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Cities in South Dakota by housing units

Sioux Falls, SD had the highest housing units of 14 cities in 2021, at 81,744. Harrisburg, SD had the lowest, at 2,418. The median was 6,760 and the figure for South Dakota was 391,857. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest81,744Sioux Falls, SD
Lowest2,418Harrisburg, SD
Median6,76014 cities
South Dakota391,857History

All cities, 2021

Sioux Falls, SD: 81,744 countSioux Falls, SD81,744Rapid City, SD: 33,463 countRapid City, SD33,463Aberdeen, SD: 13,352 countAberdeen, SD13,352Watertown, SD: 10,622 countWatertown, SD10,622Brookings, SD: 9,646 countBrookings, SD9,646Mitchell, SD: 7,868 countMitchell, SD7,868Yankton, SD: 7,036 countYankton, SD7,036Pierre, SD: 6,483 countPierre, SD6,483Huron, SD: 6,080 countHuron, SD6,080Spearfish, SD: 5,651 countSpearfish, SD5,651Box Elder, SD: 4,473 countBox Elder, SD4,473Vermillion, SD: 4,445 countVermillion, SD4,445Brandon, SD: 4,080 countBrandon, SD4,080Harrisburg, SD: 2,418 countHarrisburg, SD2,418Sioux Falls, SD: 81,744 countSioux Falls, SD81,744Rapid City, SD: 33,463 countRapid City, SD33,463Aberdeen, SD: 13,352 countAberdeen, SD13,352Watertown, SD: 10,622 countWatertown, SD10,622Brookings, SD: 9,646 countBrookings, SD9,646Mitchell, SD: 7,868 countMitchell, SD7,868Yankton, SD: 7,036 countYankton, SD7,036Pierre, SD: 6,483 countPierre, SD6,483Huron, SD: 6,080 countHuron, SD6,080Spearfish, SD: 5,651 countSpearfish, SD5,651Box Elder, SD: 4,473 countBox Elder, SD4,473Vermillion, SD: 4,445 countVermillion, SD4,445Brandon, SD: 4,080 countBrandon, SD4,080Harrisburg, SD: 2,418 countHarrisburg, SD2,418
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
count
1Sioux Falls, SD81,744
2Rapid City, SD33,463
3Aberdeen, SD13,352
4Watertown, SD10,622
5Brookings, SD9,646
6Mitchell, SD7,868
7Yankton, SD7,036
8Pierre, SD6,483
9Huron, SD6,080
10Spearfish, SD5,651
11Box Elder, SD4,473
12Vermillion, SD4,445
13Brandon, SD4,080
14Harrisburg, SD2,418

Other periods

About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in South Dakota by housing units, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in South Dakota by housing units, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/south-dakota-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in South Dakota by housing units, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/south-dakota-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in South Dakota by housing units, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/south-dakota-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest housing units?

Sioux Falls, SD, with 81,744 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units?

Harrisburg, SD, with 2,418 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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