Ranking · South Dakota · Population

Largest cities in South Dakota by population.

All 310 cities in South Dakota rank by 2025 resident population (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025). Sioux Falls and Rapid City lead the state. Growth figures show the five-year change from the April 2020 census base to the July 2025 estimate — within a single vintage.

Source U.S. Census · PEP
Vintage V2025
Reference 2025-07-01
Geography South Dakota · cities reported under PEP
Coverage 310 cities
Last build 2026-06-17

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All 310 cities in South Dakota by 2025 population.
Rank	City	2025 pop	2020 base	5-yr Δ	5-yr Δ %
#1	Sioux Falls	213,748	192,737	21,011	+10.9%
#2	Rapid City	80,589	74,735	5,854	+7.8%
#3	Aberdeen	27,961	28,479	-518	-1.8%
#4	Brookings	25,355	23,379	1,976	+8.5%
#5	Watertown	23,736	22,653	1,083	+4.8%
#6	Yankton	15,816	15,439	377	+2.4%
#7	Mitchell	15,756	15,677	79	+0.5%
#8	Huron	14,607	14,255	352	+2.5%
#9	Spearfish	14,154	12,211	1,943	+15.9%
#10	Box Elder	13,936	11,854	2,082	+17.6%
#11	Pierre	13,848	14,093	-245	-1.7%
#12	Vermillion	11,720	11,702	18	+0.2%
#13	Brandon	11,306	11,036	270	+2.4%
#14	Harrisburg	10,405	6,736	3,669	+54.5%
#15	Tea	8,019	5,618	2,401	+42.7%
#16	Sturgis	6,922	7,093	-171	-2.4%
#17	Madison	6,065	6,192	-127	-2.1%
#18	Belle Fourche	5,791	5,626	165	+2.9%
#19	Dell Rapids	3,852	3,976	-124	-3.1%
#20	Hot Springs	3,670	3,393	277	+8.2%
#21	Hartford	3,635	3,347	288	+8.6%
#22	Milbank	3,512	3,546	-34	-1.0%
#23	Mobridge	3,192	3,264	-72	-2.2%
#24	Lead	3,064	2,979	85	+2.9%
#25	North Sioux City	3,036	3,048	-12	-0.4%
#26	Summerset	3,030	2,970	60	+2.0%
#27	Canton	3,001	3,069	-68	-2.2%
#28	Winner	2,969	2,914	55	+1.9%
#29	Lennox	2,657	2,419	238	+9.8%
#30	Volga	2,458	2,105	353	+16.8%
#31	Chamberlain	2,453	2,475	-22	-0.9%
#32	Sisseton	2,413	2,479	-66	-2.7%
#33	Flandreau	2,396	2,376	20	+0.8%
#34	Fort Pierre	2,166	2,120	46	+2.2%
#35	Redfield	2,114	2,214	-100	-4.5%
#36	Beresford	2,105	2,175	-70	-3.2%
#37	Elk Point	2,080	2,147	-67	-3.1%
#38	Springfield	1,926	1,917	9	+0.5%
#39	Custer	1,803	1,943	-140	-7.2%
#40	Webster	1,681	1,728	-47	-2.7%
#41	Parkston	1,540	1,560	-20	-1.3%
#42	Wagner	1,422	1,492	-70	-4.7%
#43	Crooks	1,415	1,362	53	+3.9%
#44	Deadwood	1,360	1,149	211	+18.4%
#45	Salem	1,357	1,333	24	+1.8%
#46	Parker	1,349	1,197	152	+12.7%
#47	Baltic	1,344	1,241	103	+8.3%
#48	Groton	1,337	1,385	-48	-3.5%
#49	Miller	1,313	1,345	-32	-2.4%
#50	Freeman	1,305	1,335	-30	-2.2%
#51	Aurora	1,286	1,049	237	+22.6%
#52	Eagle Butte	1,269	1,255	14	+1.1%
#53	Gregory	1,250	1,215	35	+2.9%
#54	Piedmont	1,245	1,302	-57	-4.4%
#55	Platte	1,230	1,289	-59	-4.6%
#56	Clear Lake	1,220	1,221	-1	-0.1%
#57	Britton	1,199	1,208	-9	-0.7%
#58	Clark	1,183	1,146	37	+3.2%
#59	Garretson	1,174	1,223	-49	-4.0%
#60	Lemmon	1,158	1,154	4	+0.3%
#61	Tyndall	1,117	1,056	61	+5.8%
#62	Mission	1,101	1,153	-52	-4.5%
#63	Gettysburg	1,049	1,104	-55	-5.0%
#64	De Smet	1,032	1,064	-32	-3.0%
#65	Centerville	984	922	62	+6.7%
#66	Whitewood	981	893	88	+9.9%
#67	Hill City	938	873	65	+7.4%
#68	Ipswich	935	927	8	+0.9%
#69	Martin	930	942	-12	-1.3%
#70	Worthing	927	927	0	0.0%
#71	Arlington	926	920	6	+0.7%
#72	Marion	895	848	47	+5.5%
#73	Valley Springs	889	880	9	+1.0%
#74	Viborg	853	812	41	+5.0%
#75	Howard	838	855	-17	-2.0%
#76	Faulkton	827	826	1	+0.1%
#77	Scotland	804	792	12	+1.5%
#78	Elkton	799	759	40	+5.3%
#79	Estelline	792	748	44	+5.9%
#80	Plankinton	777	767	10	+1.3%
#81	Alcester	776	825	-49	-5.9%
#82	Eureka	775	810	-35	-4.3%
#83	Edgemont	770	730	40	+5.5%
#84	Wessington Springs	753	771	-18	-2.3%
#85	Philip	740	764	-24	-3.1%
#86	Castlewood	739	700	39	+5.6%
#87	Armour	725	693	32	+4.6%
#88	Colman	696	637	59	+9.3%
#89	Colton	687	737	-50	-6.8%
#89	Lake Andes	687	717	-30	-4.2%
#91	Wall	668	694	-26	-3.7%
#92	Canistota	664	631	33	+5.2%
#93	Alexandria	655	651	4	+0.6%
#94	Lake Norden	651	557	94	+16.9%
#95	Woonsocket	649	632	17	+2.7%
#96	Onida	640	664	-24	-3.6%
#97	Highmore	634	675	-41	-6.1%
#98	Avon	623	593	30	+5.1%
#99	Menno	622	617	5	+0.8%
#100	Lake Preston	605	586	19	+3.2%
#101	Selby	600	612	-12	-2.0%
#102	New Underwood	594	598	-4	-0.7%
#103	Burke	590	594	-4	-0.7%
#104	White River	588	537	51	+9.5%
#105	Kimball	578	568	10	+1.8%
#106	White	571	534	37	+6.9%
#107	Newell	570	576	-6	-1.0%
#108	Humboldt	569	579	-10	-1.7%
#109	Corsica	564	564	0	0.0%
#110	Tripp	563	572	-9	-1.6%
#111	McLaughlin	551	568	-17	-3.0%
#112	Timber Lake	548	514	34	+6.6%
#113	Kadoka	518	544	-26	-4.8%
#114	Bridgewater	517	511	6	+1.2%
#115	Dupree	492	495	-3	-0.6%
#116	Bryant	488	470	18	+3.8%
#117	Hayti	482	384	98	+25.5%
#117	Murdo	482	474	8	+1.7%
#119	Montrose	476	466	10	+2.1%
#120	Bowdle	474	468	6	+1.3%
#120	Waubay	474	474	0	0.0%
#122	Wolsey	471	458	13	+2.8%
#123	Emery	465	484	-19	-3.9%
#124	Presho	463	475	-12	-2.5%
#125	Mount Vernon	462	459	3	+0.7%
#126	St. Francis	449	471	-22	-4.7%
#126	Warner	449	474	-25	-5.3%
#128	Jefferson	448	473	-25	-5.3%
#129	Irene	439	428	11	+2.6%
#130	Wilmot	423	434	-11	-2.5%
#131	Herreid	415	416	-1	-0.2%
#132	Tabor	413	408	5	+1.2%
#133	Leola	411	434	-23	-5.3%
#134	White Lake	410	400	10	+2.5%
#135	Big Stone City	406	412	-6	-1.5%
#136	Hurley	391	377	14	+3.7%
#136	Oacoma	391	386	5	+1.3%
#138	Gayville	375	389	-14	-3.6%
#139	Hermosa	370	384	-14	-3.6%
#139	Rosholt	370	382	-12	-3.1%
#141	Ethan	363	359	4	+1.1%
#142	Buffalo	358	351	7	+2.0%
#143	Hoven	355	380	-25	-6.6%
#144	Faith	347	373	-26	-7.0%
#145	Hudson	342	314	28	+8.9%
#146	Florence	338	335	3	+0.9%
#146	Wakonda	338	346	-8	-2.3%
#148	Colome	337	330	7	+2.1%
#149	Blunt	330	342	-12	-3.5%
#150	Chancellor	322	299	23	+7.7%
#151	Stickney	319	321	-2	-0.6%
#152	Veblen	313	318	-5	-1.6%
#153	Bison	308	304	4	+1.3%
#154	Iroquois	294	297	-3	-1.0%
#155	Kennebec	282	279	3	+1.1%
#156	Roscoe	281	278	3	+1.1%
#157	Bristol	278	286	-8	-2.8%
#158	Langford	276	277	-1	-0.4%
#158	Summit	276	286	-10	-3.5%
#160	Willow Lake	271	265	6	+2.3%
#161	Keystone	268	247	21	+8.5%
#162	Henry	266	256	10	+3.9%
#163	Bonesteel	257	255	2	+0.8%
#164	Egan	251	241	10	+4.1%
#165	Pickstown	248	227	21	+9.3%
#166	Trent	242	206	36	+17.5%
#167	Gary	238	235	3	+1.3%
#167	Pukwana	238	231	7	+3.0%
#169	New Effington	226	234	-8	-3.4%
#169	Pollock	226	225	1	+0.4%
#171	Bruce	219	211	8	+3.8%
#172	Alpena	215	211	4	+1.9%
#173	Nisland	206	205	1	+0.5%
#173	Tulare	206	211	-5	-2.4%
#175	Frederick	205	213	-8	-3.8%
#176	Wessington	201	196	5	+2.6%
#177	Toronto	198	199	-1	-0.5%
#178	Doland	196	202	-6	-3.0%
#179	Mellette	194	200	-6	-3.0%
#180	Hecla	190	199	-9	-4.5%
#181	South Shore	189	190	-1	-0.5%
#182	Mission Hill	187	194	-7	-3.6%
#183	Roslyn	182	185	-3	-1.6%
#184	Peever	172	177	-5	-2.8%
#184	Wentworth	172	182	-10	-5.5%
#186	Kranzburg	166	163	3	+1.8%
#187	Monroe	164	157	7	+4.5%
#188	Ramona	163	160	3	+1.9%
#189	Isabel	162	145	17	+11.7%
#189	St. Lawrence	162	165	-3	-1.8%
#191	Dimock	159	137	22	+16.1%
#192	Letcher	158	155	3	+1.9%
#193	Hosmer	157	157	0	0.0%
#193	Volin	157	158	-1	-0.6%
#195	Buffalo Gap	155	127	28	+22.0%
#195	Columbia	155	158	-3	-1.9%
#197	Delmont	154	155	-1	-0.6%
#197	Goodwin	154	146	8	+5.5%
#199	Geddes	150	157	-7	-4.5%
#200	Conde	139	144	-5	-3.5%
#200	Spencer	139	137	2	+1.5%
#202	Badger	137	130	7	+5.4%
#203	Northville	135	139	-4	-2.9%
#204	Artesian	133	131	2	+1.5%
#205	Frankfort	132	136	-4	-2.9%
#206	Astoria	131	134	-3	-2.2%
#206	Cavour	131	126	5	+4.0%
#208	Carthage	127	131	-4	-3.1%
#208	Oelrichs	127	118	9	+7.6%
#208	Reliance	127	128	-1	-0.8%
#211	Pierpont	125	131	-6	-4.6%
#212	Oldham	121	122	-1	-0.8%
#213	Brandt	119	115	4	+3.5%
#213	Java	119	122	-3	-2.5%
#215	Central City	112	97	15	+15.5%
#216	Hitchcock	111	109	2	+1.8%
#217	Lesterville	110	110	0	0.0%
#218	McIntosh	109	114	-5	-4.4%
#219	Claremont	107	109	-2	-1.8%
#219	Yale	107	105	2	+1.9%
#221	Glenham	106	109	-3	-2.8%
#222	Hazel	105	103	2	+1.9%
#222	Midland	105	110	-5	-4.5%
#224	Ashton	104	106	-2	-1.9%
#224	Cresbard	104	99	5	+5.1%
#224	Pringle	104	111	-7	-6.3%
#227	Sinai	102	94	8	+8.5%
#227	Stockholm	102	101	1	+1.0%
#229	Fairfax	100	97	3	+3.1%
#230	Harrold	96	100	-4	-4.0%
#230	Revillo	96	99	-3	-3.0%
#232	Wallace	95	94	1	+1.1%
#233	Canova	92	92	0	0.0%
#234	Eden	91	92	-1	-1.1%
#235	Brentford	86	87	-1	-1.1%
#236	Fulton	85	84	1	+1.2%
#237	Dallas	83	84	-1	-1.2%
#238	Akaska	81	76	5	+6.6%
#238	Claire City	81	83	-2	-2.4%
#238	Westport	81	85	-4	-4.7%
#241	Fruitdale	80	73	7	+9.6%
#242	Herrick	77	77	0	0.0%
#242	Sherman	77	76	1	+1.3%
#244	Bushnell	76	72	4	+5.6%
#245	Batesland	73	76	-3	-3.9%
#246	Corona	72	66	6	+9.1%
#247	Agar	71	67	4	+6.0%
#247	Andover	71	68	3	+4.4%
#247	Dante	71	70	1	+1.4%
#247	Ravinia	71	69	2	+2.9%
#251	Bradley	69	64	5	+7.8%
#251	Camp Crook	69	59	10	+16.9%
#251	Fairburn	69	57	12	+21.1%
#251	Utica	69	71	-2	-2.8%
#255	Mound City	65	65	0	0.0%
#255	Strandburg	65	65	0	0.0%
#257	Fairview	63	63	0	0.0%
#257	Interior	63	67	-4	-6.0%
#259	La Bolt	62	62	0	0.0%
#259	Olivet	62	64	-2	-3.1%
#261	Quinn	61	61	0	0.0%
#262	Wasta	60	63	-3	-4.8%
#263	Ree Heights	59	59	0	0.0%
#264	Stratford	58	59	-1	-1.7%
#265	Davis	57	55	2	+3.6%
#265	Raymond	57	54	3	+5.6%
#267	Brant Lake	56	58	-2	-3.4%
#268	New Witten	55	54	1	+1.9%
#268	Ortley	55	51	4	+7.8%
#270	Orient	54	51	3	+5.9%
#270	Turton	54	56	-2	-3.6%
#270	Vienna	54	50	4	+8.0%
#273	Lane	52	51	1	+2.0%
#274	Grenville	48	47	1	+2.1%
#274	Wood	48	42	6	+14.3%
#276	Twin Brooks	47	47	0	0.0%
#277	Nunda	46	45	1	+2.2%
#278	Draper	44	46	-2	-4.3%
#278	Lake City	44	43	1	+2.3%
#280	Morristown	43	44	-1	-2.3%
#281	Ward	42	33	9	+27.3%
#282	Erwin	41	39	2	+5.1%
#282	Naples	41	40	1	+2.5%
#284	Belvidere	40	42	-2	-4.8%
#285	Dolton	39	35	4	+11.4%
#286	Tolstoy	38	39	-1	-2.6%
#287	Altamont	36	34	2	+5.9%
#287	Garden City	36	34	2	+5.9%
#289	Lebanon	32	33	-1	-3.0%
#290	Broadland	27	27	0	0.0%
#290	Long Lake	27	27	0	0.0%
#292	Virgil	25	25	0	0.0%
#293	Seneca	24	23	1	+4.3%
#294	Vilas	23	24	-1	-4.2%
#295	Hetland	20	20	0	0.0%
#295	Rockham	20	19	1	+5.3%
#297	Chelsea	19	19	0	0.0%
#297	Marvin	19	18	1	+5.6%
#299	Farmer	16	16	0	0.0%
#300	Onaka	14	13	1	+7.7%
#300	Wetonka	14	15	-1	-6.7%
#302	Bancroft	13	12	1	+8.3%
#303	Artas	10	10	0	0.0%
#304	Cottonwood	9	10	-1	-10.0%
#305	Albee	8	8	0	0.0%
#306	White Rock	7	7	0	0.0%
#307	Verdon	6	6	0	0.0%
#308	Lowry	5	5	0	0.0%
#309	Butler	4	4	0	0.0%
#310	Hillsview	1	1	0	0.0%

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2025 population

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation: Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.

Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.

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2020 Census base population

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation: Copied from the Vintage 2025 April 1, 2020 base and joined by Census GEOID.

Known limit: This is the PEP base for the 2020s estimate series; do not mix it with older PEP vintages as if they were one continuous methodology.

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Population change

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records, using values inside the same Vintage 2025 release.
Transformation: Computed as a displayed-year estimate minus the comparison-year estimate from the same vintage, then ranked or filtered as needed.

Known limit: Annual estimates can be revised with each vintage; this is not a decennial count or net-migration table.

Methodology Original source

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Population rank

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Included Census place/consolidated-city universe after the site inclusion rules are applied.
Transformation: Ranks are computed from the site CSV with standard competition ranking, so ties share a rank and the next rank is skipped.

Known limit: Ranks are only within this city/place universe, not all counties, CDPs, metros, or total U.S. population.

Methodology Original source

Methodology · South Dakota population ranking

South Dakota cities ranked by Census Vintage 2025 estimates.

South Dakota ranking uses Census Vintage 2025 Population Estimates Program data as of July 1, 2025. Ranks are state-scoped, using standard competition ranking ("1224"): tied cities share the lower rank and the next rank is skipped. Growth shown is 2020 base → 2025 — within-vintage; no 2010→2025 figures appear here per methodology §6.

This page covers every city for which Census publishes annual PEP estimates in South Dakota: standard incorporated places, any consolidated city-county governments, and (where applicable) DC or Urban Honolulu. Census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded with one named exception — Urban Honolulu. In states like Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, many residents live in towns and townships rather than incorporated cities; PEP does not publish annual estimates for those places (a V1 limitation), so the city counts for MCD-heavy states may be lower than expected.

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