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Counties in South Dakota by female population share

Bennett County had the highest female population share of 66 counties in 2015, at 52.3%. Bon Homme County had the lowest, at 41.3%. The median was 49.7% and the figure for South Dakota was 49.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest52.3Bennett County
Lowest41.3Bon Homme County
Median49.766 counties
South Dakota49.7History

Map of counties, 2015

Aurora County: 48.9 %Beadle County: 49.4 %Bennett County: 52.3 %Bon Homme County: 41.3 %Brookings County: 49.1 %Brown County: 50.5 %Brule County: 50.9 %Buffalo County: 49.7 %Butte County: 49.7 %Campbell County: 48.4 %Charles Mix County: 50.5 %Clark County: 49.8 %Clay County: 51.5 %Codington County: 49.7 %Corson County: 49.5 %Custer County: 50.2 %Davison County: 49.9 %Day County: 49 %Deuel County: 48.4 %Dewey County: 50.3 %Douglas County: 51.1 %Edmunds County: 49.4 %Fall River County: 49.7 %Faulk County: 51.1 %Grant County: 48.7 %Gregory County: 49.2 %Haakon County: 48.5 %Hamlin County: 49.4 %Hand County: 49.8 %Hanson County: 49.3 %Harding County: 48.6 %Hughes County: 51.1 %Hutchinson County: 50.7 %Hyde County: 48.5 %Jackson County: 49.2 %Jerauld County: 50.2 %Jones County: 49.4 %Kingsbury County: 49.5 %Lake County: 48.1 %Lawrence County: 50.5 %Lincoln County: 50.5 %Lyman County: 48.4 %McCook County: 49.9 %McPherson County: 49.8 %Marshall County: 47 %Meade County: 48.2 %Mellette County: 47.9 %Miner County: 49.4 %Minnehaha County: 49.8 %Moody County: 49.7 %Oglala Lakota County: 50 %Pennington County: 49.8 %Perkins County: 50.1 %Potter County: 49.9 %Roberts County: 50.1 %Sanborn County: 47.3 %Spink County: 49.8 %Stanley County: 49.1 %Sully County: 46 %Todd County: 51 %Tripp County: 50.1 %Turner County: 49.3 %Union County: 49.5 %Walworth County: 50.8 %Yankton County: 48.7 %Ziebach County: 50.7 %
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%, 2015. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2015

Bennett County: 52.3 %Bennett County52.3Clay County: 51.5 %Clay County51.5Douglas County: 51.1 %Douglas County51.1Faulk County: 51.1 %Faulk County51.1Hughes County: 51.1 %Hughes County51.1Todd County: 51 %Todd County51Brule County: 50.9 %Brule County50.9Walworth County: 50.8 %Walworth County50.8Ziebach County: 50.7 %Ziebach County50.7Hutchinson County: 50.7 %Hutchinson County50.7Lincoln County: 50.5 %Lincoln County50.5Brown County: 50.5 %Brown County50.5Lawrence County: 50.5 %Lawrence County50.5Charles Mix County: 50.5 %Charles Mix County50.5Dewey County: 50.3 %Dewey County50.3Custer County: 50.2 %Custer County50.2Jerauld County: 50.2 %Jerauld County50.2Perkins County: 50.1 %Perkins County50.1Roberts County: 50.1 %Roberts County50.1Tripp County: 50.1 %Tripp County50.1Oglala Lakota County: 50 %Oglala Lakota County50Potter County: 49.9 %Potter County49.9Davison County: 49.9 %Davison County49.9McCook County: 49.9 %McCook County49.9Hand County: 49.8 %Hand County49.8Minnehaha County: 49.8 %Minnehaha County49.8Clark County: 49.8 %Clark County49.8McPherson County: 49.8 %McPherson County49.8Pennington County: 49.8 %Pennington County49.8Spink County: 49.8 %Spink County49.8Codington County: 49.7 %Codington County49.7Butte County: 49.7 %Butte County49.7Fall River County: 49.7 %Fall River County49.7Buffalo County: 49.7 %Buffalo County49.7Moody County: 49.7 %Moody County49.7Corson County: 49.5 %Corson County49.5Union County: 49.5 %Union County49.5Kingsbury County: 49.5 %Kingsbury County49.5Hamlin County: 49.4 %Hamlin County49.4Miner County: 49.4 %Miner County49.4Bennett County: 52.3 %Bennett County52.3Clay County: 51.5 %Clay County51.5Douglas County: 51.1 %Douglas County51.1Faulk County: 51.1 %Faulk County51.1Hughes County: 51.1 %Hughes County51.1Todd County: 51 %Todd County51Brule County: 50.9 %Brule County50.9Walworth County: 50.8 %Walworth County50.8Ziebach County: 50.7 %Ziebach County50.7Hutchinson County: 50.7 %Hutchinson County50.7Lincoln County: 50.5 %Lincoln County50.5Brown County: 50.5 %Brown County50.5Lawrence County: 50.5 %Lawrence County50.5Charles Mix County: 50.5 %Charles Mix County50.5Dewey County: 50.3 %Dewey County50.3Custer County: 50.2 %Custer County50.2Jerauld County: 50.2 %Jerauld County50.2Perkins County: 50.1 %Perkins County50.1Roberts County: 50.1 %Roberts County50.1Tripp County: 50.1 %Tripp County50.1Oglala Lakota County: 50 %Oglala Lakota County50Potter County: 49.9 %Potter County49.9Davison County: 49.9 %Davison County49.9McCook County: 49.9 %McCook County49.9Hand County: 49.8 %Hand County49.8Minnehaha County: 49.8 %Minnehaha County49.8Clark County: 49.8 %Clark County49.8McPherson County: 49.8 %McPherson County49.8Pennington County: 49.8 %Pennington County49.8Spink County: 49.8 %Spink County49.8Codington County: 49.7 %Codington County49.7Butte County: 49.7 %Butte County49.7Fall River County: 49.7 %Fall River County49.7Buffalo County: 49.7 %Buffalo County49.7Moody County: 49.7 %Moody County49.7Corson County: 49.5 %Corson County49.5Union County: 49.5 %Union County49.5Kingsbury County: 49.5 %Kingsbury County49.5Hamlin County: 49.4 %Hamlin County49.4Miner County: 49.4 %Miner County49.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Bennett County52.3-0.3 pts
2Clay County51.5+0.1 pts
3Douglas County51.1+0.8 pts
4Faulk County51.1-0.1 pts
5Hughes County51.1-0.2 pts
6Todd County51-0.4 pts
7Brule County50.9-0.1 pts
8Walworth County50.8+0.1 pts
9Ziebach County50.7+0.5 pts
10Hutchinson County50.7-0.2 pts
11Lincoln County50.5-0.1 pts
12Brown County50.5+0.1 pts
13Lawrence County50.5+0.1 pts
14Charles Mix County50.5-0.1 pts
15Dewey County50.3-0.6 pts
16Custer County50.2+0.2 pts
17Jerauld County50.2+0.1 pts
18Perkins County50.1+0.4 pts
19Roberts County50.1+0.1 pts
20Tripp County50.1-0.4 pts
21Oglala Lakota County50-0.5 pts
22Potter County49.9-0.5 pts
23Davison County49.90 pts
24McCook County49.9-0.1 pts
25Hand County49.8+0.2 pts
26Minnehaha County49.8-0.1 pts
27Clark County49.8+0.5 pts
28McPherson County49.8-0.5 pts
29Pennington County49.8-0.1 pts
30Spink County49.8+0.4 pts
31Codington County49.7+0.1 pts
32Butte County49.7-0.1 pts
33Fall River County49.7+0.2 pts
34Buffalo County49.7-0.3 pts
35Moody County49.70 pts
36Corson County49.5+0.6 pts
37Union County49.5-0.1 pts
38Kingsbury County49.5+0.3 pts
39Hamlin County49.4-0.3 pts
40Miner County49.4-0.4 pts
41Beadle County49.4-0.1 pts
42Jones County49.4-0.6 pts
43Edmunds County49.4+0.1 pts
44Hanson County49.3+0.3 pts
45Turner County49.3-0.1 pts
46Jackson County49.2-0 pts
47Gregory County49.2+0.3 pts
48Brookings County49.1+0.2 pts
49Stanley County49.1-0.3 pts
50Day County49-0.3 pts
51Aurora County48.9-0.1 pts
52Yankton County48.70 pts
53Grant County48.7-0 pts
54Harding County48.6-0.3 pts
55Haakon County48.5-0.4 pts
56Hyde County48.5-0.5 pts
57Deuel County48.4+0.2 pts
58Lyman County48.4+0.7 pts
59Campbell County48.4-0.7 pts
60Meade County48.2+0.3 pts
61Lake County48.1+0.1 pts
62Mellette County47.9-0.3 pts
63Sanborn County47.3-0.4 pts
64Marshall County47+1 pts
65Sully County46-0.3 pts
66Bon Homme County41.3-0.2 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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?period=2015. 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, 2015. 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?period=2015.

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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, 2015 [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?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Bennett County, with 52.3% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest female population share?

Bon Homme County, with 41.3% in 2015.

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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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