Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Death Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 9.3. Among all South Dakota counties, Hyde County had the highest death rate (20.54), followed by Fall River County (18.4), and McPherson County (18.27).
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), 2017 Census.
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Hyde County | 20.54 |
| 2 | Fall River County | 18.4 |
| 3 | McPherson County | 18.27 |
| 4 | Tripp County | 17.72 |
| 5 | Walworth County | 16.62 |
| 6 | Day County | 16.53 |
| 7 | Jerauld County | 16.39 |
| 8 | Hutchinson County | 15.67 |
| 9 | Kingsbury County | 15.57 |
| 10 | Mellette County | 15.47 |
| 11 | Potter County | 15.19 |
| 12 | Douglas County | 15.11 |
| 13 | Miner County | 14.89 |
| 14 | Haakon County | 14.73 |
| 15 | Buffalo County | 14.33 |
| 16 | Turner County | 14.26 |
| 17 | Jones County | 14.08 |
| 18 | Bennett County | 13.32 |
| 19 | Edmunds County | 13.25 |
| 20 | Gregory County | 12.91 |
| 21 | Hand County | 12.83 |
| 22 | Grant County | 12.5 |
| 23 | Corson County | 12.07 |
| 24 | Spink County | 11.85 |
| 25 | Deuel County | 11.7 |
| 26 | Brule County | 11.62 |
| 27 | Campbell County | 11.59 |
| 28 | McCook County | 11.57 |
| 29 | Custer County | 11.52 |
| 30 | Marshall County | 11.51 |
| 31 | Perkins County | 11.49 |
| 32 | Charles Mix County | 11.4 |
| 33 | Oglala Lakota County | 11.24 |
| 34 | Hamlin County | 11.22 |
| 35 | Faulk County | 11.2 |
| 36 | Beadle County | 11.11 |
| 37 | Jackson County | 11 |
| 38 | Lake County | 10.93 |
| 39 | Davison County | 10.72 |
| 39 | Yankton County | 10.72 |
| 40 | Dewey County | 10.65 |
| 41 | Butte County | 10.47 |
| 42 | Clark County | 10.4 |
| 43 | Roberts County | 10.36 |
| 44 | Stanley County | 10.33 |
| 45 | Sanborn County | 9.98 |
| 46 | Lawrence County | 9.94 |
| 47 | Todd County | 9.81 |
| 48 | Bon Homme County | 9.64 |
| 49 | Hughes County | 9.63 |
| 50 | Brown County | 9.33 |
| 51 | Codington County | 8.99 |
| 52 | Aurora County | 8.68 |
| 53 | Pennington County | 8.57 |
| 54 | Lyman County | 8.49 |
| 55 | Moody County | 8.32 |
| 56 | Union County | 8.07 |
| 57 | Harding County | 7.97 |
| 58 | Meade County | 7.87 |
| 59 | Minnehaha County | 7.66 |
| 60 | Hanson County | 7.36 |
| 61 | Clay County | 7.34 |
| 62 | Ziebach County | 6.77 |
| 63 | Brookings County | 5.89 |
| 64 | Lincoln County | 4.96 |
| 65 | Sully County | 4.27 |