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Labor Market Information Center

Population

Total Population Data

Annual population figures for 1900 through 2021 are available for the following areas:

United States | South Dakota (statewide, the default option) | County | Metropolitan Statistical Area | Census Places | OR you may select an area from a map.

Additionally, 2022 data are available for United States and statewide South Dakota.

Retrievable Data

Get total population data from the virtual LMI data system. (Chrome or Edge browser recommended; Internet Explorer results in some loss of functionality.)

See step by step instructions for finding total population data.

Population Demographics Data

Additionally, population estimates by age and gender for the years 2015-2018 from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) are available in the virtual system for the following areas.

United States | South Dakota (statewide, the default option) | Census Places | County | Metropolitan Statistical Area | OR you may select an area from a map.

Get population demographics data (by age and gender) from the virtual LMI data system. (Chrome or Edge browser recommended; Internet Explorer results in some loss of functionality.)

See step by step instructions for finding total population data.

Population Projections

Population projections for the state of South Dakota and all of its counties are available from the Census Data Center at South Dakota State University. Contact them by phone at 605.688.4901 or by email at sdsudata@sdstate.edu.

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