Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, the Net Migration Rate per 1K for South Dakota was 6.4. Among all South Dakota counties, Lawrence County had the highest net migration rate (31.04), followed by Lincoln County (22.79), and Buffalo County (17.68).

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 Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2023
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2023
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Rank County Net Migration Rate
1 Lawrence County 31.04
2 Lincoln County 22.79
3 Buffalo County 17.68
4 Turner County 16.39
5 Faulk County 14.11
6 Douglas County 13.83
7 Custer County 12.35
8 Dewey County 11.89
9 Fall River County 11.67
10 Perkins County 10.66
11 Pennington County 10.38
12 Haakon County 9.77
13 Brookings County 9.25
14 Stanley County 8.92
15 Aurora County 7.9
16 Minnehaha County 7.57
17 Hutchinson County 7.43
18 Lake County 7.37
19 Clay County 6.85
20 Tripp County 6.81
21 Sully County 6.75
22 Moody County 6.71
23 Meade County 6.59
24 McCook County 6.22
25 Gregory County 4.99
26 Grant County 4.63
27 Butte County 4.62
28 Codington County 4.61
29 Yankton County 4.18
30 Roberts County 3.73
31 Hand County 2.89
32 Bon Homme County 2.82
33 Miner County 2.62
34 Union County 1.87
35 Marshall County 1.84
36 Day County 0.92
37 Jerauld County 0
38 Kingsbury County -0.19
39 Hyde County -0.84
40 Brule County -1.5
41 Sanborn County -2.08
42 Davison County -2.95
43 Jones County -3.46
44 Charles Mix County -3.67
45 Deuel County -3.68
46 Walworth County -4.18
47 Beadle County -4.54
48 Hughes County -4.99
49 Clark County -5.07
50 Hamlin County -5.14
51 Hanson County -5.49
52 Edmunds County -5.87
53 Lyman County -5.92
54 Brown County -6.93
55 Campbell County -7.34
56 Spink County -9.21
57 Oglala Lakota County -9.3
58 Potter County -9.86
59 Mellette County -10.24
60 Todd County -11.28
61 Bennett County -11.43
62 Corson County -12.18
63 McPherson County -19
64 Harding County -20.43
65 Jackson County -28.55
66 Ziebach County -33.68