Blank map of South Dakota by county
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South Dakota on the map
South Dakota has 66 counties, the 23rd most of any state. The largest is Meade, with 3,471 sq mi of land, and the smallest is Clay, with 412 sq mi: Meade is about 8 times bigger.
The state capital, Pierre, is in Hughes County. The capital version marks it on the map.
Minnehaha County is the most populous, with 212,691 people in 2025, or 23% of the state. The least populous is Jones, with 913. Since 2020, Lincoln has grown the fastest (+18.4%) and Buffalo has lost the most (−7.3%).
What each county borders
Lyman borders the most counties in the state: 9 (Brule, Buffalo, Gregory, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Mellette, Stanley, and Tripp).
29 counties touch another state. 11 border Nebraska: Bennett, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Fall River, Gregory, Oglala Lakota, Todd and 3 more. 8 border North Dakota: Brown, Campbell, Corson, Harding, Marshall, McPherson, Perkins, and Roberts. 6 border Minnesota: Brookings, Deuel, Grant, Minnehaha, Moody, and Roberts. 5 border Wyoming: Butte, Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, and Pennington. 3 border Iowa: Lincoln, Minnehaha, and Union. 2 border Montana: Butte and Harding.
None has a coastline: South Dakota is landlocked.
Number key
Numbers follow alphabetical order, from 1 (Aurora) to 66 (Ziebach). Area is land area, without lakes or sea, and population is the Census estimate for July 1, 2025; “Borders” counts neighboring counties in the same state.
Show the whole table (66 rows)
| No. | County | Land area | Population (2025) | Borders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aurora | 708 sq mi | 2,801 | 6 |
| 2 | Beadle | 1,259 sq mi | 19,624 | 6 |
| 3 | Bennett | 1,185 sq mi | 3,307 | 3 |
| 4 | Bon Homme | 564 sq mi | 7,244 | 3 |
| 5 | Brookings | 792 sq mi | 37,635 | 5 |
| 6 | Brown | 1,713 sq mi | 37,561 | 6 |
| 7 | Brule | 817 sq mi | 5,278 | 5 |
| 8 | Buffalo | 471 sq mi | 1,802 | 5 |
| 9 | Butte | 2,250 sq mi | 10,856 | 4 |
| 10 | Campbell | 734 sq mi | 1,377 | 3 |
| 11 | Charles Mix | 1,097 sq mi | 9,303 | 6 |
| 12 | Clark | 957 sq mi | 4,031 | 6 |
| 13 | Clay | 412 sq mi | 15,031 | 4 |
| 14 | Codington | 688 sq mi | 29,562 | 5 |
| 15 | Corson | 2,470 sq mi | 3,781 | 5 |
| 16 | Custer | 1,557 sq mi | 9,431 | 3 |
| 17 | Davison | 436 sq mi | 20,069 | 5 |
| 18 | Day | 1,028 sq mi | 5,484 | 7 |
| 19 | Deuel | 623 sq mi | 4,408 | 4 |
| 20 | Dewey | 2,302 sq mi | 5,419 | 6 |
| 21 | Douglas | 432 sq mi | 2,888 | 4 |
| 22 | Edmunds | 1,126 sq mi | 4,022 | 5 |
| 23 | Fall River | 1,740 sq mi | 7,467 | 2 |
| 24 | Faulk | 982 sq mi | 2,178 | 6 |
| 25 | Grant | 681 sq mi | 7,534 | 4 |
| 26 | Gregory | 1,015 sq mi | 4,037 | 3 |
| 27 | Haakon | 1,811 sq mi | 1,802 | 5 |
| 28 | Hamlin | 507 sq mi | 6,900 | 5 |
| 29 | Hand | 1,437 sq mi | 3,121 | 6 |
| 30 | Hanson | 435 sq mi | 3,456 | 5 |
| 31 | Harding | 2,672 sq mi | 1,331 | 2 |
| 32 | Hughes | 742 sq mi | 17,570 | 4 |
| 33 | Hutchinson | 813 sq mi | 7,413 | 8 |
| 34 | Hyde | 861 sq mi | 1,191 | 7 |
| 35 | Jackson | 1,864 sq mi | 2,666 | 6 |
| 36 | Jerauld | 526 sq mi | 1,654 | 6 |
| 37 | Jones | 970 sq mi | 913 | 5 |
| 38 | Kingsbury | 832 sq mi | 5,284 | 7 |
| 39 | Lake | 563 sq mi | 10,993 | 6 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 800 sq mi | 29,459 | 3 |
| 41 | Lincoln | 577 sq mi | 77,145 | 4 |
| 42 | Lyman | 1,642 sq mi | 3,694 | 9 |
| 43 | Marshall | 838 sq mi | 4,426 | 3 |
| 44 | McCook | 574 sq mi | 5,964 | 6 |
| 45 | McPherson | 1,137 sq mi | 2,347 | 4 |
| 46 | Meade | 3,471 sq mi | 30,711 | 5 |
| 47 | Mellette | 1,307 sq mi | 2,137 | 5 |
| 48 | Miner | 570 sq mi | 2,281 | 5 |
| 49 | Minnehaha | 807 sq mi | 212,691 | 5 |
| 50 | Moody | 519 sq mi | 6,632 | 3 |
| 51 | Oglala Lakota | 2,094 sq mi | 13,338 | 5 |
| 52 | Pennington | 2,777 sq mi | 116,792 | 6 |
| 53 | Perkins | 2,870 sq mi | 2,853 | 5 |
| 54 | Potter | 861 sq mi | 2,377 | 6 |
| 55 | Roberts | 1,101 sq mi | 10,255 | 3 |
| 56 | Sanborn | 569 sq mi | 2,388 | 7 |
| 57 | Spink | 1,503 sq mi | 6,155 | 6 |
| 58 | Stanley | 1,444 sq mi | 3,018 | 6 |
| 59 | Sully | 1,007 sq mi | 1,479 | 5 |
| 60 | Todd | 1,389 sq mi | 8,863 | 3 |
| 61 | Tripp | 1,612 sq mi | 5,708 | 4 |
| 62 | Turner | 617 sq mi | 9,314 | 6 |
| 63 | Union | 461 sq mi | 17,402 | 2 |
| 64 | Walworth | 707 sq mi | 5,217 | 6 |
| 65 | Yankton | 521 sq mi | 23,635 | 4 |
| 66 | Ziebach | 1,961 sq mi | 2,389 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
How many counties does South Dakota have?
66 counties. That’s the 23rd most of any state.
What is the largest county in South Dakota?
Meade, with 3,471 sq mi of land. The smallest is Clay, with 412 sq mi.
What is the most populous county in South Dakota?
Minnehaha County, with an estimated 212,691 people in 2025, or 23% of the state.
What county is Pierre in?
The state capital, Pierre, is in Hughes County.
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Alphabetical, from 1 to the last one. That makes the key easy to follow when you grade, and it’s the same key the worksheet’s answer page uses.
Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files 2025, counties at 1:500,000 (public domain)
- Land and water area: U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER/Line and 2025 Gazetteer); population: Vintage 2025 estimates (July 1, 2025)
- State capital: Natural Earth, Populated Places (public domain); which counties it spans, Census places
- Neighbors, coastline and borders: calculated from those boundaries (and checked against the Census county adjacency file)