Youngest Cities in South Dakota

The top 22 of 22 South Dakota cities on GIS Map, ranked by lowest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Vermillion	Clay	23.1 years	11,878
2	Brookings	Brookings	24.7 years	23,948
3	Box Elder	Pennington	28.8 years	12,902
4	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha	35.5 years	201,469
5	Huron	Beadle	36.1 years	14,385
6	Aberdeen	Brown	36.4 years	28,189
7	Brandon	Minnehaha	36.7 years	10,996
8	Belle Fourche	Butte	38.3 years	5,804
9	Rapid City	Pennington	39.1 years	77,946
10	Pierre	Hughes	39.4 years	13,948
11	Watertown	Codington	39.5 years	23,044
12	Mitchell	Davison	39.6 years	15,649
13	Spearfish	Lawrence	40 years	12,930
14	Madison	Lake	40.1 years	6,094
15	Sturgis	Meade	40.3 years	7,086
16	Yankton	Yankton	41.4 years	15,540
17	Mobridge	Walworth	41.7 years	2,932
18	Winner	Tripp	43.6 years	2,905
19	Lead	Lawrence	46.5 years	3,006
20	Custer	Custer	51.2 years	2,341
21	Deadwood	Lawrence	57.3 years	1,209
22	Hot Springs	Fall River	59.4 years	3,548

Top South Dakota Counties

Counties ranked by lowest median age.

1. Buffalo County22.8 years 2. Clay County24.9 years 3. Todd County25.5 years 4. Bennett County27.4 years 5. Dewey County27.7 years 6. Brookings County28 years 7. Oglala Lakota County28.2 years 8. Corson County29.9 years 9. Hamlin County31.8 years 10. Jones County33.9 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Youngest Cities in South Dakota”, https://gismap.land/rankings/south-dakota/youngest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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