Counties in South Dakota by net domestic migration, July to June
Lincoln County had the highest net domestic migration, July to June of 66 counties in 2018, at 1,594. Brown County had the lowest, at -431. The median was -14 and the figure for South Dakota was 798. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2018
- Under -80
- -80 to -40
- -40 to 0
- 0 to 10
- 10 to 50
- 50 and over
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County Estimated | 1,594 | +4% |
| 2 | Pennington County Estimated | 1,002 | +55.3% |
| 3 | Meade County Estimated | 254 | -53% |
| 4 | Union County Estimated | 242 | +2,116.7% |
| 5 | Lake County Estimated | 233 | +22% |
| 6 | Butte County Estimated | 101 | +448.3% |
| 6 | Turner County Estimated | 101 | +98% |
| 8 | Fall River County Estimated | 90 | +509.1% |
| 9 | Custer County Estimated | 84 | +1.2% |
| 10 | Yankton County Estimated | 83 | +256.6% |
| 11 | Roberts County Estimated | 47 | +687.5% |
| 12 | Lawrence County Estimated | 38 | -84% |
| 13 | Stanley County Estimated | 24 | +163.2% |
| 14 | Deuel County Estimated | 18 | -25% |
| 14 | Hamlin County Estimated | 18 | -28% |
| 16 | Tripp County Estimated | 15 | +135.7% |
| 17 | Buffalo County Estimated | 12 | +128.6% |
| 18 | Aurora County Estimated | 11 | +130.6% |
| 18 | Bennett County Estimated | 11 | +150% |
| 18 | Clark County Estimated | 11 | +120% |
| 18 | Jerauld County Estimated | 11 | -45% |
| 22 | McPherson County Estimated | 10 | +42.9% |
| 22 | Miner County Estimated | 10 | +162.5% |
| 24 | Brookings County Estimated | 9 | +105.4% |
| 24 | Day County Estimated | 9 | -62.5% |
| 26 | Campbell County Estimated | 6 | +154.5% |
| 27 | McCook County Estimated | 5 | -58.3% |
| 28 | Jones County Estimated | 4 | +157.1% |
| 29 | Harding County Estimated | 3 | +110.3% |
| 30 | Potter County Estimated | 2 | +105.7% |
| 31 | Ziebach County Estimated | 1 | +100.8% |
| 32 | Faulk County Estimated | -8 | -14.3% |
| 33 | Bon Homme County Estimated | -13 | -200% |
| 34 | Gregory County Estimated | -14 | -130.4% |
| 35 | Douglas County Estimated | -18 | |
| 36 | Moody County Estimated | -25 | +58.3% |
| 37 | Hyde County Estimated | -26 | -4% |
| 38 | Haakon County Estimated | -27 | -157.4% |
| 39 | Sully County Estimated | -30 | -30.4% |
| 40 | Hand County Estimated | -32 | -700% |
| 41 | Walworth County Estimated | -36 | -1,000% |
| 42 | Dewey County Estimated | -37 | -105.6% |
| 43 | Kingsbury County Estimated | -39 | -14.7% |
| 43 | Mellette County Estimated | -39 | -85.7% |
| 45 | Spink County Estimated | -45 | -850% |
| 46 | Jackson County Estimated | -46 | +16.4% |
| 47 | Perkins County Estimated | -49 | -390% |
| 48 | Hanson County Estimated | -50 | -933.3% |
| 48 | Sanborn County Estimated | -50 | -200% |
| 50 | Edmunds County Estimated | -56 | -107.4% |
| 51 | Grant County Estimated | -60 | -30.4% |
| 52 | Marshall County Estimated | -62 | -588.9% |
| 53 | Hutchinson County Estimated | -63 | -1,160% |
| 54 | Davison County Estimated | -66 | +64.7% |
| 55 | Corson County Estimated | -86 | -368.8% |
| 56 | Lyman County Estimated | -101 | -38.4% |
| 57 | Hughes County Estimated | -108 | -700% |
| 58 | Clay County Estimated | -111 | -484.2% |
| 59 | Charles Mix County Estimated | -141 | -2,250% |
| 60 | Todd County Estimated | -149 | +16.3% |
| 61 | Brule County Estimated | -151 | -279.8% |
| 62 | Oglala Lakota County Estimated | -172 | -2.4% |
| 63 | Codington County Estimated | -234 | -181.9% |
| 64 | Beadle County Estimated | -343 | -58.8% |
| 64 | Minnehaha County Estimated | -343 | -235.6% |
| 66 | Brown County Estimated | -431 | -2,255% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Estimated moves into an area from elsewhere in the same country minus moves out to the rest of the country, from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year.
More on how it is measured
- United States: states and counties.
- Canada: provinces and territories, net interprovincial migration (Statistics Canada).
- United Kingdom: local authorities, counting moves between any two UK local authorities, including across the borders of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (ONS internal migration).
- A negative value means more people left than arrived.
Sums to zero, or close to it, for each country as a whole, so there is no national value.
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. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021 (Counties in South Dakota by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
MLA 9
Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in South Dakota by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 Mar. 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/south-dakota-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Counties in South Dakota by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/south-dakota-counties?period=2018.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in South Dakota by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/south-dakota-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_south_dakota_2018,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021: Counties in South Dakota by net domestic migration, July to June, 2018}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-domestic-migration-july-june/south-dakota-counties?period=2018. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Which county has the highest net domestic migration, July to June?
Lincoln County, with 1,594 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest net domestic migration, July to June?
Brown County, with -431 in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Retrieved 2026-10-12.