2000 vs. 2017 Population Growth and Change
South Dakota Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
South Dakota Population Growth by County
Lincoln County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 137.87%
Rank = #1
Campbell County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = -23.08%
Rank = #66
Roberts County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 2.20%
Rank = #24
With a spotlight on Roberts County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across South Dakota's 66 counties over the period 2000-2017.
Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017 population grew in twenty-six South Dakota counties while declining in forty.
  • Population growth in seven counties outpaced the statewide average (15.12%), while growth in fifty-nine counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Lincoln County posted the highest growth of population (137.87%), while Campbell County placed last by logging a -23.08% decline.
  • The spread in population growth between the highest (Lincoln County, 137.87%) and lowest (Campbell County, -23.08%) over 2000-2017 equated to 160.94% ( = 137.87%-23.08%).
  • Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in South Dakota, Minnehaha County's net population growth over 2000-2017 of 41,428 made up 36.24% of the total net growth statewide (114,319):

Minnehaha County: Percent Share of South Dakota's
Population Growth, 2000-2017:

36.24% = (41,428 / 114,319) x 100
Roberts County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017, Roberts County posted a 2.20% net gain in population.
  • Roberts County was joined by fifty-eight other counties whose population growth over 2000-2017 registered below the statewide average (15.12%).
  • Ranked #24 among South Dakota's 66 counties, Roberts County's population growth (2.20%) trailed the statewide average of 15.12% by a 12.93% margin.
  • Roberts County's net population growth (2.20%, #24) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Charles Mix County (1.41%, #25) and just below that of Ziebach County (2.86%, #23).
  • Roberts County's share of population statewide slipped from 1.32% in 2000 to 1.17% in 2017, resulting in a share-shift of -0.15%.

Data Definition

Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Population Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2017
More
than
30%
30%
to
20%
20%
to
10%
10%
to
0%
0%
to
-10%
-10%
to
-20%
-20%
to
-30%
-30%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2017
1
3
6
16
23
12
5
0
66
 
     
Population by County, 2017
Population by County, 2017
Minnehaha County 2017
Population = 190,496
Percent of State = 21.89%
Rank = #1
Jones County 2017
Population = 910
Percent of State = 0.10%
Rank = #66
Roberts County 2017
Population = 10,224
Percent of State = 1.17%
Rank = #17
Again highlighting Roberts County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 population statewide (870,163).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Minnehaha County's 2017 population totaled 190,496, equating to 21.89% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#66), Jones County's population of 910 in 2017 comprised just 0.10% of the total statewide. Jones County's population in 2017 equates to less than .01% to that of Minnehaha County's.
  • Minnehaha County's 2017 population (190,496) exceeded the combined population (183,875) of South Dakota's forty-six smallest counties.
Roberts County Snippets:
  • Roberts County's population in 2017 ranked #17, amounting to 1.17% of the statewide total.
  • Roberts County's population of 10,224 placed below that of Lake County's (11,730, #16), and just above that of Butte County's (9,938, #18).
  • Roberts County's population of 10,224 exceeds the combined total (9,956) of South Dakota's seven smallest counties.
Population by County, 2017
Population by County, 2017
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population, 2017
More
than
50,000
50,000
to
40,000
40,000
to
30,000
30,000
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20,000
20,000
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10,000
10,000
or
Below
Total
2017
3
0
2
4
8
49
66
 
     

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South Dakota by County:
2000 vs. 2017
 
2000
 
2017
 
2000 - 2017
 
 
 
 
3,045
0.40
 
2,763
0.32
 
-9.26
-282
-0.25
 
17,030
2.25
 
18,853
2.17
 
10.70
1,823
1.59
 
3,572
0.47
 
3,440
0.40
 
-3.70
-132
-0.12
 
7,243
0.96
 
7,054
0.81
 
-2.61
-189
-0.17
 
28,342
3.75
 
34,014
3.91
 
20.01
5,672
4.96
 
35,472
4.69
 
38,978
4.48
 
9.88
3,506
3.07
 
5,334
0.71
 
5,310
0.61
 
-0.45
-24
-0.02
 
1,991
0.26
 
2,006
0.23
 
0.75
15
0.01
 
9,093
1.20
 
9,938
1.14
 
9.29
845
0.74
 
1,781
0.24
 
1,370
0.16
 
-23.08
-411
-0.36
 
9,340
1.24
 
9,472
1.09
 
1.41
132
0.12
 
4,129
0.55
 
3,712
0.43
 
-10.10
-417
-0.36
 
13,510
1.79
 
14,607
1.68
 
8.12
1,097
0.96
 
25,950
3.43
 
28,325
3.26
 
9.15
2,375
2.08
 
4,194
0.55
 
4,088
0.47
 
-2.53
-106
-0.09
 
7,345
0.97
 
8,275
0.95
 
12.66
930
0.81
 
18,763
2.48
 
19,994
2.30
 
6.56
1,231
1.08
 
6,226
0.82
 
5,560
0.64
 
-10.70
-666
-0.58
 
4,495
0.59
 
4,272
0.49
 
-4.96
-223
-0.20
 
5,948
0.79
 
5,449
0.63
 
-8.39
-499
-0.44
 
3,439
0.45
 
2,858
0.33
 
-16.89
-581
-0.51
 
4,353
0.58
 
4,033
0.46
 
-7.35
-320
-0.28
 
7,375
0.98
 
6,883
0.79
 
-6.67
-492
-0.43
 
2,617
0.35
 
2,197
0.25
 
-16.05
-420
-0.37
 
7,835
1.04
 
7,566
0.87
 
-3.43
-269
-0.24
 
4,766
0.63
 
4,050
0.47
 
-15.02
-716
-0.63
 
2,201
0.29
 
1,926
0.22
 
-12.49
-275
-0.24
 
5,546
0.73
 
5,990
0.69
 
8.01
444
0.39
 
3,716
0.49
 
3,277
0.38
 
-11.81
-439
-0.38
 
3,152
0.42
 
3,394
0.39
 
7.68
242
0.21
 
1,345
0.18
 
1,248
0.14
 
-7.21
-97
-0.08
 
16,505
2.18
 
17,974
2.07
 
8.90
1,469
1.29
 
8,060
1.07
 
7,444
0.86
 
-7.64
-616
-0.54
 
1,655
0.22
 
1,283
0.15
 
-22.48
-372
-0.33
 
2,940
0.39
 
2,914
0.33
 
-0.88
-26
-0.02
 
2,259
0.30
 
1,779
0.20
 
-21.25
-480
-0.42
 
1,182
0.16
 
910
0.10
 
-23.01
-272
-0.24
 
5,803
0.77
 
5,080
0.58
 
-12.46
-723
-0.63
 
11,217
1.48
 
11,730
1.35
 
4.57
513
0.45
 
21,763
2.88
 
25,468
2.93
 
17.02
3,705
3.24
 
24,557
3.25
 
58,413
6.71
 
137.87
33,856
29.62
 
3,908
0.52
 
3,812
0.44
 
-2.46
-96
-0.08
 
5,840
0.77
 
5,653
0.65
 
-3.20
-187
-0.16
 
2,889
0.38
 
2,429
0.28
 
-15.92
-460
-0.40
 
4,593
0.61
 
4,479
0.51
 
-2.48
-114
-0.10
 
24,252
3.21
 
28,898
3.32
 
19.16
4,646
4.06
 
2,084
0.28
 
1,944
0.22
 
-6.72
-140
-0.12
 
2,835
0.38
 
2,266
0.26
 
-20.07
-569
-0.50
 
149,068
19.72
 
190,496
21.89
 
27.79
41,428
36.24
 
6,571
0.87
 
6,345
0.73
 
-3.44
-226
-0.20
 
12,542
1.66
 
14,112
1.62
 
12.52
1,570
1.37
 
88,872
11.76
 
106,365
12.22
 
19.68
17,493
15.30
 
3,333
0.44
 
2,958
0.34
 
-11.25
-375
-0.33
 
2,679
0.35
 
2,437
0.28
 
-9.03
-242
-0.21
 
10,004
1.32
 
10,224
1.17
 
2.20
220
0.19
 
2,658
0.35
 
2,436
0.28
 
-8.35
-222
-0.19
 
7,413
0.98
 
6,534
0.75
 
-11.86
-879
-0.77
 
2,777
0.37
 
2,890
0.33
 
4.07
113
0.10
 
1,545
0.20
 
1,440
0.17
 
-6.80
-105
-0.09
 
9,065
1.20
 
9,623
1.11
 
6.16
558
0.49
 
6,391
0.85
 
5,612
0.64
 
-12.19
-779
-0.68
 
8,845
1.17
 
8,509
0.98
 
-3.80
-336
-0.29
 
12,564
1.66
 
15,748
1.81
 
25.34
3,184
2.79
 
5,932
0.78
 
5,450
0.63
 
-8.13
-482
-0.42
 
21,616
2.86
 
23,056
2.65
 
6.66
1,440
1.26
 
2,479
0.33
 
2,550
0.29
 
2.86
71
0.06
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
755,844
100.00
 
870,163
100.00
 
15.12
114,319
100.00
 
313,998
41.54
 
414,082
47.59
 
31.87
100,084
87.55
 
441,846
58.46
 
456,081
52.41
 
3.22
14,235
12.45
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
282,162,411
 
326,623,063
 
15.76
44,460,652
 
237,948,237
 
281,262,885
 
18.20
43,314,648
 
44,214,174
 
45,360,178
 
2.59
1,146,004
Source: Calculations by the South Dakota Regional Economic Analysis Project (SD-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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