CountyKingsbury CountyLake CountyLawrence CountyLincoln CountyLyman CountyMarshall CountyMcCook CountyMcPherson CountyMeade CountyMellette CountyMiner CountyMinnehaha CountyMoody CountyOglala Lakota CountyPennington CountyPerkins CountyPotter CountyRoberts CountySanborn CountySpink CountyStanley CountySully CountyTodd CountyTripp CountyTurner CountyUnion CountyWalworth CountyYankton CountyZiebach County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 2020-2024.