Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2021
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, the Birth Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 12.4. Among all South Dakota counties, Jackson County had the highest birth rate (30.69), followed by Todd County (22.13), and Dewey County (22.02).
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), 2021 Census.
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2021
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| Rank | County | Birth Rate |
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| 1 | Jackson County | 30.69 |
| 2 | Todd County | 22.13 |
| 3 | Dewey County | 22.02 |
| 4 | Corson County | 21.99 |
| 5 | Hamlin County | 20.77 |
| 6 | Oglala Lakota County | 18.75 |
| 7 | Lyman County | 18.5 |
| 8 | Marshall County | 16.49 |
| 9 | Aurora County | 16.42 |
| 10 | Clark County | 16.06 |
| 11 | Buffalo County | 15.66 |
| 12 | Charles Mix County | 15.31 |
| 13 | Faulk County | 15.08 |
| 14 | Mellette County | 14.65 |
| 15 | Hyde County | 14.49 |
| 16 | Edmunds County | 14.43 |
| 17 | Douglas County | 14.17 |
| 18 | Beadle County | 14.08 |
| 19 | Kingsbury County | 14.02 |
| 20 | Deuel County | 13.72 |
| 21 | Harding County | 13.67 |
| 22 | Minnehaha County | 13.61 |
| 23 | Roberts County | 13.4 |
| 24 | McCook County | 13.16 |
| 25 | Pennington County | 13 |
| 25 | Sully County | 13 |
| 26 | Brule County | 12.76 |
| 27 | Perkins County | 12.67 |
| 28 | Grant County | 12.59 |
| 29 | Walworth County | 12.51 |
| 30 | Hanson County | 12.34 |
| 30 | Moody County | 12.34 |
| 30 | Tripp County | 12.34 |
| 31 | Butte County | 12.1 |
| 32 | Gregory County | 12.07 |
| 33 | Davison County | 11.89 |
| 34 | Ziebach County | 11.73 |
| 35 | Hughes County | 11.72 |
| 36 | Hand County | 11.55 |
| 37 | Lincoln County | 11.48 |
| 38 | Miner County | 11.27 |
| 39 | Hutchinson County | 11.08 |
| 40 | Jerauld County | 10.96 |
| 41 | Spink County | 10.95 |
| 42 | Brown County | 10.85 |
| 43 | Lake County | 10.7 |
| 44 | Bennett County | 10.61 |
| 45 | Brookings County | 10.6 |
| 46 | Yankton County | 10.59 |
| 47 | Codington County | 10.52 |
| 48 | Stanley County | 10.33 |
| 49 | Haakon County | 10.26 |
| 50 | Turner County | 10.24 |
| 51 | Sanborn County | 10.19 |
| 52 | Union County | 10.08 |
| 53 | McPherson County | 9.95 |
| 54 | Bon Homme County | 9.88 |
| 55 | Jones County | 8.89 |
| 55 | Potter County | 8.89 |
| 56 | Clay County | 8.88 |
| 57 | Meade County | 8.67 |
| 58 | Custer County | 8.01 |
| 59 | Campbell County | 7.98 |
| 60 | Lawrence County | 7.84 |
| 61 | Day County | 6.63 |
| 62 | Fall River County | 6.62 |