South Dakota: cities and towns by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · GeoNames

The largest of South Dakota's 152 recorded places, ranked by population — 619,799 people across the state's towns and cities.

The essentials

Sioux Falls is the largest place we record in South Dakota, with 171,544 residents. The three largest together hold 44% of the 619,799 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.

All 152 places, ranked

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

#	Place	Population
1	Sioux Falls	171,544
2	Rapid City	73,569
3	Aberdeen	28,102
4	Brookings	23,657
5	Watertown	22,073
6	Mitchell	15,669
7	Yankton	14,557
8	Pierre	14,091
9	Huron	13,313
10	Spearfish	11,283
11	Vermillion	10,738
12	Brandon	9,856
13	Box Elder	9,289
14	Rapid Valley	8,260
15	Ellsworth Air Force Base	8,000
16	Madison	7,258
17	Sturgis	6,688
18	Belle Fourche	5,696
19	Harrisburg	5,498
20	Tea	4,839
21	Dell Rapids	3,706
22	Hot Springs	3,532
23	Mobridge	3,466
24	Canton	3,331
25	Pine Ridge	3,308
26	Milbank	3,192
27	Hartford	3,025
28	Lead	2,999
29	Blackhawk	2,892
30	Winner	2,825
31	North Sioux City	2,731
32	Dakota Dunes	2,540
33	Colonial Pine Hills	2,493
34	Sisseton	2,450
35	Chamberlain	2,386
36	Redfield	2,379
37	Flandreau	2,303
38	North Spearfish	2,285
39	Lennox	2,272
40	Summerset	2,239
41	Fort Pierre	2,117
42	Elk Point	2,075
43	Beresford	1,976
44	North Eagle Butte	1,954
45	Springfield	1,953
46	Custer	1,952
47	Volga	1,865
48	Webster	1,802
49	Wagner	1,589
50	Rosebud	1,587
51	Groton	1,508
52	Parkston	1,488
53	Miller	1,437
54	Crooks	1,329
55	Salem	1,325
56	Eagle Butte	1,318
57	Oglala	1,290
58	Freeman	1,287
59	Fort Thompson	1,282
60	Clear Lake	1,273
61	Platte	1,266
62	Deadwood	1,258
63	Gregory	1,254
64	Britton	1,242
65	Lemmon	1,232
66	Mission	1,215
67	Garretson	1,201
68	Gettysburg	1,164
69	Baltic	1,132
70	De Smet	1,072
71	Porcupine	1,062
72	Martin	1,061
73	Clark	1,050
74	Tyndall	1,049
75	Hill City	995
76	Parker	993
77	Ipswich	959
78	Worthing	942
79	Green Valley	928
80	Wessington Springs	919
81	Whitewood	919
82	Arlington	883
83	Wall	877
84	Centerville	868
85	Kyle	846
86	Eureka	844
87	Lake Andes	840
88	Piedmont	827
89	Antelope	826
90	Scotland	820
91	Howard	790
92	Highmore	779
93	Marion	767
94	Valley Springs	767
95	Viborg	762
96	Alcester	761
97	Estelline	756
98	Ashland Heights	754
99	Philip	751
100	Faulkton	740
101	Edgemont	739
102	Elkton	731
103	Wanblee	725
104	Plankinton	714
105	Saint Francis	709
106	Kadoka	707
107	Colton	690
108	Armour	686
109	Kimball	686
110	McLaughlin	679
111	New Underwood	672
112	Woonsocket	659
113	Johnson Siding	659
114	Onida	658
115	Aurora	650
116	Canistota	638
117	Castlewood	636
118	Selby	634
119	Tripp	630
120	Manderson-White Horse Creek	626
121	Alexandria	623
122	Lower Brule	613
123	Corsica	595
124	Menno	595
125	Newell	595
126	Burke	589
127	Shindler	584
128	Humboldt	583
129	Colman	576
130	White River	575
131	Avon	571
132	Lake Preston	568
133	Waubay	567
134	Parmelee	562
135	Meadow View Addition	538
136	Veblen	537
137	Dupree	527
138	Jefferson	517
139	Goodwill	513
140	Wilmot	504
141	Presho	503
142	Bowdle	502
143	Timber Lake	483
144	Murdo	458
145	Leola	440
146	Hayti	381
147	Buffalo	345
148	Bison	339
149	Kennebec	260
150	McIntosh	175
151	Olivet	73
152	Mound City	68

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