Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Number of Deaths in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Number of Deaths for South Dakota was 8.07K. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest number of deaths (1.44K), followed by Pennington County (942), and Brown County (365).

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 Number of Deaths in 2017
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Number of Deaths in 2017
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Minnehaha County 1442
2 Pennington County 942
3 Brown County 365
4 Lincoln County 276
5 Lawrence County 254
6 Codington County 253
7 Yankton County 243
8 Meade County 218
9 Davison County 214
10 Brookings County 204
11 Beadle County 203
12 Hughes County 170
13 Oglala Lakota County 162
14 Lake County 139
15 Fall River County 124
16 Union County 123
17 Turner County 118
18 Hutchinson County 115
19 Charles Mix County 107
20 Butte County 106
20 Roberts County 106
21 Clay County 103
22 Todd County 101
23 Custer County 100
24 Tripp County 97
25 Day County 91
25 Walworth County 91
26 Grant County 90
27 Kingsbury County 77
27 Spink County 77
28 Bon Homme County 67
28 Hamlin County 67
29 McCook County 64
30 Dewey County 62
31 Brule County 61
32 Marshall County 56
33 Gregory County 54
33 Moody County 54
34 Edmunds County 52
35 Corson County 50
35 Deuel County 50
36 Bennett County 46
37 Douglas County 44
37 McPherson County 44
38 Hand County 42
39 Clark County 38
40 Jackson County 36
41 Perkins County 34
41 Potter County 34
42 Jerauld County 33
42 Lyman County 33
42 Miner County 33
43 Mellette County 32
44 Stanley County 31
45 Buffalo County 29
46 Haakon County 28
47 Hyde County 27
48 Faulk County 26
49 Hanson County 25
50 Aurora County 24
50 Sanborn County 24
51 Ziebach County 19
52 Campbell County 16
53 Jones County 13
54 Harding County 10
55 Sully County 6