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Counties in South Dakota by female population share, 2025

Faulk County had the highest female population share of 66 counties in 2025, at 52.1%. Bon Homme County had the lowest, at 40.9%. The median was 49.5% and the figure for South Dakota was 49.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest52.1Faulk County
Lowest40.9Bon Homme County
Median49.566 counties
South Dakota49.6History

Map of counties, 2025

Aurora County: 49.1 %Beadle County: 51.1 %Bennett County: 50.8 %Bon Homme County: 40.9 %Brookings County: 48.7 %Brown County: 50.5 %Brule County: 50 %Buffalo County: 50.7 %Butte County: 49.2 %Campbell County: 48.3 %Charles Mix County: 49.7 %Clark County: 48.4 %Clay County: 51.9 %Codington County: 49.1 %Corson County: 49.1 %Custer County: 49.3 %Davison County: 49.9 %Day County: 49.6 %Deuel County: 49.4 %Dewey County: 49.8 %Douglas County: 51.2 %Edmunds County: 49.2 %Fall River County: 49.7 %Faulk County: 52.1 %Grant County: 49 %Gregory County: 51.1 %Haakon County: 49.3 %Hamlin County: 48.3 %Hand County: 50.5 %Hanson County: 48.5 %Harding County: 49.5 %Hughes County: 51.1 %Hutchinson County: 50.6 %Hyde County: 50 %Jackson County: 51.8 %Jerauld County: 48.4 %Jones County: 51.3 %Kingsbury County: 49 %Lake County: 47.8 %Lawrence County: 50 %Lincoln County: 50.7 %Lyman County: 48.6 %McCook County: 49.2 %McPherson County: 48.4 %Marshall County: 47.2 %Meade County: 48.1 %Mellette County: 47.8 %Miner County: 50.2 %Minnehaha County: 49.3 %Moody County: 49.1 %Oglala Lakota County: 49.9 %Pennington County: 49.5 %Perkins County: 51.7 %Potter County: 49.6 %Roberts County: 49.8 %Sanborn County: 48.1 %Spink County: 49.5 %Stanley County: 50.2 %Sully County: 46.4 %Todd County: 51.3 %Tripp County: 48.8 %Turner County: 49.8 %Union County: 49.6 %Walworth County: 50.5 %Yankton County: 49.1 %Ziebach County: 50.8 %
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%, 2025. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2025

Faulk County: 52.1 %Faulk County52.1Clay County: 51.9 %Clay County51.9Jackson County: 51.8 %Jackson County51.8Perkins County: 51.7 %Perkins County51.7Todd County: 51.3 %Todd County51.3Jones County: 51.3 %Jones County51.3Douglas County: 51.2 %Douglas County51.2Beadle County: 51.1 %Beadle County51.1Hughes County: 51.1 %Hughes County51.1Gregory County: 51.1 %Gregory County51.1Ziebach County: 50.8 %Ziebach County50.8Bennett County: 50.8 %Bennett County50.8Buffalo County: 50.7 %Buffalo County50.7Lincoln County: 50.7 %Lincoln County50.7Hutchinson County: 50.6 %Hutchinson County50.6Walworth County: 50.5 %Walworth County50.5Brown County: 50.5 %Brown County50.5Hand County: 50.5 %Hand County50.5Stanley County: 50.2 %Stanley County50.2Miner County: 50.2 %Miner County50.2Lawrence County: 50 %Lawrence County50Brule County: 50 %Brule County50Hyde County: 50 %Hyde County50Davison County: 49.9 %Davison County49.9Oglala Lakota County: 49.9 %Oglala Lakota County49.9Turner County: 49.8 %Turner County49.8Dewey County: 49.8 %Dewey County49.8Roberts County: 49.8 %Roberts County49.8Charles Mix County: 49.7 %Charles Mix County49.7Fall River County: 49.7 %Fall River County49.7Potter County: 49.6 %Potter County49.6Day County: 49.6 %Day County49.6Union County: 49.6 %Union County49.6Harding County: 49.5 %Harding County49.5Pennington County: 49.5 %Pennington County49.5Spink County: 49.5 %Spink County49.5Deuel County: 49.4 %Deuel County49.4Haakon County: 49.3 %Haakon County49.3Minnehaha County: 49.3 %Minnehaha County49.3Custer County: 49.3 %Custer County49.3Faulk County: 52.1 %Faulk County52.1Clay County: 51.9 %Clay County51.9Jackson County: 51.8 %Jackson County51.8Perkins County: 51.7 %Perkins County51.7Todd County: 51.3 %Todd County51.3Jones County: 51.3 %Jones County51.3Douglas County: 51.2 %Douglas County51.2Beadle County: 51.1 %Beadle County51.1Hughes County: 51.1 %Hughes County51.1Gregory County: 51.1 %Gregory County51.1Ziebach County: 50.8 %Ziebach County50.8Bennett County: 50.8 %Bennett County50.8Buffalo County: 50.7 %Buffalo County50.7Lincoln County: 50.7 %Lincoln County50.7Hutchinson County: 50.6 %Hutchinson County50.6Walworth County: 50.5 %Walworth County50.5Brown County: 50.5 %Brown County50.5Hand County: 50.5 %Hand County50.5Stanley County: 50.2 %Stanley County50.2Miner County: 50.2 %Miner County50.2Lawrence County: 50 %Lawrence County50Brule County: 50 %Brule County50Hyde County: 50 %Hyde County50Davison County: 49.9 %Davison County49.9Oglala Lakota County: 49.9 %Oglala Lakota County49.9Turner County: 49.8 %Turner County49.8Dewey County: 49.8 %Dewey County49.8Roberts County: 49.8 %Roberts County49.8Charles Mix County: 49.7 %Charles Mix County49.7Fall River County: 49.7 %Fall River County49.7Potter County: 49.6 %Potter County49.6Day County: 49.6 %Day County49.6Union County: 49.6 %Union County49.6Harding County: 49.5 %Harding County49.5Pennington County: 49.5 %Pennington County49.5Spink County: 49.5 %Spink County49.5Deuel County: 49.4 %Deuel County49.4Haakon County: 49.3 %Haakon County49.3Minnehaha County: 49.3 %Minnehaha County49.3Custer County: 49.3 %Custer County49.3
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025 (%)Change on 2024
1Faulk County52.1+0.2 pts
2Clay County51.9-0.1 pts
3Jackson County51.8+0.4 pts
4Perkins County51.7+0.4 pts
5Todd County51.3-0.1 pts
6Jones County51.3+1 pts
7Douglas County51.2-0.3 pts
8Beadle County51.10 pts
9Hughes County51.1-0.2 pts
10Gregory County51.1+0.1 pts
11Ziebach County50.80 pts
12Bennett County50.8+0.3 pts
13Buffalo County50.7+0.5 pts
14Lincoln County50.70 pts
15Hutchinson County50.6-0.2 pts
16Walworth County50.5+0.1 pts
17Brown County50.5-0 pts
18Hand County50.5+0.4 pts
19Stanley County50.2+0.5 pts
20Miner County50.2+0.1 pts
21Lawrence County50-0 pts
22Brule County50-0.7 pts
23Hyde County50+0.6 pts
24Davison County49.9-0 pts
25Oglala Lakota County49.9+0.1 pts
26Turner County49.8+0.4 pts
27Dewey County49.8+0.6 pts
28Roberts County49.8-0.1 pts
29Charles Mix County49.70 pts
30Fall River County49.7+0.1 pts
31Potter County49.6-0.3 pts
32Day County49.6+0.2 pts
33Union County49.6-0.1 pts
34Harding County49.5-0.1 pts
35Pennington County49.5+0.1 pts
36Spink County49.50 pts
37Deuel County49.4+0.2 pts
38Haakon County49.3+0.4 pts
38Minnehaha County49.3-0 pts
40Custer County49.3-0.3 pts
41McCook County49.2-0.2 pts
42Butte County49.2-0.3 pts
43Edmunds County49.20 pts
44Moody County49.1-0 pts
45Codington County49.1-0.1 pts
46Corson County49.1-0.1 pts
47Aurora County49.1+0.2 pts
47Yankton County49.1-0 pts
49Kingsbury County49-0.1 pts
50Grant County49-0 pts
51Tripp County48.8+0.1 pts
52Brookings County48.7-0.1 pts
53Lyman County48.6+0.6 pts
54Hanson County48.5+0.1 pts
55Jerauld County48.4-0.6 pts
56Clark County48.4-0.4 pts
57McPherson County48.4-0 pts
58Hamlin County48.3-0.3 pts
59Campbell County48.3-0.4 pts
60Meade County48.1-0.1 pts
61Sanborn County48.1-0.6 pts
62Mellette County47.8-1.6 pts
63Lake County47.8-0.3 pts
64Marshall County47.2-0.6 pts
65Sully County46.40 pts
66Bon Homme County40.9-0 pts

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About this ranking

Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (Counties in South Dakota by female population share, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in South Dakota by female population share, 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/south-dakota-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Counties in South Dakota by female population share, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/south-dakota-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in South Dakota by female population share, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/south-dakota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Faulk County, with 52.1% in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest female population share?

Bon Homme County, with 40.9% in 2025.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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