Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2023
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, the Death Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 9.33. Among all South Dakota counties, Faulk County had the highest death rate (20.23), followed by Mellette County (18.87), and Fall River County (18.86).
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), 2023 Census.
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2023
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Faulk County | 20.23 |
| 2 | Mellette County | 18.87 |
| 3 | Fall River County | 18.86 |
| 4 | Corson County | 18.54 |
| 5 | Dewey County | 18.52 |
| 6 | Campbell County | 17.62 |
| 7 | Day County | 16.11 |
| 8 | McPherson County | 16.05 |
| 9 | Hand County | 16.03 |
| 10 | Hyde County | 15.93 |
| 11 | Buffalo County | 15.54 |
| 12 | Kingsbury County | 14.99 |
| 13 | Perkins County | 14.92 |
| 14 | Spink County | 14.54 |
| 15 | Oglala Lakota County | 14.28 |
| 16 | Marshall County | 14 |
| 17 | Hutchinson County | 13.79 |
| 18 | Sanborn County | 13.69 |
| 19 | Aurora County | 13.29 |
| 20 | Grant County | 13.11 |
| 21 | Clark County | 12.93 |
| 22 | Potter County | 12.74 |
| 23 | Bon Homme County | 12.7 |
| 24 | Douglas County | 12.41 |
| 25 | Bennett County | 12.33 |
| 26 | McCook County | 12.26 |
| 27 | Deuel County | 12.18 |
| 28 | Todd County | 12.15 |
| 29 | Haakon County | 11.94 |
| 29 | Ziebach County | 11.94 |
| 30 | Miner County | 11.79 |
| 31 | Walworth County | 11.78 |
| 32 | Tripp County | 11.65 |
| 33 | Jones County | 11.55 |
| 34 | Jerauld County | 11.53 |
| 35 | Roberts County | 11.48 |
| 36 | Davison County | 11.15 |
| 36 | Turner County | 11.15 |
| 37 | Lyman County | 11.03 |
| 38 | Moody County | 10.77 |
| 39 | Jackson County | 10.71 |
| 40 | Stanley County | 10.57 |
| 41 | Custer County | 10.47 |
| 42 | Hughes County | 10.37 |
| 43 | Brown County | 10.32 |
| 44 | Edmunds County | 10.28 |
| 45 | Yankton County | 10.23 |
| 46 | Brule County | 9.77 |
| 47 | Lake County | 9.65 |
| 48 | Gregory County | 9.48 |
| 49 | Codington County | 9.46 |
| 50 | Sully County | 9.45 |
| 51 | Pennington County | 9.21 |
| 52 | Beadle County | 9.14 |
| 53 | Charles Mix County | 9.08 |
| 54 | Lawrence County | 8.93 |
| 55 | Butte County | 8.87 |
| 56 | Meade County | 8.51 |
| 57 | Union County | 8 |
| 58 | Hamlin County | 7.79 |
| 59 | Minnehaha County | 7.52 |
| 60 | Clay County | 7.43 |
| 61 | Hanson County | 6.65 |
| 62 | Brookings County | 6.56 |
| 63 | Lincoln County | 5.06 |
| 64 | Harding County | 4.54 |