Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Birth Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 13.86. Among all South Dakota counties, Jackson County had the highest birth rate (25.63), followed by Dewey County (25.34), and Todd County (23.12).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2018
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2018
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Rank County Birth Rate
1 Jackson County 25.63
2 Dewey County 25.34
3 Todd County 23.12
4 Corson County 21.14
5 Bennett County 20.2
6 Oglala Lakota County 20.06
7 Douglas County 19.89
8 Mellette County 19.03
9 Hamlin County 18.61
10 Clark County 18.38
11 Charles Mix County 16.78
12 Tripp County 16.47
13 McCook County 16.19
14 Lyman County 16.18
15 Aurora County 15.9
16 Roberts County 15.81
17 Buffalo County 15.79
18 Minnehaha County 15.53
19 Marshall County 15.35
20 Beadle County 14.96
21 Hutchinson County 14.62
22 Miner County 14.51
23 Kingsbury County 14.46
24 Lincoln County 14.31
25 Faulk County 14.21
26 Brule County 13.73
27 Pennington County 13.67
28 Haakon County 13.66
29 Gregory County 13.57
30 Butte County 13.54
31 Brookings County 13.15
32 Hughes County 13.12
32 Moody County 13.12
33 Perkins County 12.97
34 Grant County 12.87
35 Walworth County 12.81
36 Brown County 12.75
37 Davison County 12.63
38 Yankton County 12.44
39 Day County 12.38
40 Union County 12.29
41 Turner County 12.23
42 Deuel County 12.07
43 Sanborn County 12.02
44 Hand County 11.99
45 Stanley County 11.96
46 Jones County 11.94
47 Hyde County 11.7
48 Codington County 11.51
49 Hanson County 11.5
50 Spink County 11.24
51 Harding County 11.22
52 Sully County 10.82
53 Bon Homme County 10.09
54 Meade County 9.98
55 Clay County 9.84
56 Lake County 9.67
57 Potter County 9.5
58 Campbell County 9.46
59 Ziebach County 9.44
60 Lawrence County 9.12
61 Jerauld County 8.92
62 Edmunds County 8.5
63 McPherson County 8.32
64 Custer County 8.2
65 Fall River County 7.3