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Counties in South Dakota by residents who moved from another county in the past year

Clay County had the highest residents who moved from another county in the past year of 66 counties in 2021, at 20.3%. Corson County had the lowest, at 0.8%. The median was 5.6% and the figure for South Dakota was 7.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest20.3Clay County
Lowest0.8Corson County
Median5.666 counties
South Dakota7.6History

Map of counties, 2021

Aurora County: 5.2 %Beadle County: 6.6 %Bennett County: 4.9 %Bon Homme County: 12.1 %Brookings County: 12.7 %Brown County: 4.4 %Brule County: 4.8 %Buffalo County: 2.6 %Butte County: 7.8 %Campbell County: 5.7 %Charles Mix County: 4.7 %Clark County: 2.2 %Clay County: 20.3 %Codington County: 6.1 %Corson County: 0.8 %Custer County: 6.6 %Davison County: 8.7 %Day County: 6.6 %Deuel County: 4.2 %Dewey County: 1.1 %Douglas County: 5.7 %Edmunds County: 5.9 %Fall River County: 6.5 %Faulk County: 3.3 %Grant County: 5.1 %Gregory County: 5.1 %Haakon County: 3.8 %Hamlin County: 7.6 %Hand County: 2.2 %Hanson County: 4.1 %Harding County: 6.4 %Hughes County: 10.7 %Hutchinson County: 6.6 %Hyde County: 4.6 %Jackson County: 3.5 %Jerauld County: 4.3 %Jones County: 5.1 %Kingsbury County: 5.8 %Lake County: 7.1 %Lawrence County: 7.1 %Lincoln County: 10.8 %Lyman County: 4.6 %McCook County: 6.9 %McPherson County: 2.3 %Marshall County: 4.2 %Meade County: 13.1 %Mellette County: 3.2 %Miner County: 6.9 %Minnehaha County: 7.1 %Moody County: 4.5 %Oglala Lakota County: 2.7 %Pennington County: 7.1 %Perkins County: 2.5 %Potter County: 2.4 %Roberts County: 5.9 %Sanborn County: 3.4 %Spink County: 3.2 %Stanley County: 10.6 %Sully County: 11 %Todd County: 2.2 %Tripp County: 5.6 %Turner County: 7.3 %Union County: 8.4 %Walworth County: 10.3 %Yankton County: 11 %Ziebach County: 2.1 %
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  • 8.5 and over
%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Clay County: 20.3 %Clay County20.3Meade County: 13.1 %Meade County13.1Brookings County: 12.7 %Brookings County12.7Bon Homme County: 12.1 %Bon Homme County12.1Yankton County: 11 %Yankton County11Sully County: 11 %Sully County11Lincoln County: 10.8 %Lincoln County10.8Hughes County: 10.7 %Hughes County10.7Stanley County: 10.6 %Stanley County10.6Walworth County: 10.3 %Walworth County10.3Davison County: 8.7 %Davison County8.7Union County: 8.4 %Union County8.4Butte County: 7.8 %Butte County7.8Hamlin County: 7.6 %Hamlin County7.6Turner County: 7.3 %Turner County7.3Pennington County: 7.1 %Pennington County7.1Minnehaha County: 7.1 %Minnehaha County7.1Lake County: 7.1 %Lake County7.1Lawrence County: 7.1 %Lawrence County7.1Miner County: 6.9 %Miner County6.9McCook County: 6.9 %McCook County6.9Custer County: 6.6 %Custer County6.6Hutchinson County: 6.6 %Hutchinson County6.6Day County: 6.6 %Day County6.6Beadle County: 6.6 %Beadle County6.6Fall River County: 6.5 %Fall River County6.5Harding County: 6.4 %Harding County6.4Codington County: 6.1 %Codington County6.1Edmunds County: 5.9 %Edmunds County5.9Roberts County: 5.9 %Roberts County5.9Kingsbury County: 5.8 %Kingsbury County5.8Campbell County: 5.7 %Campbell County5.7Douglas County: 5.7 %Douglas County5.7Tripp County: 5.6 %Tripp County5.6Aurora County: 5.2 %Aurora County5.2Jones County: 5.1 %Jones County5.1Gregory County: 5.1 %Gregory County5.1Grant County: 5.1 %Grant County5.1Bennett County: 4.9 %Bennett County4.9Brule County: 4.8 %Brule County4.8Clay County: 20.3 %Clay County20.3Meade County: 13.1 %Meade County13.1Brookings County: 12.7 %Brookings County12.7Bon Homme County: 12.1 %Bon Homme County12.1Yankton County: 11 %Yankton County11Sully County: 11 %Sully County11Lincoln County: 10.8 %Lincoln County10.8Hughes County: 10.7 %Hughes County10.7Stanley County: 10.6 %Stanley County10.6Walworth County: 10.3 %Walworth County10.3Davison County: 8.7 %Davison County8.7Union County: 8.4 %Union County8.4Butte County: 7.8 %Butte County7.8Hamlin County: 7.6 %Hamlin County7.6Turner County: 7.3 %Turner County7.3Pennington County: 7.1 %Pennington County7.1Minnehaha County: 7.1 %Minnehaha County7.1Lake County: 7.1 %Lake County7.1Lawrence County: 7.1 %Lawrence County7.1Miner County: 6.9 %Miner County6.9McCook County: 6.9 %McCook County6.9Custer County: 6.6 %Custer County6.6Hutchinson County: 6.6 %Hutchinson County6.6Day County: 6.6 %Day County6.6Beadle County: 6.6 %Beadle County6.6Fall River County: 6.5 %Fall River County6.5Harding County: 6.4 %Harding County6.4Codington County: 6.1 %Codington County6.1Edmunds County: 5.9 %Edmunds County5.9Roberts County: 5.9 %Roberts County5.9Kingsbury County: 5.8 %Kingsbury County5.8Campbell County: 5.7 %Campbell County5.7Douglas County: 5.7 %Douglas County5.7Tripp County: 5.6 %Tripp County5.6Aurora County: 5.2 %Aurora County5.2Jones County: 5.1 %Jones County5.1Gregory County: 5.1 %Gregory County5.1Grant County: 5.1 %Grant County5.1Bennett County: 4.9 %Bennett County4.9Brule County: 4.8 %Brule County4.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Clay County20.3
2Meade County13.1
3Brookings County12.7
4Bon Homme County12.1
5Yankton County11
6Sully County11
7Lincoln County10.8
8Hughes County10.7
9Stanley County10.6
10Walworth County10.3
11Davison County8.7
12Union County8.4
13Butte County7.8
14Hamlin County7.6
15Turner County7.3
16Pennington County7.1
17Minnehaha County7.1
18Lake County7.1
19Lawrence County7.1
20Miner County6.9
21McCook County6.9
22Custer County6.6
23Hutchinson County6.6
24Day County6.6
25Beadle County6.6
26Fall River County6.5
27Harding County6.4
28Codington County6.1
29Edmunds County5.9
30Roberts County5.9
31Kingsbury County5.8
32Campbell County5.7
33Douglas County5.7
34Tripp County5.6
35Aurora County5.2
36Jones County5.1
37Gregory County5.1
38Grant County5.1
39Bennett County4.9
40Brule County4.8
41Charles Mix County4.7
42Lyman County4.6
43Hyde County4.6
44Moody County4.5
45Brown County4.4
46Jerauld County4.3
47Marshall County4.2
48Deuel County4.2
49Hanson County4.1
50Haakon County3.8
51Jackson County3.5
52Sanborn County3.4
53Faulk County3.3
54Spink County3.2
55Mellette County3.2
56Oglala Lakota County2.7
57Buffalo County2.6
58Perkins County2.5
59Potter County2.4
60McPherson County2.3
61Clark County2.2
61Todd County2.2
63Hand County2.2
64Ziebach County2.1
65Dewey County1.1
66Corson County0.8

Other periods

About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US county one year earlier, in the same state or another state, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts people who arrived, not net migration: people who left are not subtracted. Moves from abroad are left out. Includes moves from other states, which moved_from_other_state_share shows alone.

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.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in South Dakota by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in South Dakota by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/south-dakota-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in South Dakota by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/south-dakota-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in South Dakota by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/south-dakota-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs: Counties in South Dakota by residents who moved from another county in the past year, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-county/south-dakota-counties?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest residents who moved from another county in the past year?

Clay County, with 20.3% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest residents who moved from another county in the past year?

Corson County, with 0.8% in 2021.

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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 B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different county in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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