Counties in South Dakota by median age on 1 July (US county estimates)

Custer County had the highest median age on 1 July (US county estimates) of 66 counties in 2019, at 56.1 years. Todd County had the lowest, at 24.8 years. The median was 41.7 years. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest56.1Custer County
Lowest24.8Todd County
Median41.766 counties

Map of counties, 2019

Aurora County: 42.9 yearsBeadle County: 36.6 yearsBennett County: 32 yearsBon Homme County: 43.3 yearsBrookings County: 29.5 yearsBrown County: 38 yearsBrule County: 42.8 yearsBuffalo County: 26.5 yearsButte County: 42 yearsCampbell County: 52.8 yearsCharles Mix County: 37 yearsClark County: 40 yearsClay County: 25.4 yearsCodington County: 39 yearsCorson County: 29.5 yearsCuster County: 56.1 yearsDavison County: 39.4 yearsDay County: 47 yearsDeuel County: 43.6 yearsDewey County: 31.7 yearsDouglas County: 48.3 yearsEdmunds County: 44.1 yearsFall River County: 54.8 yearsFaulk County: 46.8 yearsGrant County: 44.8 yearsGregory County: 47.8 yearsHaakon County: 44.6 yearsHamlin County: 35 yearsHand County: 47.6 yearsHanson County: 38.5 yearsHarding County: 40.9 yearsHughes County: 39.4 yearsHutchinson County: 43.1 yearsHyde County: 45.8 yearsJackson County: 32.4 yearsJerauld County: 49.2 yearsJones County: 46.6 yearsKingsbury County: 44.9 yearsLake County: 40.4 yearsLawrence County: 43.3 yearsLincoln County: 34.9 yearsLyman County: 35.3 yearsMcCook County: 41.6 yearsMcPherson County: 49 yearsMarshall County: 42.9 yearsMeade County: 36.6 yearsMellette County: 34.2 yearsMiner County: 45.4 yearsMinnehaha County: 35.7 yearsMoody County: 40.7 yearsOglala Lakota County: 25.3 yearsPennington County: 38.5 yearsPerkins County: 48.4 yearsPotter County: 52.5 yearsRoberts County: 39.2 yearsSanborn County: 40 yearsSpink County: 42.6 yearsStanley County: 41.7 yearsSully County: 47.1 yearsTodd County: 24.8 yearsTripp County: 43.5 yearsTurner County: 41.7 yearsUnion County: 41.1 yearsWalworth County: 43.4 yearsYankton County: 42 yearsZiebach County: 29.5 years
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years, 2019. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: median age (MEDIAN_AGE_TOT) on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2019

Custer County: 56.1 yearsCuster County56.1Fall River County: 54.8 yearsFall River County54.8Campbell County: 52.8 yearsCampbell County52.8Potter County: 52.5 yearsPotter County52.5Jerauld County: 49.2 yearsJerauld County49.2McPherson County: 49 yearsMcPherson County49Perkins County: 48.4 yearsPerkins County48.4Douglas County: 48.3 yearsDouglas County48.3Gregory County: 47.8 yearsGregory County47.8Hand County: 47.6 yearsHand County47.6Sully County: 47.1 yearsSully County47.1Day County: 47 yearsDay County47Faulk County: 46.8 yearsFaulk County46.8Jones County: 46.6 yearsJones County46.6Hyde County: 45.8 yearsHyde County45.8Miner County: 45.4 yearsMiner County45.4Kingsbury County: 44.9 yearsKingsbury County44.9Grant County: 44.8 yearsGrant County44.8Haakon County: 44.6 yearsHaakon County44.6Edmunds County: 44.1 yearsEdmunds County44.1Deuel County: 43.6 yearsDeuel County43.6Tripp County: 43.5 yearsTripp County43.5Walworth County: 43.4 yearsWalworth County43.4Bon Homme County: 43.3 yearsBon Homme County43.3Lawrence County: 43.3 yearsLawrence County43.3Hutchinson County: 43.1 yearsHutchinson County43.1Aurora County: 42.9 yearsAurora County42.9Marshall County: 42.9 yearsMarshall County42.9Brule County: 42.8 yearsBrule County42.8Spink County: 42.6 yearsSpink County42.6Butte County: 42 yearsButte County42Yankton County: 42 yearsYankton County42Stanley County: 41.7 yearsStanley County41.7Turner County: 41.7 yearsTurner County41.7McCook County: 41.6 yearsMcCook County41.6Union County: 41.1 yearsUnion County41.1Harding County: 40.9 yearsHarding County40.9Moody County: 40.7 yearsMoody County40.7Lake County: 40.4 yearsLake County40.4Clark County: 40 yearsClark County40Custer County: 56.1 yearsCuster County56.1Fall River County: 54.8 yearsFall River County54.8Campbell County: 52.8 yearsCampbell County52.8Potter County: 52.5 yearsPotter County52.5Jerauld County: 49.2 yearsJerauld County49.2McPherson County: 49 yearsMcPherson County49Perkins County: 48.4 yearsPerkins County48.4Douglas County: 48.3 yearsDouglas County48.3Gregory County: 47.8 yearsGregory County47.8Hand County: 47.6 yearsHand County47.6Sully County: 47.1 yearsSully County47.1Day County: 47 yearsDay County47Faulk County: 46.8 yearsFaulk County46.8Jones County: 46.6 yearsJones County46.6Hyde County: 45.8 yearsHyde County45.8Miner County: 45.4 yearsMiner County45.4Kingsbury County: 44.9 yearsKingsbury County44.9Grant County: 44.8 yearsGrant County44.8Haakon County: 44.6 yearsHaakon County44.6Edmunds County: 44.1 yearsEdmunds County44.1Deuel County: 43.6 yearsDeuel County43.6Tripp County: 43.5 yearsTripp County43.5Walworth County: 43.4 yearsWalworth County43.4Bon Homme County: 43.3 yearsBon Homme County43.3Lawrence County: 43.3 yearsLawrence County43.3Hutchinson County: 43.1 yearsHutchinson County43.1Aurora County: 42.9 yearsAurora County42.9Marshall County: 42.9 yearsMarshall County42.9Brule County: 42.8 yearsBrule County42.8Spink County: 42.6 yearsSpink County42.6Butte County: 42 yearsButte County42Yankton County: 42 yearsYankton County42Stanley County: 41.7 yearsStanley County41.7Turner County: 41.7 yearsTurner County41.7McCook County: 41.6 yearsMcCook County41.6Union County: 41.1 yearsUnion County41.1Harding County: 40.9 yearsHarding County40.9Moody County: 40.7 yearsMoody County40.7Lake County: 40.4 yearsLake County40.4Clark County: 40 yearsClark County40
years. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: median age (MEDIAN_AGE_TOT) on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019
years
Change on 2018
1Custer County56.1+0.1
2Fall River County54.8+0.7
3Campbell County52.8-0.8
4Potter County52.5+0.5
5Jerauld County49.2+0.1
6McPherson County490
7Perkins County48.4+0.8
8Douglas County48.3-0.2
9Gregory County47.8+0.1
10Hand County47.60
11Sully County47.10
12Day County47+0.1
13Faulk County46.8+0.9
14Jones County46.6+0.7
15Hyde County45.8-1
16Miner County45.4-0.3
17Kingsbury County44.9-0.4
18Grant County44.80
19Haakon County44.6+1.4
20Edmunds County44.1-0.3
21Deuel County43.6+0.2
22Tripp County43.5-0.1
23Walworth County43.4-0.2
24Bon Homme County43.3+0.2
24Lawrence County43.3+0.4
26Hutchinson County43.10
27Aurora County42.9+1.3
27Marshall County42.9+0.1
29Brule County42.8-0.2
30Spink County42.6+0.4
31Butte County42-0.5
31Yankton County42+0.1
33Stanley County41.7-0.1
33Turner County41.7+0.3
35McCook County41.6+0.1
36Union County41.1-0.2
37Harding County40.9-1.2
38Moody County40.7-0.4
39Lake County40.4-1.2
40Clark County40+0.1
40Sanborn County40+0.4
42Davison County39.4+0.1
42Hughes County39.4+0.2
44Roberts County39.2+0.3
45Codington County39+0.3
46Hanson County38.5+0.4
46Pennington County38.5+0.5
48Brown County38+0.5
49Charles Mix County37+0.2
50Beadle County36.6-0.4
50Meade County36.6+0.5
52Minnehaha County35.7+0.3
53Lyman County35.3-0.1
54Hamlin County35-1.2
55Lincoln County34.9+0.1
56Mellette County34.2+0.4
57Jackson County32.4-0.1
58Bennett County32+1.2
59Dewey County31.7+0.6
60Brookings County29.5+0.4
60Corson County29.5+0.9
60Ziebach County29.5-1
63Buffalo County26.5+0.4
64Clay County25.4+0.2
65Oglala Lakota County25.3+0.3
66Todd County24.8+0.1

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Age that divides the resident population of a US county into two halves of equal size on 1 July, from Census Bureau population estimates calculated by single year of age.

Counties only: the county file has no state or national medians, and medians cannot be added up. A single-year estimate, unlike median_age, which for US places is a five-year American Community Survey estimate.

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: median age (MEDIAN_AGE_TOT) on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage. 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: median age (MEDIAN_AGE_TOT) on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage (Counties in South Dakota by median age on 1 July (US county estimates), 2019) [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: median age (MEDIAN_AGE_TOT) on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage, Counties in South Dakota by median age on 1 July (US county estimates), 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-age-july-1-us-counties/south-dakota-counties?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: median age (MEDIAN_AGE_TOT) on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage. Counties in South Dakota by median age on 1 July (US county estimates), 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-age-july-1-us-counties/south-dakota-counties?period=2019.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: median age (MEDIAN_AGE_TOT) on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage, Counties in South Dakota by median age on 1 July (US county estimates), 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-age-july-1-us-counties/south-dakota-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Custer County, with 56.1 years in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Todd County, with 24.8 years in 2019.

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