South Dakota Cities by Population (2026)

by Kristen Carney

Updated: February 9, 2026

The most populous cities in South Dakota are Sioux Falls with 201,469, Rapid City at 77,946, Aberdeen with 28,189, Brookings at 23,948, and Watertown with 23,044. You can get the most current Census population data for all 439 South Dakota cities, sorted from the most populous cities in South Dakota to the least, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

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Rank City Population
1 Sioux Falls 201,469
2 Rapid City 77,946
3 Aberdeen 28,189
4 Brookings 23,948
5 Watertown 23,044
6 Mitchell 15,649
7 Yankton 15,540
8 Huron 14,385
9 Pierre 13,948
10 Spearfish 12,930
11 Box Elder 12,902
12 Vermillion 11,878
13 Brandon 10,996
14 Harrisburg 8,519
15 Sturgis 7,086
16 Rapid Valley 6,975
17 Tea 6,786
18 Madison 6,094
19 Belle Fourche 5,804
20 Dakota Dunes 3,936
21 Dell Rapids 3,905
22 Hot Springs 3,548
23 Milbank 3,525
24 Hartford 3,478
25 North Sioux City 3,045
26 Canton 3,033
27 Summerset 3,022
28 Lead 3,006
29 Blackhawk 2,934
30 Mobridge 2,932
31 Winner 2,905
32 Sisseton 2,670
33 Colonial Pine Hills 2,609
34 Chamberlain 2,588
35 Elk Point 2,537
36 Lennox 2,468
37 Fort Pierre 2,410
38 Volga 2,408
39 Flandreau 2,392
40 Beresford 2,360
41 Custer 2,341
42 Pine Ridge 2,246
43 Springfield 2,038
44 Redfield 1,989
45 Webster 1,896
46 Parkston 1,874
47 North Spearfish 1,858
48 Groton 1,691
49 Rosebud 1,659
50 Green Valley 1,642
51 Freeman 1,565
52 Mission 1,539
53 Wagner 1,529
54 Baltic 1,502
55 North Eagle Butte 1,481
56 Eagle Butte 1,458
57 Aurora 1,444
58 Gregory 1,379
59 Miller 1,363
60 Clark 1,359
61 Clear Lake city 1,327
62 Parker 1,280
63 Crooks 1,268
64 Gettysburg 1,260
65 Salem 1,216
66 Deadwood 1,209
67 Lemmon 1,208
68 Tyndall 1,183
69 Garretson 1,176
70 Platte 1,161
71 Fort Thompson 1,147
72 Ashland Heights 1,105
73 Oglala 1,071
74 Ipswich 1,048
75 Worthing 1,036
76 Valley Springs 996
77 Alcester 989
78 Britton 988
79 TIE Marion 981
79 TIE Piedmont 981
81 Agency Village 980
82 Elkton 977
83 Viborg 958
84 Colman 948
85 Martin 947
86 TIE Howard 943
86 TIE De Smet 943
88 Lake Madison 936
89 Arlington 920
90 Whitewood 912
91 Centerville 903
92 Lake Andes 901
93 Lake Norden 889
94 Meadow View Addition 879
95 Edgemont 860
96 Scotland 851
97 Boulder Canyon 841
98 Hill City 834
99 Manderson-White Horse Creek 833
100 Estelline 831
101 Castlewood 804
102 Allen 783
103 Timber Lake 779
104 Eureka 778
105 Mina 767
106 Woonsocket 759
107 Wonderland Homes 745
108 Lower Brule 743
109 Colton 736
110 Humboldt 732
111 TIE Bryant 727
111 TIE Wessington Springs 727
113 Canistota 711
114 Burke 708
115 TIE Antelope 706
115 TIE Big Stone City 706
117 TIE Avon 704
117 TIE Johnson Siding 704
119 Selby 702
120 Corsica 699
121 TIE Alexandria 692
121 TIE Wolsey 692
121 TIE Blucksberg Mountain 692
124 McLaughlin 683
125 Armour 675
126 Faulkton 670
127 Kyle 667
128 Menno 653
129 Onida 644
130 Wall 622
131 White River 606
132 Plankinton 603
133 Murdo 599
134 TIE Highmore 596
134 TIE Lake Preston 596
136 St. Francis 593
137 Parmelee 584
138 Shindler 579
139 Tripp 574
140 Philip 571
141 Herreid 560
142 Dupree 557
143 Jefferson 554
144 Oacoma 548
145 Emery 539
146 Ramona 538
147 Wanblee 534
148 Wounded Knee 524
149 Gayville 519
150 Warner 512
151 New Underwood 509
152 White 484
153 Montrose 483
154 Langford 481
155 Bowdle 475
156 Prairiewood Village 474
157 West Brule 471
158 White Lake 469
159 Kimball 457
160 Irene 456
161 Veblen 455
162 Bridgewater 451
163 Hayti 444
164 Mount Vernon 442
165 Willow Lake 433
166 Rosholt 428
167 Porcupine 424
168 Chancellor 421
169 Bison 406
170 TIE Oahe Acres 399
170 TIE Wakonda 399
172 Hurley 394
173 Iroquois 389
174 Hudson 382
175 TIE Leola 381
175 TIE Wilmot 381
177 Newell 378
178 Kadoka 372
179 Tabor 369
180 Summit 359
181 Hermosa 353
182 Mountain Plains 350
183 Lake Poinsett 348
184 Ethan 346
185 Trent 341
186 Colome 338
187 Waubay 337
188 Keystone 336
189 Spring Creek 330
190 Hoven 329
191 TIE Alpena 317
191 TIE Florence 317
193 Roscoe 316
194 Presho 313
195 Marty 305
196 Enemy Swim 301
197 Pukwana 300
198 Faith 297
199 Kennebec 296
200 Bullhead 294
201 Bruce 290
202 Hosmer 289
203 Bonesteel 286
204 Stickney 284
205 Pine Lakes Addition 282
206 TIE Crook City 279
206 TIE Renner Corner 279
208 Buffalo 278
209 TIE Pickstown 275
209 TIE Bristol 275
209 TIE Little Eagle 275
212 Pollock 270
213 New Effington 269
214 Two Strike 257
215 Gary 246
216 Sicangu Village 245
217 La Plant 240
218 TIE Toronto 238
218 TIE White Horse 238
220 Henry 237
221 Monroe 233
222 Rowena 225
223 Cherry Creek 224
224 Eden 221
225 Anderson 219
226 Blunt 216
227 Sinai 215
228 Isabel 214
229 TIE Brant Lake South 211
229 TIE Reliance 211
231 TIE Spring Creek Colony 209
231 TIE Doland 209
233 Pringle 206
234 Ashton 204
235 Soldier Creek 201
236 Mission Hill 200
237 TIE Mellette 199
237 TIE Hazel 199
239 Oelrichs 198
240 Okreek 195
241 Egan 194
242 Wessington 192
243 Cavour 186
244 TIE Delmont 183
244 TIE South Shore 183
246 Hecla 182
247 TIE Kranzburg 175
247 TIE Tulare 175
249 St. Lawrence 172
250 Letcher 171
251 Kenel 163
252 TIE Horse Creek 162
252 TIE Badger 162
252 TIE Whitehorse 162
255 TIE Pierpont 161
255 TIE Columbia 161
257 Frederick 160
258 Canova 159
259 Geddes 158
260 Northville 153
261 Chester 152
262 TIE Artesian 148
262 TIE Tschetter Colony 148
264 Roslyn 147
265 Peever 145
266 TIE Angostura 144
266 TIE Wakpala 144
268 Astoria 142
269 TIE Central City 140
269 TIE Norris 140
271 TIE Clark Colony 139
271 TIE Volin 139
273 Wentworth 138
274 Midland 135
275 Fruitdale 134
276 Buffalo Gap 131
277 TIE Conde 128
277 TIE Frankfort 128
277 TIE Long Hollow 128
280 Maverick Junction 123
281 TIE Cresbard 122
281 TIE Yale 122
283 Dante 120
284 TIE Fairfax 119
284 TIE Peever Flats 119
286 Belvidere 114
287 TIE Corn Creek 113
287 TIE Forestburg 113
289 TIE Lyons 112
289 TIE Glendale Colony 112
291 Burbank 110
292 Nisland 109
293 TIE Claire City 107
293 TIE Richland 107
295 TIE Claremont 106
295 TIE Clearfield Colony 106
297 Erwin 105
298 TIE Dimock 104
298 TIE Akaska 104
300 Spencer 103
301 TIE Fairview 102
301 TIE Dallas 102
303 TIE Goodwin 101
303 TIE Jamesville Colony 101
305 Naples 96
306 Glenham 95
307 Westport 93
308 TIE Hitchcock 91
308 TIE Lesterville 91
308 TIE Bath 91
308 TIE Orient 91
312 TIE Millerdale Colony 90
312 TIE Morningside 90
312 TIE Mound City 90
315 Batesland 89
316 TIE Spink Colony 88
316 TIE Revillo 88
318 Corona 87
319 Fulton 84
320 Brentford 83
321 TIE Brandt 82
321 TIE Raymond 82
323 Agar 81
324 TIE McIntosh 80
324 TIE Kaylor 80
324 TIE La Bolt 80
327 TIE Garden City 78
327 TIE Bradley 78
327 TIE Carthage 78
327 TIE Green Grass 78
327 TIE Java 78
332 TIE Cameron Colony 77
332 TIE Interior 77
332 TIE Mayfield Colony 77
335 TIE Davis 76
335 TIE Lebanon 76
335 TIE Morristown 76
335 TIE New Witten 76
339 TIE Oldham 75
339 TIE Old Elm Spring Colony 75
341 Stockholm 74
342 TIE Herrick 73
342 TIE Ortley 73
342 TIE Running Water 73
342 TIE Vale 73
346 TIE Shamrock Colony 72
346 TIE Harrold 72
346 TIE Bath Corner 72
349 Wasta 70
350 TIE Meckling 69
350 TIE Cow Creek 69
352 TIE Sunset Colony 68
352 TIE Utica 68
354 TIE Bridger 66
354 TIE Bushnell 66
354 TIE Cottonwood 66
354 TIE Wallace 66
358 TIE Sherman 65
358 TIE Fedora 65
360 TIE Olivet 63
360 TIE Brant Lake 63
362 Stratford 62
363 TIE Chelsea 61
363 TIE Fairburn 61
363 TIE Turton 61
366 Golden View Colony 60
367 Strandburg 58
368 TIE Tolstoy 57
368 TIE Brentwood Colony 57
370 TIE Evergreen Colony 55
370 TIE Oral 55
372 Grenville 53
373 Ward 52
374 Vivian 50
375 Vienna 49
376 Quinn 48
377 Millbrook Colony 47
378 Altamont 46
379 Ravinia 45
380 TIE Camp Crook 41
380 TIE Clear Lake CDP 41
382 TIE Ideal 40
382 TIE Lake City 40
382 TIE Nunda 40
382 TIE St. Onge 40
382 TIE Wood 40
387 Ree Heights 38
388 TIE New Elm Spring Colony 37
388 TIE Orland Colony 37
388 TIE Rockham 37
391 TIE Spring Lake Colony 35
391 TIE Swift Bird 35
393 TIE Winfred 34
393 TIE Oak Lane Colony 34
395 TIE Farmer 31
395 TIE Andover 31
397 TIE Upland Colony 30
397 TIE Rustic Acres Colony 30
399 Twin Brooks 29
400 Lane 28
401 Caputa 27
402 TIE Onaka 25
402 TIE Smithwick 25
404 Rockport Colony 23
405 TIE Seneca 22
405 TIE Crocker 22
407 TIE Vilas 21
407 TIE Dolton 21
409 TIE Virgil 20
409 TIE Draper 20
409 TIE Prairie City 20
412 TIE Marvin 19
412 TIE Pembrook Colony 19
414 TIE Bancroft 16
414 TIE Aurora Center 16
416 TIE Broadland 15
416 TIE Grassland Colony 15
418 Long Lake 14
419 TIE Loomis 13
419 TIE Hutterville Colony 13
419 TIE Stephan 13
422 TIE Mansfield 12
422 TIE White Rock 12
424 Hetland 10
425 TIE Dudley 8
425 TIE Kidder 8
427 TIE Waverly 7
427 TIE Wetonka 7
429 TIE Gann Valley 6
429 TIE St. Charles 6
431 Ardmore 5
432 TIE Albee 4
432 TIE Verdon 4
432 TIE Milltown 4
432 TIE New Holland 4
436 TIE Artas 3
436 TIE Lantry 3
438 Butler 2
439 Lowry 1
  • United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. January 29, 2026. http://www.census.gov/.

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