Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, the Birth Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 12.46. Among all South Dakota counties, Todd County had the highest birth rate (26.63), followed by Jackson County (23.86), and Hamlin County (21.97).

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 2022
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Oglala Lakota
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Birth Rate per 1K in 2022
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Rank County Birth Rate
1 Todd County 26.63
2 Jackson County 23.86
3 Hamlin County 21.97
4 Buffalo County 20.84
5 Lyman County 20.33
6 Corson County 19.37
7 Edmunds County 19.15
8 Sanborn County 17.11
9 Oglala Lakota County 16.79
10 Douglas County 16.04
11 Charles Mix County 15.31
12 Campbell County 15.3
12 McCook County 15.3
13 Bennett County 15.15
14 Faulk County 14.64
15 Lincoln County 14.46
16 Mellette County 14.34
17 Beadle County 14.32
18 Clark County 14.07
19 Minnehaha County 13.88
20 Hand County 13.85
21 Walworth County 13.49
22 Roberts County 13.47
23 Brule County 13.43
24 Dewey County 13.4
25 Aurora County 13.06
26 Hutchinson County 13.01
27 Spink County 12.96
28 Deuel County 12.94
28 Moody County 12.94
29 Marshall County 12.46
30 Pennington County 12.42
31 Butte County 12.38
32 Miner County 12.17
33 Hughes County 11.63
34 Davison County 11.57
35 Kingsbury County 11.44
36 Bon Homme County 11.36
37 Brookings County 10.98
38 Ziebach County 10.94
39 Yankton County 10.74
40 Codington County 10.73
41 Hanson County 10.62
42 Stanley County 10.58
43 Grant County 10.34
44 Gregory County 10.32
45 Brown County 10.13
46 Turner County 9.9
47 Haakon County 9.82
48 Potter County 9.75
49 McPherson County 9.54
50 Lake County 9.17
51 Jerauld County 9.13
52 Harding County 9.04
53 Day County 8.99
54 Tripp County 8.81
55 Custer County 8.49
56 Meade County 8.13
56 Union County 8.13
57 Clay County 7.82
58 Lawrence County 7.49
59 Perkins County 7.45
60 Hyde County 7.41
61 Jones County 6.87
62 Fall River County 5.89
63 Sully County 4.75