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 2023, at 9%. 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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Highest9Clay County
Median1.666 counties
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Map of counties, 2023

Aurora County: 1.5 %Beadle County: 4.9 %Bennett County: 0 %Bon Homme County: 2.3 %Brookings County: 6.2 %Brown County: 1.9 %Brule County: 1.1 %Buffalo County: 0 %Butte County: 1.8 %Campbell County: 2.3 %Charles Mix County: 1.1 %Clark County: 1 %Clay County: 9 %Codington County: 2.8 %Corson County: 0.9 %Custer County: 3 %Davison County: 1.3 %Day County: 2.5 %Deuel County: 1.5 %Dewey County: 0.6 %Douglas County: 1.9 %Edmunds County: 5.6 %Fall River County: 2.7 %Faulk County: 1 %Grant County: 4.4 %Gregory County: 3.6 %Haakon County: 0.4 %Hamlin County: 1.5 %Hand County: 1.4 %Hanson County: 0.4 %Harding County: 1 %Hughes County: 3.8 %Hutchinson County: 1.8 %Hyde County: 1.8 %Jackson County: 1.4 %Jerauld County: 0.9 %Jones County: 1.6 %Kingsbury County: 0.5 %Lake County: 3.6 %Lawrence County: 4.1 %Lincoln County: 3 %Lyman County: 1.4 %McCook County: 1.8 %McPherson County: 1 %Marshall County: 0.9 %Meade County: 7.2 %Mellette County: 0 %Miner County: 4.4 %Minnehaha County: 2.9 %Moody County: 0.8 %Oglala Lakota County: 0.4 %Pennington County: 4.4 %Perkins County: 1.3 %Potter County: 2.5 %Roberts County: 2 %Sanborn County: 0.5 %Spink County: 1.3 %Stanley County: 1.3 %Sully County: 1.6 %Todd County: 0.6 %Tripp County: 0.9 %Turner County: 2.1 %Union County: 5.5 %Walworth County: 3.9 %Yankton County: 3.4 %Ziebach County: 0.4 %
  • Under 0.8
  • 0.8 to 1.2
  • 1.2 to 1.6
  • 1.6 to 2.4
  • 2.4 to 3.8
  • 3.8 and over
%, 2023. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Clay County: 9 %Clay County9Meade County: 7.2 %Meade County7.2Brookings County: 6.2 %Brookings County6.2Edmunds County: 5.6 %Edmunds County5.6Union County: 5.5 %Union County5.5Beadle County: 4.9 %Beadle County4.9Pennington County: 4.4 %Pennington County4.4Grant County: 4.4 %Grant County4.4Miner County: 4.4 %Miner County4.4Lawrence County: 4.1 %Lawrence County4.1Walworth County: 3.9 %Walworth County3.9Hughes County: 3.8 %Hughes County3.8Gregory County: 3.6 %Gregory County3.6Lake County: 3.6 %Lake County3.6Yankton County: 3.4 %Yankton County3.4Custer County: 3 %Custer County3Lincoln County: 3 %Lincoln County3Minnehaha County: 2.9 %Minnehaha County2.9Codington County: 2.8 %Codington County2.8Fall River County: 2.7 %Fall River County2.7Potter County: 2.5 %Potter County2.5Day County: 2.5 %Day County2.5Campbell County: 2.3 %Campbell County2.3Bon Homme County: 2.3 %Bon Homme County2.3Turner County: 2.1 %Turner County2.1Roberts County: 2 %Roberts County2Brown County: 1.9 %Brown County1.9Douglas County: 1.9 %Douglas County1.9Butte County: 1.8 %Butte County1.8McCook County: 1.8 %McCook County1.8Hyde County: 1.8 %Hyde County1.8Hutchinson County: 1.8 %Hutchinson County1.8Sully County: 1.6 %Sully County1.6Jones County: 1.6 %Jones County1.6Deuel County: 1.5 %Deuel County1.5Aurora County: 1.5 %Aurora County1.5Hamlin County: 1.5 %Hamlin County1.5Jackson County: 1.4 %Jackson County1.4Hand County: 1.4 %Hand County1.4Lyman County: 1.4 %Lyman County1.4Clay County: 9 %Clay County9Meade County: 7.2 %Meade County7.2Brookings County: 6.2 %Brookings County6.2Edmunds County: 5.6 %Edmunds County5.6Union County: 5.5 %Union County5.5Beadle County: 4.9 %Beadle County4.9Pennington County: 4.4 %Pennington County4.4Grant County: 4.4 %Grant County4.4Miner County: 4.4 %Miner County4.4Lawrence County: 4.1 %Lawrence County4.1Walworth County: 3.9 %Walworth County3.9Hughes County: 3.8 %Hughes County3.8Gregory County: 3.6 %Gregory County3.6Lake County: 3.6 %Lake County3.6Yankton County: 3.4 %Yankton County3.4Custer County: 3 %Custer County3Lincoln County: 3 %Lincoln County3Minnehaha County: 2.9 %Minnehaha County2.9Codington County: 2.8 %Codington County2.8Fall River County: 2.7 %Fall River County2.7Potter County: 2.5 %Potter County2.5Day County: 2.5 %Day County2.5Campbell County: 2.3 %Campbell County2.3Bon Homme County: 2.3 %Bon Homme County2.3Turner County: 2.1 %Turner County2.1Roberts County: 2 %Roberts County2Brown County: 1.9 %Brown County1.9Douglas County: 1.9 %Douglas County1.9Butte County: 1.8 %Butte County1.8McCook County: 1.8 %McCook County1.8Hyde County: 1.8 %Hyde County1.8Hutchinson County: 1.8 %Hutchinson County1.8Sully County: 1.6 %Sully County1.6Jones County: 1.6 %Jones County1.6Deuel County: 1.5 %Deuel County1.5Aurora County: 1.5 %Aurora County1.5Hamlin County: 1.5 %Hamlin County1.5Jackson County: 1.4 %Jackson County1.4Hand County: 1.4 %Hand County1.4Lyman County: 1.4 %Lyman County1.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Clay County9+0.4 pts
2Meade County7.2-0.7 pts
3Brookings County6.2-0.1 pts
4Edmunds County5.6+1 pts
5Union County5.50 pts
6Beadle County4.9+1 pts
7Pennington County4.4+0.4 pts
8Grant County4.4+1.2 pts
9Miner County4.4+1.9 pts
10Lawrence County4.1-0.5 pts
11Walworth County3.9-1.2 pts
12Hughes County3.8-1.3 pts
13Gregory County3.6+0.8 pts
14Lake County3.6+0.8 pts
15Yankton County3.4-1.4 pts
16Custer County30 pts
17Lincoln County3-0.3 pts
18Minnehaha County2.9+0.2 pts
19Codington County2.8-0.4 pts
20Fall River County2.7-0.2 pts
21Potter County2.5+0.3 pts
22Day County2.5+0.1 pts
23Campbell County2.3-1.4 pts
24Bon Homme County2.30 pts
25Turner County2.10 pts
26Roberts County2-0.4 pts
27Brown County1.9+0.3 pts
27Douglas County1.9-0.6 pts
29Butte County1.8-1 pts
30McCook County1.8+0.4 pts
31Hyde County1.8+0.4 pts
32Hutchinson County1.8+0.6 pts
33Sully County1.6+0.2 pts
34Jones County1.6+0.2 pts
35Deuel County1.5-0.2 pts
36Aurora County1.5+0.1 pts
37Hamlin County1.5-0.4 pts
38Jackson County1.4+0.3 pts
39Hand County1.4+0.3 pts
40Lyman County1.4+0.4 pts
41Davison County1.3-0.1 pts
42Spink County1.3-0 pts
43Stanley County1.3-1.4 pts
44Perkins County1.3+0.7 pts
45Brule County1.1+0.4 pts
46Charles Mix County1.1-0.3 pts
47Faulk County1+0.9 pts
48Harding County1-0.6 pts
49McPherson County1+0.8 pts
50Clark County1+0.8 pts
51Tripp County0.9+0.3 pts
52Jerauld County0.9-1 pts
53Corson County0.9+0.3 pts
54Marshall County0.9-0 pts
55Moody County0.8+0.3 pts
56Todd County0.6-0.8 pts
57Dewey County0.6+0.4 pts
58Sanborn County0.5+0.3 pts
59Kingsbury County0.5-0.8 pts
60Oglala Lakota County0.4-0.4 pts
61Ziebach County0.4-0 pts
62Haakon County0.4-0.1 pts
62Hanson County0.40 pts
64Bennett County0-0.4 pts
64Buffalo County0-0.1 pts
64Mellette 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_south_dakota_2023,
  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, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/south-dakota-counties?period=2023. 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Clay County, with 9% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Mellette County, with 0% in 2023.

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