County Basics
The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.)
The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area
in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile),
density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state
capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.
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| Name | Seat | Area | (km) | Density | (km) | Pop(2000) | Pop(1990) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | Plankinton | 708 | 1,834 | 4 | 2 | 3,058 | 3,135 |
| Beadle | Huron | 1,259 | 3,262 | 15 | 6 | 17,023 | 18,253 |
| Bennett | Martin | 1,185 | 3,070 | 3 | 1 | 3,574 | 3,206 |
| BonHomme | Tyndall | 563 | 1,459 | 13 | 5 | 7,260 | 7,089 |
| Brookings | Brookings | 795 | 2,058 | 32 | 12 | 28,220 | 25,207 |
| Brown | Aberdeen | 1,713 | 4,436 | 21 | 8 | 35,460 | 35,580 |
| Brule | Chamberlain | 819 | 2,121 | 7 | 3 | 5,364 | 5,485 |
| Buffalo | Gannvalley | 471 | 1,219 | 4 | 1 | 2,032 | 1,759 |
| Butte | Belle Fourche | 2,249 | 5,824 | 4 | 1 | 9,094 | 7,914 |
| Campbell | Mound City | 736 | 1,906 | 3 | 1 | 1,782 | 1,965 |
| Charles Mix | Lake Andes | 1,098 | 2,845 | 8 | 3 | 9,350 | 9,131 |
| Clark | Clark | 958 | 2,481 | 5 | 2 | 4,143 | 4,403 |
| Clay | Vermillion | 412 | 1,066 | 32 | 12 | 13,537 | 13,186 |
| Codington | Watertown | 688 | 1,781 | 33 | 13 | 25,897 | 22,698 |
| Corson | McIntosh | 2,473 | 6,405 | 2 | 1 | 4,181 | 4,195 |
| Custer | Custer | 1,558 | 4,035 | 4 | 2 | 7,275 | 6,179 |
| Davison | Mitchell | 436 | 1,128 | 40 | 16 | 18,741 | 17,503 |
| Day | Webster | 1,029 | 2,664 | 7 | 3 | 6,267 | 6,978 |
| Deuel | Clear Lake | 624 | 1,615 | 7 | 3 | 4,498 | 4,522 |
| Dewey | Timber Lake | 2,303 | 5,964 | 2 | 1 | 5,972 | 5,523 |
| Douglas | Armour | 434 | 1,123 | 9 | 3 | 3,458 | 3,746 |
| Edmunds | Ipswich | 1,146 | 2,967 | 4 | 2 | 4,367 | 4,356 |
| Fall River | Hot Springs | 1,740 | 4,506 | 4 | 2 | 7,453 | 7,353 |
| Faulk | Faulkton | 1,000 | 2,591 | 3 | 1 | 2,640 | 2,744 |
| Grant | Milbank | 683 | 1,768 | 12 | 5 | 7,847 | 8,372 |
| Gregory | Burke | 1,016 | 2,631 | 5 | 2 | 4,792 | 5,359 |
| Haakon | Philip | 1,813 | 4,696 | 1 | 1 | 2,196 | 2,624 |
| Hamlin | Hayti | 511 | 1,324 | 10 | 4 | 5,540 | 4,974 |
| Hand | Miller | 1,437 | 3,721 | 3 | 1 | 3,741 | 4,272 |
| Hanson | Alexandria | 435 | 1,126 | 7 | 3 | 3,139 | 2,994 |
| Harding | Buffalo | 2,671 | 6,917 | 1 | 0 | 1,353 | 1,669 |
| Hughes | Pierre | 741 | 1,919 | 20 | 8 | 16,481 | 14,817 |
| Hutchinson | Olivet | 813 | 2,106 | 10 | 4 | 8,075 | 8,262 |
| Hyde | Highmore | 861 | 2,230 | 2 | 1 | 1,671 | 1,696 |
| Jackson | Kadoka | 1,869 | 4,842 | 2 | 1 | 2,930 | 2,811 |
| Jerauld | Wessington Springs | 530 | 1,373 | 5 | 2 | 2,295 | 2,425 |
| Jones | Murdo | 971 | 2,514 | 1 | 1 | 1,193 | 1,324 |
| Kingsbury | De Smet | 838 | 2,172 | 7 | 3 | 5,815 | 5,925 |
| Lake | Madison | 563 | 1,459 | 19 | 7 | 11,276 | 10,550 |
| Lawrence | Deadwood | 800 | 2,072 | 26 | 10 | 21,802 | 20,655 |
| Lincoln | Canton | 578 | 1,497 | 27 | 10 | 24,131 | 15,427 |
| Lyman | Kennebec | 1,640 | 4,248 | 2 | 1 | 3,895 | 3,638 |
| Marshall | Britton | 839 | 2,173 | 6 | 2 | 4,576 | 4,844 |
| McCook | Salem | 575 | 1,488 | 10 | 4 | 5,832 | 5,688 |
| McPherson | Leola | 1,137 | 2,945 | 3 | 1 | 2,904 | 3,228 |
| Meade | Sturgis | 3,471 | 8,990 | 6 | 2 | 24,253 | 21,878 |
| Mellette | White River | 1,307 | 3,384 | 2 | 1 | 2,083 | 2,137 |
| Miner | Howard | 570 | 1,477 | 6 | 2 | 2,884 | 3,272 |
| Minnehaha | Sioux Falls | 809 | 2,096 | 153 | 59 | 148,281 | 123,809 |
| Moody | Flandreau | 520 | 1,346 | 13 | 5 | 6,595 | 6,507 |
| Pennington | Rapid City | 2,776 | 7,191 | 29 | 11 | 88,565 | 81,343 |
| Perkins | Bison | 2,872 | 7,438 | 1 | 1 | 3,363 | 3,932 |
| Potter | Gettysburg | 867 | 2,244 | 4 | 1 | 2,693 | 3,190 |
| Roberts | Sisseton | 1,101 | 2,853 | 9 | 4 | 10,016 | 9,914 |
| Sanborn | Woonsocket | 569 | 1,474 | 5 | 2 | 2,675 | 2,833 |
| Shannon | Hot Springs | 2,094 | 5,423 | 5 | 2 | 12,466 | 9,902 |
| Spink | Redfield | 1,504 | 3,895 | 5 | 2 | 7,454 | 7,981 |
| Stanley | Fort Pierre | 1,443 | 3,738 | 2 | 1 | 2,772 | 2,453 |
| Sully | Onida | 1,007 | 2,608 | 2 | 1 | 1,556 | 1,589 |
| Todd | Winner | 1,388 | 3,596 | 6 | 2 | 9,050 | 8,352 |
| Tripp | Winner | 1,614 | 4,179 | 4 | 2 | 6,430 | 6,924 |
| Turner | Parker | 617 | 1,598 | 14 | 5 | 8,849 | 8,576 |
| Union | Elk Point | 460 | 1,192 | 22 | 9 | 12,584 | 10,189 |
| Walworth | Selby | 708 | 1,833 | 9 | 3 | 5,974 | 6,087 |
| Yankton | Yankton | 522 | 1,351 | 37 | 14 | 21,652 | 19,252 |
| Ziebach | Dupree | 1,963 | 5,083 | 1 | 0 | 2,519 | 2,220 |
Race
The table below lists the population of various ethnic
and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian,
Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American,
Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two
or more races, and Hispanic.
| County | Native | White | Black | Asian | PI | Other | Race2 | Hisp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 59 | 2,926 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 17 | 64 |
| Beadle | 161 | 16,501 | 118 | 52 | 3 | 44 | 144 | 155 |
| Bennett | 1,861 | 1,462 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 228 | 72 |
| BonHomme | 217 | 6,934 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 45 | 42 |
| Brookings | 254 | 27,194 | 87 | 377 | 11 | 86 | 211 | 247 |
| Brown | 964 | 33,854 | 100 | 142 | 31 | 63 | 306 | 237 |
| Brule | 444 | 4,823 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 26 |
| Buffalo | 1,658 | 332 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 18 |
| Butte | 150 | 8,687 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 99 | 127 | 266 |
| Campbell | 6 | 1,770 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Charles Mix | 2,644 | 6,512 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 44 | 128 | 177 |
| Clark | 25 | 4,087 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 |
| Clay | 360 | 12,560 | 135 | 264 | 2 | 39 | 177 | 120 |
| Codington | 365 | 25,054 | 35 | 73 | 4 | 148 | 218 | 274 |
| Corson | 2,542 | 1,555 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 89 |
| Custer | 227 | 6,851 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 137 | 110 |
| Davison | 371 | 18,034 | 51 | 80 | 4 | 56 | 145 | 130 |
| Day | 464 | 5,719 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 59 | 24 |
| Deuel | 13 | 4,431 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 34 |
| Dewey | 4,429 | 1,442 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 85 | 51 |
| Douglas | 34 | 3,391 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 13 |
| Edmunds | 11 | 4,332 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| Fall River | 451 | 6,746 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 189 | 130 |
| Faulk | 4 | 2,626 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Grant | 34 | 7,738 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 31 | 25 | 43 |
| Gregory | 268 | 4,465 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 41 |
| Haakon | 55 | 2,117 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 |
| Hamlin | 32 | 5,456 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 35 |
| Hand | 5 | 3,715 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 |
| Hanson | 3 | 3,124 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Harding | 10 | 1,321 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| Hughes | 1,434 | 14,654 | 31 | 66 | 3 | 51 | 242 | 201 |
| Hutchinson | 46 | 7,980 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 42 |
| Hyde | 133 | 1,522 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| Jackson | 1,402 | 1,467 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 12 |
| Jerauld | 13 | 2,272 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Jones | 29 | 1,143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 |
| Kingsbury | 23 | 5,730 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 40 |
| Lake | 74 | 11,023 | 23 | 61 | 1 | 37 | 57 | 89 |
| Lawrence | 476 | 20,884 | 51 | 72 | 11 | 73 | 235 | 396 |
| Lincoln | 128 | 23,539 | 82 | 112 | 4 | 70 | 196 | 169 |
| Lyman | 1,296 | 2,522 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 18 |
| Marshall | 289 | 4,237 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 35 |
| McCook | 21 | 5,766 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 45 |
| McPherson | 8 | 2,885 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Meade | 495 | 22,471 | 360 | 153 | 16 | 147 | 611 | 509 |
| Mellette | 1,092 | 932 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 35 |
| Miner | 9 | 2,848 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Minnehaha | 2,748 | 137,941 | 2,246 | 1,493 | 76 | 1,536 | 2,241 | 3,187 |
| Moody | 792 | 5,600 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 50 |
| Pennington | 7,162 | 76,789 | 755 | 776 | 54 | 605 | 2,424 | 2,341 |
| Perkins | 55 | 3,250 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 25 |
| Potter | 22 | 2,643 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 |
| Roberts | 2,991 | 6,840 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 63 |
| Sanborn | 8 | 2,645 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Shannon | 11,743 | 562 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 114 | 177 |
| Spink | 110 | 7,272 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 29 |
| Stanley | 136 | 2,579 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 12 |
| Sully | 12 | 1,522 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 |
| Todd | 7,747 | 1,138 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 125 | 138 |
| Tripp | 720 | 5,625 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 55 |
| Turner | 24 | 8,748 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 36 |
| Union | 46 | 12,187 | 42 | 168 | 1 | 30 | 110 | 158 |
| Walworth | 703 | 5,172 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 36 |
| Yankton | 354 | 20,592 | 252 | 92 | 4 | 160 | 198 | 395 |
| Ziebach | 1,821 | 665 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 25 |
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