List of cities in South Dakota

This is a list incorporated cities in South Dakota.

Cities

  County seat
  State capital and county seat

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Sioux Falls, largest city in South Dakota

Rapid City, Downtown

Aberdeen, Storybook Land

2023 rank	City	2023 estimate[1]	2020 Census[2]	Change	County
1	Sioux Falls †	206,410	192,517	+7.22%	Minnehaha Lincoln
2	Rapid City †	79,404	74,703	+6.29%	Pennington
3	Aberdeen †	28,110	28,495	−1.35%	Brown
4	Brookings †	24,312	23,377	+4.00%	Brookings
5	Watertown †	23,230	22,655	+2.54%	Codington
6	Yankton †	15,630	15,411	+1.42%	Yankton
7	Mitchell †	15,621	15,660	−0.25%	Davison
8	Huron †	14,618	14,263	+2.49%	Beadle
9	Pierre ‡	13,880	14,091	−1.50%	Hughes
10	Box Elder	13,868	11,746	+18.07%	Pennington Meade
11	Spearfish	13,282	12,193	+8.93%	Lawrence
12	Vermillion †	12,011	11,695	+2.70%	Clay
13	Brandon	10,958	11,048	−0.81%	Minnehaha
14	Harrisburg	9,435	6,732	+40.15%	Lincoln
15	Tea	7,381	5,598	+31.85%	Lincoln
16	Sturgis †	7,067	7,020	+0.67%	Meade
17	Madison †	6,091	6,191	−1.62%	Lake
18	Belle Fourche †	5,873	5,617	+4.56%	Butte
19	Dell Rapids	3,868	3,996	−3.20%	Minnehaha
20	Hartford	3,614	3,354	+7.75%	Minnehaha
21	Hot Springs †	3,609	3,395	+6.30%	Fall River[3]
22	Milbank †	3,512	3,544	−0.90%	Grant
23	Mobridge	3,224	3,261	−1.13%	Walworth
24	North Sioux City	3,048	3,042	+0.20%	Union
25	Lead	3,035	2,982	+1.78%	Lawrence
26	Canton †	3,001	3,066	−2.12%	Lincoln
27	Summerset	3,000	2,972	+0.94%	Meade
28	Winner †	2,912	2,921	−0.31%	Tripp[4]
29	Lennox	2,493	2,423	+2.89%	Lincoln
30	Chamberlain †	2,491	2,473	+0.73%	Brule
31	Sisseton †	2,418	2,479	−2.46%	Roberts
32	Flandreau †	2,358	2,372	−0.59%	Moody
33	Volga	2,340	2,113	+10.74%	Brookings
34	Fort Pierre †	2,175	2,115	+2.84%	Stanley
35	Redfield †	2,131	2,214	−3.75%	Spink
36	Beresford	2,103	2,180	−3.53%	Union Lincoln
37	Elk Point †	2,075	2,149	−3.44%	Union
38	Springfield	1,913	1,914	−0.05%	Bon Homme
39	Custer †	1,844	1,919	−3.91%	Custer
40	Webster †	1,687	1,728	−2.37%	Day
41	Parkston	1,544	1,567	−1.47%	Hutchinson
42	Wagner	1,426	1,490	−4.30%	Charles Mix
43	Crooks	1,371	1,362	+0.66%	Minnehaha
44	Groton	1,355	1,380	−1.81%	Brown
45	Deadwood †	1,343	1,156	+16.18%	Lawrence
46	Salem †	1,335	1,325	+0.75%	McCook
47	Miller †	1,326	1,349	−1.70%	Hand
48	Baltic	1,325	1,246	+6.34%	Minnehaha
49	Freeman	1,311	1,329	−1.35%	Hutchinson
50	Parker †	1,271	1,194	+6.45%	Turner
51	Platte	1,242	1,296	−4.17%	Charles Mix
52	Eagle Butte	1,228	1,258	−2.38%	Dewey Ziebach
53	Gregory	1,222	1,221	+0.08%	Gregory
54	Clear Lake †	1,216	1,218	−0.16%	Deuel
55	Britton †	1,209	1,215	−0.49%	Marshall
56	Garretson	1,175	1,228	−4.32%	Minnehaha
57	Clark †	1,159	1,148	+0.96%	Clark
58	Lemmon	1,156	1,160	−0.34%	Perkins
59	Aurora	1,148	1,047	+9.65%	Brookings
60	Mission	1,142	1,156	−1.21%	Todd
61	Tyndall †	1,075	1,057	+1.70%	Bon Homme
62	Gettysburg †	1,072	1,104	−2.90%	Potter
63	De Smet †	1,046	1,056	−0.95%	Kingsbury
64	Piedmont	1,015	971	+4.53%	Meade
65	Centerville	957	918	+4.25%	Turner
66	Hill City	953	872	+9.29%	Pennington
67	Ipswich †	947	928	+2.05%	Edmunds
68	Whitewood	943	879	+7.28%	Lawrence
69	Arlington	928	915	+1.42%	Kingsbury Brookings
70	Martin †	926	938	−1.28%	Bennett
71	Worthing	918	927	−0.97%	Lincoln
72	Valley Springs	878	885	−0.79%	Minnehaha
73	Marion	874	849	+2.94%	Turner
74	Viborg	834	814	+2.46%	Turner
75	Howard †	833	848	−1.77%	Miner
76	Faulkton †	823	826	−0.36%	Faulk
77	Scotland	784	785	−0.13%	Bon Homme
78	Plankinton †	782	781	+0.13%	Aurora
79	Alcester	781	820	−4.76%	Union
80	Elkton	776	755	+2.78%	Brookings
81	Eureka	773	813	−4.92%	McPherson
82	Estelline	768	749	+2.54%	Hamlin
83	Edgemont	767	725	+5.79%	Fall River
84	Wessington Springs †	761	771	−1.30%	Jerauld
85	Philip †	758	759	−0.13%	Haakon
86	Castlewood	706	698	+1.15%	Hamlin
87	Armour †	703	698	+0.72%	Douglas
88	Colton	700	738	−5.15%	Minnehaha
89	Wall	688	699	−1.57%	Pennington
90	Lake Andes †	685	710	−3.52%	Charles Mix
91	Onida †	658	666	−1.20%	Sully
92-(T)	Alexandria †	654	649	+0.77%	Hanson
92-(T)	Colman	654	634	+3.15%	Moody
94	Woonsocket †	648	631	+2.69%	Sanborn
95	Canistota	642	631	+1.74%	McCook
96	Highmore †	636	682	−6.74%	Hyde
97	Menno	619	614	+0.81%	Hutchinson
98	Lake Preston	613	589	+4.07%	Kingsbury
99	New Underwood	610	590	+3.39%	Pennington
100	Selby †	607	610	−0.49%	Walworth
101	Lake Norden	598	554	+7.94%	Hamlin
102	Newell	597	584	+2.23%	Butte
103	Avon	595	586	+1.54%	Bon Homme
104	Kimball	581	572	+1.57%	Brule
105	Humboldt	579	579	0.00%	Minnehaha
106	Burke †	577	575	+0.35%	Gregory
107	Tripp	564	575	−1.91%	Hutchinson
108	Corsica	556	561	−0.89%	Douglas
109	McLaughlin	549	569	−3.51%	Corson
110	White	542	537	+0.93%	Brookings
111	Kadoka †	539	543	−0.74%	Jackson
112	White River †	519	533	−2.63%	Mellette
113	Timber Lake †	516	509	+1.38%	Dewey
114	Bridgewater	507	511	−0.78%	McCook
115	Emery	478	484	−1.24%	Hanson
116-(T)	Bowdle	476	470	+1.28%	Edmunds
116-(T)	Dupree †	476	494	−3.64%	Ziebach
118	Waubay	475	473	+0.42%	Day
119	Bryant	470	471	−0.21%	Hamlin
120	St. Francis	467	469	−0.43%	Todd
121	Montrose	466	468	−0.43%	McCook
122	Wolsey	465	459	+1.31%	Beadle
123	Presho	464	472	−1.69%	Lyman
124	Warner	463	485	−4.54%	Brown
125	Mount Vernon	459	461	−0.43%	Davison
126-(T)	Jefferson	448	475	−5.68%	Union
126-(T)	Murdo †	448	475	−5.68%	Jones
128	Irene	435	422	+3.08%	Clay Turner Yankton
129	Wilmot	424	432	−1.85%	Roberts
130	Leola †	416	434	−4.15%	McPherson
131	Hayti †	414	393	+5.34%	Hamlin
132	Big Stone City	410	412	−0.49%	Grant
133	White Lake	406	394	+3.05%	Aurora
134	Herreid	405	416	−2.64%	Campbell
135	Tabor	403	407	−0.98%	Bon Homme
136	Oacoma	390	386	+1.04%	Lyman
137	Hurley	385	379	+1.58%	Turner
138	Gayville	378	382	−1.05%	Yankton
139	Hermosa	373	382	−2.36%	Custer
140	Rosholt	368	379	−2.90%	Roberts
141	Hoven	366	379	−3.43%	Potter
142	Ethan	361	365	−1.10%	Davison
143-(T)	Buffalo †	356	346	+2.89%	Harding
143-(T)	Faith	356	367	−3.00%	Meade
145	Wakonda	350	347	+0.86%	Clay
146	Blunt	338	342	−1.17%	Hughes
147	Florence	334	337	−0.89%	Codington
148	Colome	330	331	−0.30%	Tripp
149	Hudson	323	311	+3.86%	Lincoln
150	Stickney	318	321	−0.93%	Aurora
151	Chancellor	316	300	+5.33%	Turner
152	Veblen	314	317	−0.95%	Marshall
153	Bison †	304	302	+0.66%	Perkins
154	Iroquois	295	292	+1.03%	Kingsbury Beadle
155	Kennebec †	284	281	+1.07%	Lyman
156	Bristol	282	288	−2.08%	Day
157-(T)	Langford	281	283	−0.71%	Marshall
157-(T)	Roscoe	281	269	+4.46%	Edmunds
159	Summit	277	288	−3.82%	Roberts
160	Henry	263	256	+2.73%	Codington
161	Willow Lake	261	255	+2.35%	Clark
162	Bonesteel	257	258	−0.39%	Gregory
163	Egan	246	241	+2.07%	Moody
164	Keystone	241	240	+0.42%	Pennington
165-(T)	Gary	238	240	−0.83%	Deuel
165-(T)	Pukwana	238	233	+2.15%	Brule
167	Trent	235	206	+14.08%	Moody
168	Pickstown	228	230	−0.87%	Charles Mix
169	New Effington	226	234	−3.42%	Roberts
170	Pollock	222	224	−0.89%	Campbell
171	Bruce	215	210	+2.38%	Brookings
172	Nisland	213	206	+3.40%	Butte
173	Alpena	212	212	0.00%	Jerauld
174	Frederick	206	215	−4.19%	Brown
175	Tulare	205	211	−2.84%	Spink
176	Wessington	202	197	+2.54%	Beadle Hand
177	Toronto	196	196	0.00%	Deuel
178	Mellette	195	199	−2.01%	Spink
179-(T)	Doland	189	199	−5.03%	Spink
179-(T)	Hecla	189	193	−2.07%	Brown
179-(T)	South Shore	189	189	0.00%	Codington
182	Mission Hill	187	190	−1.58%	Yankton
183	Roslyn	181	181	0.00%	Day
184	Wentworth	174	181	−3.87%	Lake
185	Peever	173	180	−3.89%	Roberts
186	Kranzburg	165	163	+1.23%	Codington
187	Hosmer	164	164	0.00%	Edmunds
188-(T)	Ramona	163	159	+2.52%	Lake
188-(T)	St. Lawrence	163	163	0.00%	Hand
190	Monroe	160	159	+0.63%	Turner
191	Letcher	159	159	0.00%	Sanborn
192	Volin	157	158	−0.63%	Yankton
193	Columbia	156	160	−2.50%	Brown
194-(T)	Delmont	153	153	0.00%	Douglas
194-(T)	Dimock	153	137	+11.68%	Hutchinson
196	Geddes	152	156	−2.56%	Charles Mix
197-(T)	Buffalo Gap	149	131	+13.74%	Custer
197-(T)	Goodwin	149	147	+1.36%	Deuel
199	Isabel	145	145	0.00%	Dewey
200	Conde	140	142	−1.41%	Spink
201	Spencer	137	136	+0.74%	McCook
202	Northville	136	139	−2.16%	Spink
203	Artesian	135	129	+4.65%	Sanborn
204	Badger	134	129	+3.88%	Kingsbury
205	Cavour	133	128	+3.91%	Beadle
206	Astoria	132	132	0.00%	Deuel
207	Frankfort	130	134	−2.99%	Spink
208-(T)	Carthage	127	127	0.00%	Miner
208-(T)	Reliance	127	128	−0.78%	Lyman
210	Oelrichs	126	117	+7.69%	Fall River
211	Pierpont	124	129	−3.88%	Day
212	Java	121	121	0.00%	Walworth
213	Oldham	119	121	−1.65%	Kingsbury
214	Brandt	118	114	+3.51%	Deuel
215	Lesterville	115	115	0.00%	Yankton
216-(T)	Pringle	111	109	+1.83%	Custer
216-(T)	Yale	111	112	−0.89%	Beadle
218	McIntosh †	110	111	−0.90%	Corson
219-(T)	Hitchcock	109	112	−2.68%	Beadle
219-(T)	Midland	109	112	−2.68%	Haakon
221	Glenham	108	112	−3.57%	Walworth
222-(T)	Ashton	106	108	−1.85%	Spink
222-(T)	Claremont	106	108	−1.85%	Brown
222-(T)	Stockholm	106	102	+3.92%	Grant
225	Central City	104	93	+11.83%	Lawrence
226	Cresbard	103	96	+7.29%	Faulk
227	Hazel	102	102	0.00%	Hamlin
228-(T)	Fairfax	101	96	+5.21%	Gregory
228-(T)	Sinai	101	99	+2.02%	Brookings
230	Harrold	100	101	−0.99%	Hughes
231	Revillo	98	99	−1.01%	Grant
232	Wallace	94	91	+3.30%	Codington
233-(T)	Canova	91	89	+2.25%	Miner
233-(T)	Eden	91	94	−3.19%	Marshall
235-(T)	Fulton	86	87	−1.15%	Hanson
235-(T)	Westport	86	88	−2.27%	Brown
237	Dallas	85	89	−4.49%	Gregory
238	Brentford	84	88	−4.55%	Spink
239	Claire City	81	82	−1.22%	Roberts
240-(T)	Akaska	80	77	+3.90%	Walworth
240-(T)	Fruitdale	80	73	+9.59%	Butte
242	Herrick	76	74	+2.70%	Gregory
243	Sherman	75	81	−7.41%	Minnehaha
244-(T)	Batesland	73	100	−27.00%	Oglala Lakota
244-(T)	Bushnell	73	71	+2.82%	Brookings
246-(T)	Agar	71	68	+4.41%	Sully
246-(T)	Utica	71	70	+1.43%	Yankton
248-(T)	La Bolt	69	66	+4.55%	Grant
248-(T)	Ravinia	69	71	−2.82%	Charles Mix
250-(T)	Andover	68	66	+3.03%	Day
250-(T)	Dante	68	75	−9.33%	Charles Mix
252-(T)	Corona	67	69	−2.90%	Roberts
252-(T)	Strandburg	67	63	+6.35%	Grant
254	Interior	66	65	+1.54%	Jackson
255-(T)	Bradley	65	65	0.00%	Clark
255-(T)	Mound City †	65	69	−5.80%	Campbell
257-(T)	Camp Crook	64	60	+6.67%	Harding
257-(T)	Fairburn	64	60	+6.67%	Custer
257-(T)	Olivet †	64	64	0.00%	Hutchinson
257-(T)	Quinn	64	63	+1.59%	Pennington
261	Fairview	63	61	+3.28%	Lincoln
262	Wasta	62	65	−4.62%	Pennington
263-(T)	Raymond	58	53	+9.43%	Clark
263-(T)	Stratford	58	57	+1.75%	Brown
265-(T)	Brant Lake	56	56	0.00%	Hand
265-(T)	Davis	56	54	+3.70%	Turner
265-(T)	Ree Heights	56	59	−5.08%	Hand
268-(T)	New Witten	54	54	0.00%	Tripp
268-(T)	Turton	54	55	−1.82%	Spink
268-(T)	Vienna	54	49	+10.20%	Clark
271	Orient	52	51	+1.96%	Faulk
272	Lane	49	47	+4.26%	Jerauld
273	Ortley	48	50	−4.00%	Roberts
274	Nunda	47	46	+2.17%	Lake
275	Grenville	46	48	−4.17%	Day
276-(T)	Morristown	45	47	−4.26%	Corson
276-(T)	Twin Brooks	45	47	−4.26%	Grant
278-(T)	Lake City	43	45	−4.44%	Marshall
278-(T)	Ward	43	34	+26.47%	Moody
280-(T)	Belvidere	42	46	−8.70%	Jackson
280-(T)	Draper	42	46	−8.70%	Jones
282-(T)	Naples	41	38	+7.89%	Clark
282-(T)	Wood	41	41	0.00%	Mellette
284	Erwin	40	40	0.00%	Kingsbury
285	Tolstoy	37	35	+5.71%	Potter
286-(T)	Dolton	36	34	+5.88%	Turner
286-(T)	Garden City	36	33	+9.09%	Clark
288	Lebanon	32	33	−3.03%	Potter
289	Altamont	31	32	−3.12%	Deuel
290-(T)	Broadland	27	27	0.00%	Beadle
290-(T)	Long Lake	27	27	0.00%	McPherson
292	Virgil	26	16	+62.50%	Beadle
293	Vilas	25	29	−13.79%	Miner
294	Seneca	23	22	+4.55%	Faulk
295	Rockham	21	22	−4.55%	Faulk
296	Marvin	20	19	+5.26%	Grant
297	Chelsea	19	19	0.00%	Faulk
298	Hetland	18	20	−10.00%	Kingsbury
299	Farmer	16	15	+6.67%	Hanson
300	Onaka	15	13	+15.38%	Faulk
301	Wetonka	13	16	−18.75%	McPherson
302-(T)	Bancroft	11	13	−15.38%	Kingsbury
302-(T)	Cottonwood	11	12	−8.33%	Jackson
304	Albee	9	7	+28.57%	Grant
305	Artas	8	7	+14.29%	Campbell
306-(T)	Verdon	7	3	+133.33%	Brown
306-(T)	White Rock	7	6	+16.67%	Roberts
308	Butler	6	4	+50.00%	Day
309	Lowry	5	10	−50.00%	Walworth
310	Hillsview	0	2	−100.00%	McPherson

References

1. "United States Census Bureau". U.S. Census Bureau. May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
2. "2020 Census Results". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
3. Hot Springs is also the de facto county seat of neighboring Oglala Lakota County.
4. Winner is also the de facto county seat of neighboring Todd County.