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]

Map of the United States with South Dakota highlighted

Sioux Falls, largest city in South Dakota

Rapid City, Downtown

Aberdeen, Storybook Land

Cities in South Dakota, with their populations (as of July 1, 2019, per the United States Census Bureau):

	County seat
	State capital and county seat

2019 rank	City	2019 estimate[2]	2010 Census[3]	Change	County
1	Sioux Falls †	183,793	153,888	+19.43%	Minnehaha Lincoln
2	Rapid City †	77,503	67,956	+14.05%	Pennington
3	Aberdeen †	28,257	26,091	+8.30%	Brown
4	Brookings †	24,415	22,056	+10.70%	Brookings
5	Watertown †	22,174	21,482	+3.22%	Codington
6	Mitchell †	15,679	15,254	+2.79%	Davison
7	Yankton †	14,687	14,454	+1.61%	Yankton
8	Pierre ‡	13,867	13,646	+1.62%	Hughes
9	Huron †	13,380	12,592	+6.26%	Beadle
10	Spearfish	11,756	10,494	+12.03%	Lawrence
11	Vermillion †	10,926	10,571	+3.36%	Clay
12	Box Elder	10,119	7,800	+29.73%	Pennington Meade
13	Brandon	10,074	8,785	+14.67%	Minnehaha
14	Madison †	7,270	6,474	+12.30%	Lake
15	Sturgis †	6,922	6,627	+4.45%	Meade
16	Harrisburg	6,710	4,089	+64.10%	Lincoln
17	Tea	6,031	3,806	+58.46%	Lincoln
18	Belle Fourche †	5,702	5,594	+1.93%	Butte
19	Dell Rapids	3,628	3,633	−0.14%	Minnehaha
20	Canton †	3,560	3,057	+16.45%	Lincoln
21	Hot Springs †	3,502	3,711	−5.63%	Fall River[4]
22	Mobridge	3,444	3,465	−0.61%	Walworth
23	Hartford	3,354	2,534	+32.36%	Minnehaha
24	Milbank †	3,103	3,353	−7.46%	Grant
25	Lead	2,943	3,124	−5.79%	Lawrence
26	North Sioux City	2,928	2,530	+15.73%	Union
27	Winner †	2,824	2,897	−2.52%	Tripp[5]
28	Summerset	2,660	1,814	+46.64%	Meade
29	Lennox	2,479	2,111	+17.43%	Lincoln
30	Sisseton †	2,398	2,470	−2.91%	Roberts
31	Chamberlain †	2,366	2,387	−0.88%	Brule
32	Flandreau †	2,316	2,341	−1.07%	Moody
33	Redfield †	2,273	2,333	−2.57%	Spink
34	Fort Pierre †	2,217	2,078	+6.69%	Stanley
35	Volga	2,028	1,768	+14.71%	Brookings
36	Beresford	2,026	2,005	+1.05%	Union Lincoln
37	Custer †	1,969	2,067	−4.74%	Custer
38	Springfield	1,922	1,989	−3.37%	Bon Homme
39	Elk Point †	1,871	1,963	−4.69%	Union
40	Webster †	1,726	1,886	−8.48%	Day
41	Wagner	1,547	1,566	−1.21%	Charles Mix
42	Parkston	1,477	1,508	−2.06%	Hutchinson
43	Groton	1,475	1,458	+1.17%	Brown
44	Eagle Butte	1,346	1,318	+2.12%	Dewey Ziebach
45	Miller †	1,334	1,489	−10.41%	Hand
46	Crooks	1,327	1,269	+4.57%	Minnehaha
47	Deadwood †	1,293	1,270	+1.81%	Lawrence
48	Salem †	1,285	1,347	−4.60%	McCook
49	Freeman	1,275	1,306	−2.37%	Hutchinson
50	Britton †	1,273	1,241	+2.58%	Marshall
51	Clear Lake †	1,262	1,273	−0.86%	Deuel
52	Platte	1,258	1,230	+2.28%	Charles Mix
53	Mission	1,257	1,183	+6.26%	Todd
54	Gregory	1,242	1,295	−4.09%	Gregory
55	Baltic	1,178	1,089	+8.17%	Minnehaha
56	Lemmon	1,174	1,227	−4.32%	Perkins
57	Garretson	1,147	1,166	−1.63%	Minnehaha
58	Gettysburg †	1,081	1,162	−6.97%	Potter
59	Clark †	1,061	1,139	−6.85%	Clark
60	De Smet †	1,052	1,089	−3.40%	Kingsbury
61	Martin †	1,045	1,071	−2.43%	Bennett
62	Hill City	1,032	948	+8.86%	Pennington
63	Parker †	1,023	1,022	+0.10%	Turner
64	Tyndall †	1,022	1,067	−4.22%	Bon Homme
65	Worthing	1,007	877	+14.82%	Lincoln
66	Whitewood	979	927	+5.61%	Lawrence
67	Wessington Springs †	911	956	−4.71%	Jerauld
68	Piedmont	903	222	+306.76%	Meade
69	Ipswich †	891	954	−6.60%	Edmunds
70	Wall	875	766	+14.23%	Pennington
71	Centerville	872	882	−1.13%	Turner
72	Arlington	859	915	−6.12%	Kingsbury Brookings
73	Aurora	834	532	+56.77%	Brookings
74	Eureka	826	868	−4.84%	McPherson
75	Lake Andes †	821	879	−6.60%	Charles Mix
76	Scotland	804	841	−4.40%	Bon Homme
77	Marion	780	784	−0.51%	Turner
78	Viborg	767	782	−1.92%	Turner
79	Philip †	765	779	−1.80%	Haakon
80	Howard †	757	858	−11.77%	Miner
81	Alcester	755	807	−6.44%	Union
82	Estelline	746	768	−2.86%	Hamlin
83-(T)	Plankinton †	730	707	+3.25%	Aurora
83-(T)	Valley Springs	730	759	−3.82%	Minnehaha
85-(T)	Elkton	726	736	−1.36%	Brookings
85-(T)	Highmore †	726	795	−8.68%	Hyde
87	Edgemont	719	774	−7.11%	Fall River
88	Kadoka †	717	654	+9.63%	Jackson
89	Faulkton †	709	736	−3.67%	Faulk
90-(T)	Kimball	673	703	−4.27%	Brule
90-(T)	New Underwood	673	660	+1.97%	Pennington
92-(T)	Armour †	669	699	−4.29%	Douglas
92-(T)	Colton	669	687	−2.62%	Minnehaha
94	McLaughlin	653	663	−1.51%	Corson
95	Woonsocket †	648	655	−1.07%	Sanborn
96	Alexandria †	644	615	+4.72%	Hanson
97	Castlewood	641	627	+2.23%	Hamlin
98	Canistota	636	656	−3.05%	McCook
99	Onida †	634	658	−3.65%	Sully
100	Selby †	627	642	−2.34%	Walworth
101	Tripp	623	647	−3.71%	Hutchinson
102	Menno	614	608	+0.99%	Hutchinson
103	Newell	597	603	−1.00%	Butte
104	Avon	590	590	0.00%	Bon Homme
105	Burke †	586	604	−2.98%	Gregory
106	Colman	579	594	−2.53%	Moody
107	Corsica	575	592	−2.87%	Douglas
108	White River †	574	581	−1.20%	Mellette
109	Humboldt	567	589	−3.74%	Minnehaha
110	St. Francis	566	709	−20.17%	Todd
111	Waubay	560	576	−2.78%	Day
112	Lake Preston	555	599	−7.35%	Kingsbury
113	Veblen	537	531	+1.13%	Marshall
114	Lake Norden	522	467	+11.78%	Hamlin
115	Dupree †	518	525	−1.33%	Ziebach
116	Jefferson	511	547	−6.58%	Union
117	Wilmot	501	492	+1.83%	Roberts
118	Timber Lake †	499	443	+12.64%	Dewey
119-(T)	Presho	489	497	−1.61%	Lyman
119-(T)	White	489	485	+0.82%	Brookings
121	Oacoma	471	451	+4.43%	Lyman
122-(T)	Bowdle	468	502	−6.77%	Edmunds
122-(T)	Warner	468	457	+2.41%	Brown
124	Bridgewater	461	492	−6.30%	McCook
125	Big Stone City	456	467	−2.36%	Grant
126	Bryant	454	456	−0.44%	Hamlin
127	Emery	451	447	+0.89%	Hanson
128	Montrose	443	472	−6.14%	McCook
129	Murdo †	438	488	−10.25%	Jones
130	Mount Vernon	436	462	−5.63%	Davison
131	Rosholt	429	423	+1.42%	Roberts
132	Leola †	427	457	−6.56%	McPherson
133	Hermosa	425	398	+6.78%	Custer
134	Herreid	416	438	−5.02%	Campbell
135	Faith	411	421	−2.38%	Meade
136	Irene	406	420	−3.33%	Clay Turner Yankton
137	Tabor	402	423	−4.96%	Bon Homme
138-(T)	Hurley	399	415	−3.86%	Turner
138-(T)	Wolsey	399	376	+6.12%	Beadle
140	Gayville	396	407	−2.70%	Yankton
141	Hayti †	383	381	+0.52%	Hamlin
142-(T)	Buffalo †	369	330	+11.82%	Harding
142-(T)	White Lake	369	372	−0.81%	Aurora
144	Hoven	366	406	−9.85%	Potter
145	Florence	360	374	−3.74%	Codington
146	Blunt	354	354	0.00%	Hughes
147	Hudson	345	296	+16.55%	Lincoln
148	Keystone	343	337	+1.78%	Pennington
149	Langford	326	313	+4.15%	Marshall
150-(T)	Bison †	322	333	−3.30%	Perkins
150-(T)	Ethan	322	331	−2.72%	Davison
152	Bristol	308	341	−9.68%	Day
153	Pukwana	305	285	+7.02%	Brule
154	Wakonda	294	321	−8.41%	Clay
155-(T)	Roscoe	289	329	−12.16%	Edmunds
155-(T)	Summit	289	288	+0.35%	Roberts
157	Alpena	285	286	−0.35%	Jerauld
158	Colome	280	296	−5.41%	Tripp
159-(T)	Bonesteel	273	275	−0.73%	Gregory
159-(T)	Egan	273	278	−1.80%	Moody
161	Stickney	272	284	−4.23%	Aurora
162	Henry	265	267	−0.75%	Codington
163	Chancellor	264	264	0.00%	Turner
164	Iroquois	259	266	−2.63%	Kingsbury Beadle
165	New Effington	249	256	−2.73%	Roberts
166	Kennebec †	247	240	+2.92%	Lyman
167	Willow Lake	243	263	−7.60%	Clark
168	Trent	230	232	−0.86%	Moody
169	Gary	229	227	+0.88%	Deuel
170-(T)	Nisland	225	232	−3.02%	Butte
170-(T)	Pollock	225	241	−6.64%	Campbell
172	Pickstown	223	201	+10.95%	Charles Mix
173	Delmont	217	234	−7.26%	Douglas
174	Hecla	216	227	−4.85%	Brown
175	South Shore	215	225	−4.44%	Codington
176	Mellette	214	210	+1.90%	Spink
177	Reliance	212	191	+10.99%	Lyman
178	Tulare	211	207	+1.93%	Spink
179	Toronto	209	212	−1.42%	Deuel
180	Geddes	207	208	−0.48%	Charles Mix
181	Ramona	206	174	+18.39%	Lake
182	Bruce	205	204	+0.49%	Brookings
183	Frederick	196	199	−1.51%	Brown
184	Wentworth	194	171	+13.45%	Lake
185	Hosmer	186	208	−10.58%	Edmunds
186	St. Lawrence	185	198	−6.57%	Hand
187	Doland	181	180	+0.56%	Spink
188	Wessington	177	170	+4.12%	Beadle Hand
189	Letcher	176	173	+1.73%	Sanborn
190	Kranzburg	174	172	+1.16%	Codington
191	Roslyn	168	183	−8.20%	Day
192	McIntosh †	167	173	−3.47%	Corson
193-(T)	Mission Hill	164	177	−7.34%	Yankton
193-(T)	Peever	164	168	−2.38%	Roberts
195	Volin	163	161	+1.24%	Yankton
196	Monroe	155	160	−3.12%	Turner
197	Isabel	152	135	+12.59%	Dewey
198	Frankfort	151	149	+1.34%	Spink
199	Goodwin	148	146	+1.37%	Deuel
200	Spencer	147	154	−4.55%	McCook
201	Northville	145	143	+1.40%	Spink
202	Buffalo Gap	144	126	+14.29%	Custer
203	Conde	142	140	+1.43%	Spink
204	Columbia	138	136	+1.47%	Brown
205	Artesian	137	138	−0.72%	Sanborn
206	Astoria	135	139	−2.88%	Deuel
207	Westport	133	133	0.00%	Brown
208-(T)	Central City	131	134	−2.24%	Lawrence
208-(T)	Lesterville	131	127	+3.15%	Yankton
210-(T)	Carthage	130	144	−9.72%	Miner
210-(T)	Dimock	130	125	+4.00%	Hutchinson
212	Claremont	128	127	+0.79%	Brown
213-(T)	Java	127	129	−1.55%	Walworth
213-(T)	Midland	127	129	−1.55%	Haakon
215-(T)	Ashton	124	122	+1.64%	Spink
215-(T)	Harrold	124	124	0.00%	Hughes
215-(T)	Sinai	124	120	+3.33%	Brookings
218-(T)	Cavour	123	114	+7.89%	Beadle
218-(T)	Oelrichs	123	126	−2.38%	Fall River
220	Dallas	122	120	+1.67%	Gregory
221-(T)	Oldham	120	133	−9.77%	Kingsbury
221-(T)	Pierpont	120	135	−11.11%	Day
223-(T)	Fairfax	115	115	0.00%	Gregory
223-(T)	Yale	115	108	+6.48%	Beadle
225	Batesland	114	108	+5.56%	Oglala Lakota
226	Pringle	113	112	+0.89%	Custer
227-(T)	Brandt	107	107	0.00%	Deuel
227-(T)	Stockholm	107	108	−0.93%	Grant
229-(T)	Corona	106	109	−2.75%	Roberts
229-(T)	Interior	106	94	+12.77%	Jackson
231-(T)	Glenham	105	105	0.00%	Walworth
231-(T)	Revillo	105	119	−11.76%	Grant
233	Herrick	103	105	−1.90%	Gregory
234	Badger	101	107	−5.61%	Kingsbury
235-(T)	Canova	100	105	−4.76%	Miner
235-(T)	Eden	100	89	+12.36%	Marshall
237	Cresbard	99	104	−4.81%	Faulk
238	Fairburn	98	85	+15.29%	Custer
239	Fulton	96	91	+5.49%	Hanson
240	Hitchcock	95	91	+4.40%	Beadle
241	Davis	88	85	+3.53%	Turner
242	Wallace	87	85	+2.35%	Codington
243-(T)	Dante	86	84	+2.38%	Charles Mix
243-(T)	Hazel	86	91	−5.49%	Hamlin
245-(T)	Andover	82	91	−9.89%	Day
245-(T)	Wasta	82	80	+2.50%	Pennington
247-(T)	Agar	80	76	+5.26%	Sully
247-(T)	Brentford	80	77	+3.90%	Spink
249	Bradley	78	72	+8.33%	Clark
250-(T)	New Witten	77	79	−2.53%	Tripp
250-(T)	Sherman	77	78	−1.28%	Minnehaha
252	Claire City	75	76	−1.32%	Roberts
253-(T)	Fairview	74	60	+23.33%	Lincoln
253-(T)	Stratford	74	72	+2.78%	Brown
255	Olivet †	71	74	−4.05%	Hutchinson
256-(T)	Strandburg	70	72	−2.78%	Grant
256-(T)	Twin Brooks	70	69	+1.45%	Grant
258-(T)	Fruitdale	68	64	+6.25%	Butte
258-(T)	La Bolt	68	68	0.00%	Grant
258-(T)	Morristown	68	67	+1.49%	Corson
261-(T)	Draper	67	82	−18.29%	Jones
261-(T)	Utica	67	65	+3.08%	Yankton
263-(T)	Camp Crook	66	63	+4.76%	Harding
263-(T)	Mound City †	66	71	−7.04%	Campbell
265	Bushnell	65	65	0.00%	Brookings
266-(T)	Ortley	64	65	−1.54%	Roberts
266-(T)	Ravinia	64	61	+4.92%	Charles Mix
268	Wood	63	62	+1.61%	Mellette
269-(T)	Orient	61	63	−3.17%	Faulk
269-(T)	Quinn	61	54	+12.96%	Pennington
271-(T)	Brant Lake	60	159	−62.26%	Hand
271-(T)	Lane	60	59	+1.69%	Jerauld
273-(T)	Garden City	58	53	+9.43%	Clark
273-(T)	Ree Heights	58	62	−6.45%	Hand
275	Belvidere	57	49	+16.33%	Jackson
276	Raymond	54	50	+8.00%	Clark
277-(T)	Lake City	52	51	+1.96%	Marshall
277-(T)	Ward	52	48	+8.33%	Moody
279-(T)	Grenville	51	54	−5.56%	Day
279-(T)	Nunda	51	43	+18.60%	Lake
281	Turton	49	48	+2.08%	Spink
282	Naples	48	41	+17.07%	Clark
283-(T)	Akaska	47	42	+11.90%	Walworth
283-(T)	Hetland	47	46	+2.17%	Kingsbury
285	Vienna	45	45	0.00%	Clark
286	Erwin	44	45	−2.22%	Kingsbury
287	Lebanon	43	47	−8.51%	Potter
288	Dolton	38	37	+2.70%	Turner
289	Seneca	37	38	−2.63%	Faulk
290	Tolstoy	36	36	0.00%	Potter
291-(T)	Altamont	34	34	0.00%	Deuel
291-(T)	Broadland	34	31	+9.68%	Beadle
293	Rockham	33	33	0.00%	Faulk
294	Long Lake	31	31	0.00%	McPherson
295	Marvin	29	34	−14.71%	Grant
296	Chelsea	26	27	−3.70%	Faulk
297-(T)	Bancroft	19	19	0.00%	Kingsbury
297-(T)	Vilas	19	20	−5.00%	Miner
299	Virgil	18	16	+12.50%	Beadle
300	Butler	17	17	0.00%	Day
301	Albee	15	16	−6.25%	Grant
302	Onaka	14	15	−6.67%	Faulk
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

See also

• List of towns in South Dakota
• List of townships in South Dakota
• List of census-designated places in South Dakota

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2019". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
3. "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder2. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
4. Hot Springs is also the de facto county seat of neighboring Oglala Lakota County.
5. Winner is also the de facto county seat of neighboring Todd County.