Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2020

Updated on June 21, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, the Birth Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 13.13. Among all South Dakota counties, Corson County had the highest birth rate (22.45), followed by Todd County (22.31), and Dewey County (21.78).

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 2020
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2020
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Rank County Birth Rate
1 Corson County 22.45
2 Todd County 22.31
3 Dewey County 21.78
4 Hamlin County 21.03
5 Jackson County 20.73
6 Oglala Lakota County 18.41
7 Lyman County 17.93
8 Clark County 17.77
9 McCook County 16.25
10 Charles Mix County 15.85
11 Buffalo County 15.74
12 Beadle County 15.56
13 Roberts County 15.53
14 Hutchinson County 15.38
15 Tripp County 15.36
16 Jones County 15.14
17 Mellette County 14.92
18 Douglas County 14.78
19 Minnehaha County 14.62
20 Aurora County 13.87
21 Lincoln County 13.75
22 Sanborn County 13.71
23 Marshall County 13.68
24 Bennett County 13.6
25 Faulk County 13.44
26 Moody County 13.15
27 Davison County 13.11
28 Perkins County 13.06
29 Pennington County 13.02
30 Deuel County 12.9
31 Butte County 12.88
32 Hughes County 12.87
33 Spink County 12.74
34 Hanson County 12.66
35 Jerauld County 12.5
36 Hyde County 12.42
37 Brule County 12.41
38 Kingsbury County 12.33
39 Brown County 12.29
40 Harding County 12.22
41 Walworth County 12.09
42 Brookings County 11.79
43 Gregory County 11.66
44 Sully County 11.56
45 Ziebach County 11.36
46 Day County 11.34
47 Stanley County 11.2
48 Codington County 10.98
49 Yankton County 10.88
50 Union County 10.87
51 Miner County 10.85
52 Turner County 10.79
53 Grant County 10.78
54 McPherson County 10.52
55 Bon Homme County 10.32
56 Potter County 10.2
57 Edmunds County 10.16
58 Lake County 9.66
59 Hand County 9.53
60 Clay County 9.17
61 Haakon County 9.12
62 Meade County 8.87
63 Campbell County 8.7
64 Lawrence County 7.83
65 Custer County 7.69
66 Fall River County 6.87