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 2022, at 8.6%. Mellette County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 1.6% and the figure for South Dakota was 3.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest8.6Clay County
Median1.666 counties
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Map of counties, 2022

Aurora County: 1.4 %Beadle County: 3.9 %Bennett County: 0.4 %Bon Homme County: 2.3 %Brookings County: 6.3 %Brown County: 1.6 %Brule County: 0.7 %Buffalo County: 0.1 %Butte County: 2.8 %Campbell County: 3.8 %Charles Mix County: 1.4 %Clark County: 0.2 %Clay County: 8.6 %Codington County: 3.2 %Corson County: 0.6 %Custer County: 3 %Davison County: 1.5 %Day County: 2.4 %Deuel County: 1.7 %Dewey County: 0.2 %Douglas County: 2.4 %Edmunds County: 4.6 %Fall River County: 2.9 %Faulk County: 0.1 %Grant County: 3.2 %Gregory County: 2.7 %Haakon County: 0.5 %Hamlin County: 1.9 %Hand County: 1.1 %Hanson County: 0.4 %Harding County: 1.6 %Hughes County: 5.1 %Hutchinson County: 1.2 %Hyde County: 1.4 %Jackson County: 1.2 %Jerauld County: 2 %Jones County: 1.4 %Kingsbury County: 1.3 %Lake County: 2.7 %Lawrence County: 4.6 %Lincoln County: 3.2 %Lyman County: 1 %McCook County: 1.4 %McPherson County: 0.2 %Marshall County: 0.9 %Meade County: 7.9 %Mellette County: 0 %Miner County: 2.5 %Minnehaha County: 2.7 %Moody County: 0.5 %Oglala Lakota County: 0.8 %Pennington County: 4 %Perkins County: 0.5 %Potter County: 2.3 %Roberts County: 2.4 %Sanborn County: 0.3 %Spink County: 1.4 %Stanley County: 2.7 %Sully County: 1.5 %Todd County: 1.4 %Tripp County: 0.7 %Turner County: 2 %Union County: 5.5 %Walworth County: 5.1 %Yankton County: 4.8 %Ziebach County: 0.5 %
  • Under 0.5
  • 0.5 to 1.2
  • 1.2 to 1.6
  • 1.6 to 2.6
  • 2.6 to 3.8
  • 3.8 and over
%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Clay County: 8.6 %Clay County8.6Meade County: 7.9 %Meade County7.9Brookings County: 6.3 %Brookings County6.3Union County: 5.5 %Union County5.5Hughes County: 5.1 %Hughes County5.1Walworth County: 5.1 %Walworth County5.1Yankton County: 4.8 %Yankton County4.8Edmunds County: 4.6 %Edmunds County4.6Lawrence County: 4.6 %Lawrence County4.6Pennington County: 4 %Pennington County4Beadle County: 3.9 %Beadle County3.9Campbell County: 3.8 %Campbell County3.8Codington County: 3.2 %Codington County3.2Lincoln County: 3.2 %Lincoln County3.2Grant County: 3.2 %Grant County3.2Custer County: 3 %Custer County3Fall River County: 2.9 %Fall River County2.9Butte County: 2.8 %Butte County2.8Gregory County: 2.7 %Gregory County2.7Lake County: 2.7 %Lake County2.7Stanley County: 2.7 %Stanley County2.7Minnehaha County: 2.7 %Minnehaha County2.7Miner County: 2.5 %Miner County2.5Douglas County: 2.4 %Douglas County2.4Roberts County: 2.4 %Roberts County2.4Day County: 2.4 %Day County2.4Potter County: 2.3 %Potter County2.3Bon Homme County: 2.3 %Bon Homme County2.3Turner County: 2 %Turner County2Jerauld County: 2 %Jerauld County2Hamlin County: 1.9 %Hamlin County1.9Deuel County: 1.7 %Deuel County1.7Harding County: 1.6 %Harding County1.6Brown County: 1.6 %Brown County1.6Davison County: 1.5 %Davison County1.5Sully County: 1.5 %Sully County1.5Jones County: 1.4 %Jones County1.4Charles Mix County: 1.4 %Charles Mix County1.4Aurora County: 1.4 %Aurora County1.4Hyde County: 1.4 %Hyde County1.4Clay County: 8.6 %Clay County8.6Meade County: 7.9 %Meade County7.9Brookings County: 6.3 %Brookings County6.3Union County: 5.5 %Union County5.5Hughes County: 5.1 %Hughes County5.1Walworth County: 5.1 %Walworth County5.1Yankton County: 4.8 %Yankton County4.8Edmunds County: 4.6 %Edmunds County4.6Lawrence County: 4.6 %Lawrence County4.6Pennington County: 4 %Pennington County4Beadle County: 3.9 %Beadle County3.9Campbell County: 3.8 %Campbell County3.8Codington County: 3.2 %Codington County3.2Lincoln County: 3.2 %Lincoln County3.2Grant County: 3.2 %Grant County3.2Custer County: 3 %Custer County3Fall River County: 2.9 %Fall River County2.9Butte County: 2.8 %Butte County2.8Gregory County: 2.7 %Gregory County2.7Lake County: 2.7 %Lake County2.7Stanley County: 2.7 %Stanley County2.7Minnehaha County: 2.7 %Minnehaha County2.7Miner County: 2.5 %Miner County2.5Douglas County: 2.4 %Douglas County2.4Roberts County: 2.4 %Roberts County2.4Day County: 2.4 %Day County2.4Potter County: 2.3 %Potter County2.3Bon Homme County: 2.3 %Bon Homme County2.3Turner County: 2 %Turner County2Jerauld County: 2 %Jerauld County2Hamlin County: 1.9 %Hamlin County1.9Deuel County: 1.7 %Deuel County1.7Harding County: 1.6 %Harding County1.6Brown County: 1.6 %Brown County1.6Davison County: 1.5 %Davison County1.5Sully County: 1.5 %Sully County1.5Jones County: 1.4 %Jones County1.4Charles Mix County: 1.4 %Charles Mix County1.4Aurora County: 1.4 %Aurora County1.4Hyde County: 1.4 %Hyde County1.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Clay County8.6+0.2 pts
2Meade County7.9-0 pts
3Brookings County6.3+0.6 pts
4Union County5.5+0.5 pts
5Hughes County5.1+1.5 pts
6Walworth County5.1+1 pts
7Yankton County4.8-0.2 pts
8Edmunds County4.6+1.2 pts
9Lawrence County4.6+0.8 pts
10Pennington County4+0.6 pts
11Beadle County3.9+0.6 pts
12Campbell County3.8+0.2 pts
13Codington County3.2-0.3 pts
14Lincoln County3.2-1.1 pts
15Grant County3.2+0.2 pts
16Custer County3-0.6 pts
17Fall River County2.9+0.3 pts
18Butte County2.8-0.2 pts
19Gregory County2.7-0.3 pts
20Lake County2.7+0.4 pts
21Stanley County2.7+0.1 pts
22Minnehaha County2.7-0.2 pts
23Miner County2.5-0.6 pts
24Douglas County2.4-0.4 pts
25Roberts County2.4-0 pts
26Day County2.4+1.2 pts
27Potter County2.3+1.1 pts
28Bon Homme County2.3-0.5 pts
29Turner County2+0.3 pts
30Jerauld County2+0.1 pts
31Hamlin County1.9+0.2 pts
32Deuel County1.7-0.1 pts
33Harding County1.6-0.3 pts
34Brown County1.6+0.1 pts
35Davison County1.5-0.1 pts
36Sully County1.5-1 pts
37Jones County1.4-3.1 pts
38Charles Mix County1.40 pts
39Aurora County1.4-0.5 pts
40Hyde County1.4-0.5 pts
40Todd County1.4-0.1 pts
42McCook County1.4+0.5 pts
43Spink County1.4+0.2 pts
44Kingsbury County1.3-0.1 pts
45Jackson County1.2+0.1 pts
46Hutchinson County1.2+0.5 pts
47Hand County1.1+0.2 pts
48Lyman County1-0.1 pts
49Marshall County0.9+0.1 pts
50Oglala Lakota County0.8+0.2 pts
51Brule County0.7-0.6 pts
52Tripp County0.7-0.3 pts
53Corson County0.6+0.1 pts
54Moody County0.5+0.2 pts
54Perkins County0.50 pts
56Haakon County0.5-3 pts
56Ziebach County0.5+0.2 pts
58Bennett County0.4-0.2 pts
59Hanson County0.4-1.3 pts
60Sanborn County0.30 pts
61Dewey County0.2-0.1 pts
61McPherson County0.2-0.1 pts
63Clark County0.2+0.1 pts
64Faulk County0.1-0.1 pts
65Buffalo County0.10 pts
66Mellette County00 pts

Other periods

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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat

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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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2022 (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, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b07003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2022. 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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 8.6% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Mellette County, with 0% in 2022.

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