Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, the Birth Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 14.23. Among all South Dakota counties, Dewey County had the highest birth rate (27.85), followed by Todd County (25.22), and Bennett County (23.89).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.
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Related Topics: South Dakota Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2016 Census.
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2016
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| Rank | County | Birth Rate |
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| 1 | Dewey County | 27.85 |
| 2 | Todd County | 25.22 |
| 3 | Bennett County | 23.89 |
| 4 | Buffalo County | 23.71 |
| 5 | Lyman County | 22.37 |
| 6 | Oglala Lakota County | 21.05 |
| 7 | Corson County | 19.59 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 18.62 |
| 9 | Hamlin County | 18.33 |
| 10 | Aurora County | 17.76 |
| 11 | Charles Mix County | 17.63 |
| 12 | Beadle County | 17.52 |
| 13 | Roberts County | 17.16 |
| 14 | Mellette County | 17.08 |
| 15 | Clark County | 17.02 |
| 16 | Hutchinson County | 16.99 |
| 17 | Minnehaha County | 16.41 |
| 18 | McCook County | 15.82 |
| 19 | Douglas County | 15.02 |
| 19 | Stanley County | 15.02 |
| 20 | Marshall County | 14.9 |
| 21 | Sanborn County | 14.83 |
| 22 | Tripp County | 14.28 |
| 23 | Pennington County | 13.68 |
| 24 | Lincoln County | 13.67 |
| 25 | Potter County | 13.6 |
| 26 | Miner County | 13.51 |
| 27 | Walworth County | 13.42 |
| 28 | Harding County | 13.41 |
| 29 | Kingsbury County | 13.31 |
| 30 | Codington County | 13.29 |
| 31 | Brown County | 13.24 |
| 32 | Brookings County | 13.04 |
| 33 | Davison County | 13.01 |
| 34 | Faulk County | 12.97 |
| 35 | Hughes County | 12.96 |
| 36 | Moody County | 12.82 |
| 37 | Yankton County | 12.52 |
| 38 | Haakon County | 12.32 |
| 39 | Union County | 12.29 |
| 40 | Gregory County | 11.97 |
| 41 | Jones County | 11.92 |
| 42 | Brule County | 11.69 |
| 43 | Clay County | 11.16 |
| 44 | Grant County | 11.08 |
| 45 | Hyde County | 11.04 |
| 46 | Turner County | 10.98 |
| 47 | Hanson County | 10.93 |
| 48 | Meade County | 10.86 |
| 49 | Butte County | 10.81 |
| 50 | Perkins County | 10.77 |
| 51 | Deuel County | 10.74 |
| 52 | Lake County | 10.73 |
| 53 | Day County | 10.71 |
| 54 | Edmunds County | 10.33 |
| 55 | Lawrence County | 10.19 |
| 56 | Bon Homme County | 9.94 |
| 57 | Spink County | 9.82 |
| 58 | Ziebach County | 9.81 |
| 59 | Hand County | 9.42 |
| 60 | Sully County | 9.25 |
| 61 | Jerauld County | 8.94 |
| 62 | Fall River County | 8.24 |
| 63 | Custer County | 8.2 |
| 64 | McPherson County | 7.9 |
| 65 | Campbell County | 7.14 |