List of cities in South Dakota

This is a list of places incorporated in the state of South Dakota as cities. Municipalities in South Dakota can also be incorporated as towns. South Dakota also has one incorporated village, Wentworth.[1]

    County seat
  ††  State capital and county seat

Map of the United States with South Dakota highlighted in red
Sioux Falls, largest city in South Dakota
Pierre, capital of South Dakota

See: List of towns in South Dakota, List of townships in South Dakota.

Cities in South Dakota, with their populations (as of July 1, 2013, per the United States Census Bureau):

2013 Rank City 2013 Estimate[2] 2010 Census[3] Change County
1 Sioux Falls † 164,676 153,888 +7.01% Minnehaha
Lincoln
2 Rapid City † 70,812 67,956 +4.20% Pennington
3 Aberdeen † 27,333 26,091 +4.76% Brown
4 Brookings † 22,943 22,056 +4.02% Brookings
5 Watertown † 21,995 21,482 +2.39% Codington
6 Mitchell † 15,539 15,254 +1.87% Davison
7 Yankton † 14,591 14,454 +0.95% Yankton
8 Pierre †† 13,984 13,646 +2.48% Hughes
9 Huron † 13,097 12,592 +4.01% Beadle
10 Spearfish 11,107 10,494 +5.84% Lawrence
11 Vermillion † 10,692 10,571 +1.14% Clay
12 Brandon 9,532 8,785 +8.50% Minnehaha
13 Box Elder 9,093 7,800 +16.58% Pennington
Meade
14 Madison † 6,949 6,474 +7.34% Lake
15 Sturgis † 6,883 6,627 +3.86% Meade
16 Belle Fourche † 5,725 5,594 +2.34% Butte
17 Harrisburg 4,861 4,089 +18.88% Lincoln
18 Tea 4,427 3,806 +16.32% Lincoln
19 Dell Rapids 3,728 3,633 +2.61% Minnehaha
20 Mobridge 3,524 3,465 +1.70% Walworth
21 Hot Springs † 3,514 3,711 −5.31% Fall River
22 Milbank † 3,313 3,353 −1.19% Grant
23 Canton † 3,274 3,057 +7.10% Lincoln
24 Lead 3,109 3,124 −0.48% Lawrence
25 Hartford 2,926 2,534 +15.47% Minnehaha
26 Winner † 2,853 2,897 −1.52% Tripp
27 North Sioux City 2,509 2,530 −0.83% Union
28 Sisseton † 2,450 2,470 −0.81% Roberts
29 Chamberlain † 2,444 2,387 +2.39% Brule
30 Redfield † 2,385 2,333 +2.23% Spink
31 Flandreau † 2,301 2,341 −1.71% Moody
32 Lennox 2,234 2,111 +5.83% Lincoln
33 Fort Pierre † 2,120 2,078 +2.02% Stanley
34 Beresford 2,033 2,005 +1.40% Union
Lincoln
35 Summerset 2,029 1,814 +11.85% Meade
36 Custer † 2,013 2,067 −2.61% Custer
37 Springfield 1,980 1,989 −0.45% Bon Homme
38 Elk Point † 1,963 1,963 0.00% Union
39 Webster † 1,835 1,886 −2.70% Day
40 Volga 1,784 1,768 +0.90% Brookings
41 Wagner 1,573 1,566 +0.45% Charles Mix
42 Groton 1,487 1,458 +1.99% Brown
43 Parkston 1,470 1,508 −2.52% Hutchinson
44 Miller † 1,461 1,489 −1.88% Hand
45 Salem † 1,355 1,347 +0.59% McCook
46 Eagle Butte 1,349 1,318 +2.35% Dewey
Ziebach
47 Crooks 1,334 1,269 +5.12% Minnehaha
48 Deadwood † 1,288 1,270 +1.42% Lawrence
49 Gregory 1,272 1,295 −1.78% Gregory
50 Freeman 1,262 1,306 −3.37% Hutchinson
51 Britton † 1,261 1,241 +1.61% Marshall
52 Clear Lake † 1,251 1,273 −1.73% Deuel
53 Platte 1,244 1,230 +1.14% Charles Mix
54 Lemmon 1,242 1,227 +1.22% Perkins
55 Mission 1,221 1,183 +3.21% Todd
56 Garretson 1,216 1,166 +4.29% Minnehaha
57 Gettysburg † 1,201 1,162 +3.36% Potter
58 Baltic 1,147 1,089 +5.33% Minnehaha
59 De Smet † 1,082 1,089 −0.64% Kingsbury
60 Martin † 1,073 1,071 +0.19% Bennett
61 Tyndall † 1,064 1,067 −0.28% Bon Homme
62 Clark † 1,060 1,139 −6.94% Clark
63 Parker † 1,017 1,022 −0.49% Turner
64 Hill City 974 948 +2.74% Pennington
65 Ipswich † 960 954 +0.63% Edmunds
66 Wessington Springs † 952 956 −0.42% Jerauld
67 Whitewood 940 927 +1.40% Lawrence
68 Worthing 930 877 +6.04% Lincoln
69 Arlington 894 915 −2.30% Kingsbury
Brookings
70 Centerville 886 882 +0.45% Turner
71 Piedmont 881 222 +296.85% Meade
72 Wall 876 766 +14.36% Pennington
73 Eureka 864 868 −0.46% McPherson
74 Scotland 832 841 −1.07% Bon Homme
75 Lake Andes † 831 879 −5.46% Charles Mix
76 Howard † 822 858 −4.20% Miner
77 Alcester 801 807 −0.74% Union
78 Valley Springs 781 759 +2.90% Minnehaha
79-(T) Highmore † 780 795 −1.89% Hyde
79-(T) Marion 780 784 −0.51% Turner
81 Viborg 778 782 −0.51% Turner
82 Philip † 762 779 −2.18% Haakon
83 Estelline 759 768 −1.17% Hamlin
84 Faulkton † 744 736 +1.09% Faulk
85 Edgemont 740 774 −4.39% Fall River
86 Elkton 733 736 −0.41% Brookings
87 Plankinton † 715 707 +1.13% Aurora
88 Kimball 713 703 +1.42% Brule
89 Armour † 701 699 +0.29% Douglas
90 Colton 700 687 +1.89% Minnehaha
91 Kadoka † 690 654 +5.50% Jackson
92 McLaughlin 683 663 +3.02% Corson
93 Onida † 681 658 +3.50% Sully
94 New Underwood 674 660 +2.12% Pennington
95 Canistota 657 656 +0.15% McCook
96 Selby † 650 642 +1.25% Walworth
97 Woonsocket † 648 655 −1.07% Sanborn
98 Alexandria † 626 615 +1.79% Hanson
99 Tripp 625 647 −3.40% Hutchinson
100 Castlewood 624 627 −0.48% Hamlin
101 Newell 608 603 +0.83% Butte
102 Aurora 604 532 +13.53% Brookings
103 Burke † 601 604 −0.50% Gregory
104 Humboldt 597 589 +1.36% Minnehaha
105 Corsica 594 592 +0.34% Douglas
106 Menno 587 608 −3.45% Hutchinson
107-(T) Lake Preston 585 599 −2.34% Kingsbury
107-(T) White River † 585 581 +0.69% Mellette
109 Avon 583 590 −1.19% Bon Homme
110 Colman 582 594 −2.02% Moody
111 Waubay 576 576 0.00% Day
112 St. Francis 568 709 −19.89% Todd
113 Jefferson 541 547 −1.10% Union
114 Veblen 533 531 +0.38% Marshall
115 Dupree † 529 525 +0.76% Ziebach
116 Presho 514 497 +3.42% Lyman
117 Wilmot 503 492 +2.24% Roberts
118 Bowdle 494 502 −1.59% Edmunds
119-(T) Bridgewater 492 492 0.00% McCook
119-(T) Murdo † 492 488 +0.82% Jones
121 White 486 485 +0.21% Brookings
122 Warner 473 457 +3.50% Brown
123-(T) Lake Norden 471 467 +0.86% Hamlin
123-(T) Montrose 471 472 −0.21% McCook
125 Oacoma 469 451 +3.99% Lyman
126 Timber Lake † 468 443 +5.64% Dewey
127 Big Stone City 460 467 −1.50% Grant
128 Mount Vernon 458 462 −0.87% Davison
129 Emery 456 447 +2.01% Hanson
130 Bryant 453 456 −0.66% Hamlin
131 Leola † 451 457 −1.31% McPherson
132 Faith 434 421 +3.09% Meade
133 Rosholt 429 423 +1.42% Roberts
134 Irene 417 420 −0.71% Clay
Turner
Yankton
135 Hoven 415 406 +2.22% Potter
136 Tabor 413 423 −2.36% Bon Homme
137 Hurley 410 415 −1.20% Turner
138 Gayville 408 407 +0.25% Yankton
139 Hermosa 406 398 +2.01% Custer
140 Herreid 403 438 −7.99% Campbell
141 Wolsey 393 376 +4.52% Beadle
142 Hayti † 377 381 −1.05% Hamlin
143 Florence 373 374 −0.27% Codington
144 White Lake 369 372 −0.81% Aurora
145 Blunt 357 354 +0.85% Hughes
146 Keystone 341 337 +1.19% Pennington
147 Bison † 338 333 +1.50% Perkins
148 Buffalo † 335 330 +1.52% Harding
149 Ethan 333 331 +0.60% Davison
150 Bristol 329 341 −3.52% Day
151 Roscoe 319 329 −3.04% Edmunds
152 Langford 316 313 +0.96% Marshall
153 Wakonda 313 321 −2.49% Clay
154 Hudson 308 296 +4.05% Lincoln
155 Pukwana 291 285 +2.11% Brule
156 Summit 287 288 −0.35% Roberts
157 Alpena 285 286 −0.35% Jerauld
158 Colome 284 296 −4.05% Tripp
159 Stickney 279 284 −1.76% Aurora
160 Bonesteel 271 275 −1.45% Gregory
161 Egan 268 278 −3.60% Moody
162 Iroquois 266 266 0.00% Kingsbury
Beadle
163 Chancellor 265 264 +0.38% Turner
164 Henry 263 267 −1.50% Codington
165 New Effington 257 256 +0.39% Roberts
166 Kennebec † 250 240 +4.17% Lyman
167 Willow Lake 241 263 −8.37% Clark
168 Nisland 237 232 +2.16% Butte
169 Delmont 235 234 +0.43% Douglas
170 Trent 233 232 +0.43% Moody
171 South Shore 227 225 +0.89% Codington
172 Gary 225 227 −0.88% Deuel
173 Hecla 224 227 −1.32% Brown
174 Mellette 220 210 +4.76% Spink
175 Tulare 219 207 +5.80% Spink
176 Pollock 217 241 −9.96% Campbell
177 Pickstown 215 201 +6.97% Charles Mix
178 Toronto 210 212 −0.94% Deuel
179 Geddes 209 208 +0.48% Charles Mix
180 Hosmer 204 208 −1.92% Edmunds
181 Bruce 202 204 −0.98% Brookings
182-(T) Frederick 200 199 +0.50% Brown
182-(T) Reliance 200 191 +4.71% Lyman
184 St. Lawrence 196 198 −1.01% Hand
185 Doland 189 180 +5.00% Spink
186 Ramona 188 174 +8.05% Lake
187 Wentworth 185 171 +8.19% Lake
188 Kranzburg 181 172 +5.23% Codington
189 Roslyn 179 183 −2.19% Day
190 Mission Hill 178 177 +0.56% Yankton
191 Wessington 177 170 +4.12% Beadle
Hand
192 McIntosh † 176 173 +1.73% Corson
193 Letcher 171 173 −1.16% Sanborn
194 Peever 170 168 +1.19% Roberts
195 Volin 162 161 +0.62% Yankton
196 Monroe 160 160 0.00% Turner
197-(T) Frankfort 155 149 +4.03% Spink
197-(T) Spencer 155 154 +0.65% McCook
199 Conde 148 140 +5.71% Spink
200 Northville 147 143 +2.80% Spink
201 Goodwin 144 146 −1.37% Deuel
202 Isabel 143 135 +5.93% Dewey
203 Astoria 138 139 −0.72% Deuel
204 Columbia 137 136 +0.74% Brown
205-(T) Artesian 136 138 −1.45% Sanborn
205-(T) Carthage 136 144 −5.56% Miner
207 Central City 135 134 +0.75% Lawrence
208 Westport 134 133 +0.75% Brown
209 Pierpont 132 135 −2.22% Day
210 Oldham 131 133 −1.50% Kingsbury
211 Java 129 129 0.00% Walworth
212-(T) Claremont 128 127 +0.79% Brown
212-(T) Lesterville 128 127 +0.79% Yankton
214-(T) Buffalo Gap 127 126 +0.79% Custer
214-(T) Midland 127 129 −1.55% Haakon
216 Harrold 126 124 +1.61% Hughes
217 Ashton 125 122 +2.46% Spink
218-(T) Dallas 123 120 +2.50% Gregory
218-(T) Oelrichs 123 126 −2.38% Fall River
220 Dimock 121 125 −3.20% Hutchinson
221 Sinai 120 120 0.00% Brookings
222-(T) Cavour 118 114 +3.51% Beadle
222-(T) Revillo 118 119 −0.84% Grant
224 Pringle 115 112 +2.68% Custer
225 Fairfax 114 115 −0.87% Gregory
226 Batesland 113 108 +4.63% Shannon
227 Yale 112 108 +3.70% Beadle
228 Corona 110 109 +0.92% Roberts
229-(T) Glenham 107 105 +1.90% Walworth
229-(T) Stockholm 107 108 −0.93% Grant
231 Brandt 106 107 −0.93% Deuel
232-(T) Badger 105 107 −1.87% Kingsbury
232-(T) Cresbard 105 104 +0.96% Faulk
234 Herrick 104 105 −0.95% Gregory
235 Canova 101 105 −3.81% Miner
236 Interior 100 94 +6.38% Jackson
237-(T) Fulton 94 91 +3.30% Hanson
237-(T) Hitchcock 94 91 +3.30% Beadle
239 Eden 91 89 +2.25% Marshall
240 Hazel 90 91 −1.10% Hamlin
241 Andover 89 91 −2.20% Day
242-(T) Fairburn 86 85 +1.18% Custer
242-(T) Wallace 86 85 +1.18% Codington
244-(T) Dante 85 84 +1.19% Charles Mix
244-(T) Davis 85 85 0.00% Turner
246 Sherman 83 78 +6.41% Minnehaha
247 Wasta 82 80 +2.50% Pennington
248 Draper 80 82 −2.44% Jones
249-(T) Agar 79 76 +3.95% Sully
249-(T) Brentford 79 77 +2.60% Spink
251-(T) Claire City 77 76 +1.32% Roberts
251-(T) New Witten 77 79 −2.53% Tripp
253 Stratford 73 72 +1.39% Brown
254 Olivet † 72 74 −2.70% Hutchinson
255-(T) Bradley 71 72 −1.39% Clark
255-(T) Strandburg 71 72 −1.39% Grant
257 Morristown 70 67 +4.48% Corson
258-(T) La Bolt 68 68 0.00% Grant
258-(T) Twin Brooks 68 69 −1.45% Grant
260 Ortley 66 65 +1.54% Roberts
261-(T) Bushnell 65 65 0.00% Brookings
261-(T) Fruitdale 65 64 +1.56% Butte
261-(T) Mound City † 65 71 −8.45% Campbell
261-(T) Orient 65 63 +3.17% Faulk
261-(T) Utica 65 65 0.00% Yankton
266-(T) Camp Crook 64 63 +1.59% Harding
266-(T) Fairview 64 60 +6.67% Lincoln
268 Wood 63 62 +1.61% Mellette
269 Ravinia 62 61 +1.64% Charles Mix
270 Ree Heights 61 62 −1.61% Hand
271 Lane 59 59 0.00% Jerauld
272 Quinn 57 54 +5.56% Pennington
273 Garden City 54 53 +1.89% Clark
274 Grenville 53 54 −1.85% Day
275-(T) Belvidere 52 49 +6.12% Jackson
275-(T) Lake City 52 51 +1.96% Marshall
277 Raymond 50 50 0.00% Clark
278-(T) Lebanon 49 47 +4.26% Potter
278-(T) Turton 49 48 +2.08% Spink
280 Ward 47 48 −2.08% Moody
281 Nunda 46 43 +6.98% Lake
282 Hetland 45 46 −2.17% Kingsbury
283-(T) Erwin 44 45 −2.22% Kingsbury
283-(T) Vienna 44 45 −2.22% Clark
285 Akaska 42 42 0.00% Walworth
286-(T) Naples 38 41 −7.32% Clark
286-(T) Seneca 38 38 0.00% Faulk
288-(T) Dolton 37 37 0.00% Turner
288-(T) Tolstoy 37 36 +2.78% Potter
290-(T) Altamont 34 34 0.00% Deuel
290-(T) Marvin 34 34 0.00% Grant
292 Rockham 33 33 0.00% Faulk
293 Broadland 32 31 +3.23% Beadle
294 Long Lake 31 31 0.00% McPherson
295 Chelsea 27 27 0.00% Faulk
296-(T) Bancroft 19 19 0.00% Kingsbury
296-(T) Vilas 19 20 −5.00% Miner
298 Butler 17 17 0.00% Day
299-(T) Albee 16 16 0.00% Grant
299-(T) Virgil 16 16 0.00% Beadle
301 Onaka 15 15 0.00% Faulk
302 Roswell 14 15 −6.67% Miner
303-(T) Cottonwood 10 9 +11.11% Jackson
303-(T) Farmer 10 10 0.00% Hanson
305-(T) Artas 8 9 −11.11% Campbell
305-(T) Wetonka 8 8 0.00% McPherson
307 Lowry 6 6 0.00% Walworth
308 Verdon 5 5 0.00% Brown
309 Lily 4 4 0.00% Day
310-(T) Hillsview 3 3 0.00% McPherson
310-(T) White Rock 3 3 0.00% Roberts

Census-designated places

Rank CDP Population County
1 Rapid Valley 8,260 Pennington
2 Pine Ridge 3,308 Shannon
3 Blackhawk 2,892 Meade
4 Dakota Dunes 2,540 Union
5 Colonial Pine Hills 2,493 Pennington
6 North Spearfish 2,221 Lawrence
7 North Eagle Butte 1,954 Dewey
8 Rosebud 1,587 Todd
9 Oglala 1,290 Shannon
10 Fort Thompson 1,282 Buffalo
11 Porcupine 1,062 Shannon
12 Green Valley 928 Pennington
13 Kyle 846 Shannon
14 Antelope 826 Todd
15 Ashland Heights 754 Pennington
16 Wanblee 725 Jackson
17 Lake Madison 683 Lake
18 Johnson Siding 659 Pennington
19 Manderson-White Horse Creek 626 Shannon
20 Lower Brule 613 Lyman
21 Shindler 584 Lincoln
22 Parmelee 562 Todd
23 Meadow View Addition 538 Minnehaha
24 Goodwill 513 Roberts
25 Lake Poinsett 493 Hamlin
26 Blucksberg Mountain 462 Meade
27 Allen 420 Bennett
28 Marty 402 Charles Mix
29 Wounded Knee 382 Shannon
30 Anderson 371 Minnehaha
31 Bullhead 348 Corson
32 Little Eagle 319 Corson
33 Pine Lakes Addition 314 Minnehaha
34 Renner Corner 305 Minnehaha
35 White Horse 276 Todd
36 Okreek 269 Todd
37 Spring Creek 268 Todd
38 Chester 261 Lake
39 Soldier Creek 227 Todd
40 Two Strike 209 Todd
41 Long Hollow 192 Roberts
42 St. Onge 191 Lawrence
43 Agency Village 181 Roberts
44 Bath 172 Brown
45 La Plant 171 Dewey
46 Brant Lake 159 Lake
47 Norris 152 Mellette
48 Whitehorse 141 Dewey
49 Vale 136 Butte
50 Vivian 119 Lyman
51 Corn Creek 105 Mellette
52 Morningside 105 Beadle
53 Mansfield 93 Brown
Spink
54 Richland 89 Union
55 New Holland 76 Douglas
56 Forestburg 73 Sanborn
57 Kidder 57 Marshall
58 Harrison 52 Douglas
59 Winfred 52 Lake
60 Bath Corner 49 Brown
61 Kaylor 47 Hutchinson
62 Ferney 43 Brown
63 Fedora 37 Miner
64 Waverly 37 Codington
65 Okaton 36 Jones
66 Running Water 36 Bon Homme
67 Green Grass 35 Dewey
68 Loomis 34 Davison
69 Cow Creek 30 Sully
70 Prairie City 23 Perkins
71 Crocker 19 Clark
72 Gann Valley † 14 Buffalo
73 Ola 13 Brule
74 Aurora Center 12 Aurora
75 Hamill 11 Tripp
76 St. Charles 11 Gregory
77 Milltown 10 Hutchinson
78 Bijou Hills 6 Brule
79 Storla 6 Aurora

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