State population ranking
25 Largest Places in South Dakota by Population
Ranked from largest to smallest using 2025 population estimates. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
310 of 485 published places have the selected population vintage.
- 1
Sioux Falls, SD
City
- Population
- 213,748
- Median home value
- $292,400
- Median rent
- $1,035
- 2
Rapid City, SD
City
- Population
- 80,589
- Median home value
- $299,400
- Median rent
- $1,109
- 3
Aberdeen, SD
City
- Population
- 27,961
- Median home value
- $217,300
- Median rent
- $762
- 4
Brookings, SD
City
- Population
- 25,355
- Median home value
- $265,500
- Median rent
- $889
- 5
Watertown, SD
City
- Population
- 23,736
- Median home value
- $229,400
- Median rent
- $942
- 6
Yankton, SD
City
- Population
- 15,816
- Median home value
- $222,700
- Median rent
- $790
- 7
Mitchell, SD
City
- Population
- 15,756
- Median home value
- $192,200
- Median rent
- $851
- 8
Huron, SD
City
- Population
- 14,607
- Median home value
- $159,000
- Median rent
- $888
- 9
Spearfish, SD
City
- Population
- 14,154
- Median home value
- $346,200
- Median rent
- $963
- 10
Box Elder, SD
City
- Population
- 13,936
- Median home value
- $302,100
- Median rent
- $1,491
- 11
Pierre, SD
City
- Population
- 13,848
- Median home value
- $230,700
- Median rent
- $983
- 12
Vermillion, SD
City
- Population
- 11,720
- Median home value
- $219,000
- Median rent
- $764
- 13
Brandon, SD
City
- Population
- 11,306
- Median home value
- $336,600
- Median rent
- $976
- 14
Harrisburg, SD
City
- Population
- 10,405
- Median home value
- $312,200
- Median rent
- $1,362
- 15
Tea, SD
City
- Population
- 8,019
- Median home value
- $351,100
- Median rent
- $1,220
- 16
Sturgis, SD
City
- Population
- 6,922
- Median home value
- $271,200
- Median rent
- $780
- 17
Madison, SD
City
- Population
- 6,065
- Median home value
- $193,100
- Median rent
- $981
- 18
- Population
- 5,791
- Median home value
- $222,500
- Median rent
- $983
- 19
Dell Rapids, SD
City
- Population
- 3,852
- Median home value
- $301,700
- Median rent
- $962
- 20
Hot Springs, SD
City
- Population
- 3,670
- Median home value
- $202,600
- Median rent
- $897
- 21
Hartford, SD
City
- Population
- 3,635
- Median home value
- $257,700
- Median rent
- $938
- 22
Milbank, SD
City
- Population
- 3,512
- Median home value
- $155,000
- Median rent
- $548
- 23
Mobridge, SD
City
- Population
- 3,192
- Median home value
- $136,800
- Median rent
- $953
- 24
Lead, SD
City
- Population
- 3,064
- Median home value
- $189,400
- Median rent
- $835
- 25
- Population
- 3,036
- Median home value
- $269,800
- Median rent
- $1,098
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by population, descending, using one common statewide vintage; ties are ordered by place name. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.