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

Clay County had the highest residents who moved from another state in the past year of 66 counties in 2021, at 8.5%. Mellette County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 1.8% and the figure for South Dakota was 3.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest8.5Clay County
Median1.866 counties
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Map of counties, 2021

Aurora County: 1.9 %Beadle County: 3.3 %Bennett County: 0.6 %Bon Homme County: 2.7 %Brookings County: 5.7 %Brown County: 1.5 %Brule County: 1.3 %Buffalo County: 0.1 %Butte County: 3 %Campbell County: 3.6 %Charles Mix County: 1.4 %Clark County: 0.1 %Clay County: 8.5 %Codington County: 3.5 %Corson County: 0.5 %Custer County: 3.6 %Davison County: 1.5 %Day County: 1.2 %Deuel County: 1.8 %Dewey County: 0.3 %Douglas County: 2.9 %Edmunds County: 3.4 %Fall River County: 2.5 %Faulk County: 0.2 %Grant County: 3.1 %Gregory County: 3 %Haakon County: 3.5 %Hamlin County: 1.7 %Hand County: 0.9 %Hanson County: 1.7 %Harding County: 1.9 %Hughes County: 3.6 %Hutchinson County: 0.7 %Hyde County: 1.8 %Jackson County: 1.1 %Jerauld County: 1.9 %Jones County: 4.5 %Kingsbury County: 1.4 %Lake County: 2.3 %Lawrence County: 3.8 %Lincoln County: 4.3 %Lyman County: 1 %McCook County: 0.9 %McPherson County: 0.3 %Marshall County: 0.7 %Meade County: 7.9 %Mellette County: 0 %Miner County: 3.1 %Minnehaha County: 2.9 %Moody County: 0.4 %Oglala Lakota County: 0.6 %Pennington County: 3.4 %Perkins County: 0.5 %Potter County: 1.2 %Roberts County: 2.4 %Sanborn County: 0.2 %Spink County: 1.2 %Stanley County: 2.6 %Sully County: 2.4 %Todd County: 1.5 %Tripp County: 1 %Turner County: 1.7 %Union County: 4.9 %Walworth County: 4 %Yankton County: 5 %Ziebach County: 0.3 %
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  • 0.6 to 1.2
  • 1.2 to 1.8
  • 1.8 to 2.9
  • 2.9 to 3.6
  • 3.6 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: 8.5 %Clay County8.5Meade County: 7.9 %Meade County7.9Brookings County: 5.7 %Brookings County5.7Yankton County: 5 %Yankton County5Union County: 4.9 %Union County4.9Jones County: 4.5 %Jones County4.5Lincoln County: 4.3 %Lincoln County4.3Walworth County: 4 %Walworth County4Lawrence County: 3.8 %Lawrence County3.8Hughes County: 3.6 %Hughes County3.6Campbell County: 3.6 %Campbell County3.6Custer County: 3.6 %Custer County3.6Codington County: 3.5 %Codington County3.5Haakon County: 3.5 %Haakon County3.5Edmunds County: 3.4 %Edmunds County3.4Pennington County: 3.4 %Pennington County3.4Beadle County: 3.3 %Beadle County3.3Miner County: 3.1 %Miner County3.1Grant County: 3.1 %Grant County3.1Gregory County: 3 %Gregory County3Butte County: 3 %Butte County3Minnehaha County: 2.9 %Minnehaha County2.9Douglas County: 2.9 %Douglas County2.9Bon Homme County: 2.7 %Bon Homme County2.7Stanley County: 2.6 %Stanley County2.6Fall River County: 2.5 %Fall River County2.5Roberts County: 2.4 %Roberts County2.4Sully County: 2.4 %Sully County2.4Lake County: 2.3 %Lake County2.3Harding County: 1.9 %Harding County1.9Jerauld County: 1.9 %Jerauld County1.9Aurora County: 1.9 %Aurora County1.9Hyde County: 1.8 %Hyde County1.8Deuel County: 1.8 %Deuel County1.8Turner County: 1.7 %Turner County1.7Hamlin County: 1.7 %Hamlin County1.7Hanson County: 1.7 %Hanson County1.7Davison County: 1.5 %Davison County1.5Brown County: 1.5 %Brown County1.5Todd County: 1.5 %Todd County1.5Clay County: 8.5 %Clay County8.5Meade County: 7.9 %Meade County7.9Brookings County: 5.7 %Brookings County5.7Yankton County: 5 %Yankton County5Union County: 4.9 %Union County4.9Jones County: 4.5 %Jones County4.5Lincoln County: 4.3 %Lincoln County4.3Walworth County: 4 %Walworth County4Lawrence County: 3.8 %Lawrence County3.8Hughes County: 3.6 %Hughes County3.6Campbell County: 3.6 %Campbell County3.6Custer County: 3.6 %Custer County3.6Codington County: 3.5 %Codington County3.5Haakon County: 3.5 %Haakon County3.5Edmunds County: 3.4 %Edmunds County3.4Pennington County: 3.4 %Pennington County3.4Beadle County: 3.3 %Beadle County3.3Miner County: 3.1 %Miner County3.1Grant County: 3.1 %Grant County3.1Gregory County: 3 %Gregory County3Butte County: 3 %Butte County3Minnehaha County: 2.9 %Minnehaha County2.9Douglas County: 2.9 %Douglas County2.9Bon Homme County: 2.7 %Bon Homme County2.7Stanley County: 2.6 %Stanley County2.6Fall River County: 2.5 %Fall River County2.5Roberts County: 2.4 %Roberts County2.4Sully County: 2.4 %Sully County2.4Lake County: 2.3 %Lake County2.3Harding County: 1.9 %Harding County1.9Jerauld County: 1.9 %Jerauld County1.9Aurora County: 1.9 %Aurora County1.9Hyde County: 1.8 %Hyde County1.8Deuel County: 1.8 %Deuel County1.8Turner County: 1.7 %Turner County1.7Hamlin County: 1.7 %Hamlin County1.7Hanson County: 1.7 %Hanson County1.7Davison County: 1.5 %Davison County1.5Brown County: 1.5 %Brown County1.5Todd County: 1.5 %Todd County1.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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About this ranking

People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, 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. For the nation it is everyone who changed state.

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 state 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 state 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 state 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

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state 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 state 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-state/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 state 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 state 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-state/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 state 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 state 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-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state 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 state in the past year, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/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 state 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 state in the past year?

Clay County, with 8.5% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Mellette County, with 0% 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 state 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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