Area Census 2000 7/1/2008 Absolute Change Relative Change
South Dakota 754,844 804,194 49,350 6.54%
Aberdeen city 24,658 24,460 -198 -0.80%
Agar town 82 70 -12 -14.63%
Akaska town 31 28 -3 -9.68%
Alcester city 880 892 12 1.36%
Alexandria city 563 650 87 15.45%
Alpena town 265 225 -40 -15.09%
Altamont town 34 35 1 2.94%
Andover town 99 86 -13 -13.13%
Arlington city 992 935 -57 -5.75%
Armour city 782 654 -128 -16.37%
Artas town 13 10 -3 -23.08%
Artesian town 157 138 -19 -12.10%
Ashton city 152 132 -20 -13.16%
Astoria town 150 133 -17 -11.33%
Aurora town 500 471 -29 -5.80%
Avon city 561 516 -45 -8.02%
Badger town 144 132 -12 -8.33%
Baltic city 811 1,004 193 23.80%
Bancroft town 37 34 -3 -8.11%
Batesland town 88 97 9 10.23%
Belle Fourche city 4,565 4,979 414 9.07%
Belvidere town 57 53 -4 -7.02%
Beresford city 2,006 2,150 144 7.18%
Big Stone City city 605 542 -63 -10.41%
Bison town 373 326 -47 -12.60%
Blunt city 370 349 -21 -5.68%
Bonesteel city 297 255 -42 -14.14%
Bowdle city 571 501 -70 -12.26%
Box Elder city 2,841 3,517 676 23.79%
Bradley town 112 91 -21 -18.75%
Brandon city 5,693 8,757 3,064 53.82%
Brandt town 113 103 -10 -8.85%
Brentford town 65 56 -9 -13.85%
Bridgewater city 607 557 -50 -8.24%
Bristol city 377 323 -54 -14.32%
Britton city 1,328 1,266 -62 -4.67%
Broadland town 38 35 -3 -7.89%
Brookings city 18,504 19,865 1,361 7.36%
Bruce city 272 260 -12 -4.41%
Bryant city 396 373 -23 -5.81%
Buffalo Gap town 164 153 -11 -6.71%
Buffalo town 380 320 -60 -15.79%
Burke city 676 571 -105 -15.53%
Bushnell town 75 68 -7 -9.33%
Butler town 17 12 -5 -29.41%
Camp Crook town 56 47 -9 -16.07%
Canistota city 700 656 -44 -6.29%
Canova town 140 118 -22 -15.71%
Canton city 3,110 3,633 523 16.82%
Carthage city 187 155 -32 -17.11%
Castlewood city 666 677 11 1.65%
Cavour town 141 132 -9 -6.38%
Centerville city 910 844 -66 -7.25%
Central City city 149 138 -11 -7.38%
Chamberlain city 2,338 2,264 -74 -3.17%
Chancellor town 328 302 -26 -7.93%
Chelsea town 33 28 -5 -15.15%
Claire City town 85 81 -4 -4.71%
Claremont town 130 124 -6 -4.62%
Clark city 1,285 1,062 -223 -17.35%
Clear Lake city 1,335 1,225 -110 -8.24%
Colman city 572 548 -24 -4.20%
Colome city 340 291 -49 -14.41%
Colton city 662 676 14 2.11%
Columbia city 140 134 -6 -4.29%
Conde city 187 162 -25 -13.37%
Corona town 112 105 -7 -6.25%
Corsica city 644 570 -74 -11.49%
Cottonwood town 6 6 0 0.00%
Cresbard town 143 120 -23 -16.08%
Crooks city 859 1,218 359 41.79%
Custer city 1,860 1,940 80 4.30%
Dallas town 144 120 -24 -16.67%
Dante town 82 78 -4 -4.88%
Davis town 104 94 -10 -9.62%
De Smet city 1,164 1,051 -113 -9.71%
Deadwood city 1,380 1,283 -97 -7.03%
Dell Rapids city 2,980 3,431 451 15.13%
Delmont city 263 215 -48 -18.25%
Dimock town 151 133 -18 -11.92%
Doland city 297 256 -41 -13.80%
Dolton town 41 38 -3 -7.32%
Draper town 92 80 -12 -13.04%
Dupree city 434 434 0 0.00%
Eagle Butte city 619 925 306 49.43%
Eden town 97 92 -5 -5.15%
Edgemont city 867 788 -79 -9.11%
Egan city 265 245 -20 -7.55%
Elk Point city 1,714 1,939 225 13.13%
Elkton city 677 644 -33 -4.87%
Emery city 439 506 67 15.26%
Erwin town 58 53 -5 -8.62%
Estelline city 675 666 -9 -1.33%
Ethan town 330 312 -18 -5.45%
Eureka city 1,101 937 -164 -14.90%
Fairburn town 80 75 -5 -6.25%
Fairfax town 123 105 -18 -14.63%
Fairview town 94 109 15 15.96%
Faith city 489 441 -48 -9.82%
Farmer town 18 21 3 16.67%
Faulkton city 785 666 -119 -15.16%
Flandreau city 2,376 2,222 -154 -6.48%
Florence town 299 290 -9 -3.01%
Fort Pierre city 1,991 2,010 19 0.95%
Frankfort city 166 144 -22 -13.25%
Frederick town 255 242 -13 -5.10%
Freeman city 1,317 1,194 -123 -9.34%
Fruitdale town 62 62 0 0.00%
Fulton town 86 99 13 15.12%
Garden City town 72 58 -14 -19.44%
Garretson city 1,165 1,198 33 2.83%
Gary city 231 206 -25 -10.82%
Gayville town 418 401 -17 -4.07%
Geddes city 252 238 -14 -5.56%
Gettysburg city 1,352 1,058 -294 -21.75%
Glenham town 139 118 -21 -15.11%
Goodwin town 160 148 -12 -7.50%
Gregory city 1,342 1,182 -160 -11.92%
Grenville town 62 54 -8 -12.90%
Groton city 1,356 1,408 52 3.83%
Harrisburg city 958 4,270 3,312 345.72%
Harrold town 209 200 -9 -4.31%
Hartford city 1,844 2,436 592 32.10%
Hayti town 367 355 -12 -3.27%
Hazel town 105 106 1 0.95%
Hecla city 314 297 -17 -5.41%
Henry town 268 252 -16 -5.97%
Hermosa town 315 350 35 11.11%
Herreid city 482 360 -122 -25.31%
Herrick town 105 90 -15 -14.29%
Hetland town 43 39 -4 -9.30%
Highmore city 851 714 -137 -16.10%
Hill City city 780 908 128 16.41%
Hillsview town 3 3 0 0.00%
Hitchcock town 108 99 -9 -8.33%
Hosmer city 287 251 -36 -12.54%
Hot Springs city 4,129 4,028 -101 -2.45%
Hoven town 511 395 -116 -22.70%
Howard city 1,071 891 -180 -16.81%
Hudson town 402 445 43 10.70%
Humboldt town 521 589 68 13.05%
Hurley city 426 385 -41 -9.62%
Huron city 11,893 11,033 -860 -7.23%
Interior town 77 73 -4 -5.19%
Ipswich city 943 866 -77 -8.17%
Irene city 432 404 -28 -6.48%
Iroquois city 278 268 -10 -3.60%
Isabel town 239 231 -8 -3.35%
Java town 197 169 -28 -14.21%
Jefferson city 586 599 13 2.22%
Kadoka city 706 635 -71 -10.06%
Kennebec town 286 277 -9 -3.15%
Keystone town 311 316 5 1.61%
Kimball city 745 692 -53 -7.11%
Kranzburg town 185 180 -5 -2.70%
La Bolt town 86 76 -10 -11.63%
Lake Andes city 819 756 -63 -7.69%
Lake City town 47 44 -3 -6.38%
Lake Norden city 432 422 -10 -2.31%
Lake Preston city 737 653 -84 -11.40%
Lane town 59 50 -9 -15.25%
Langford town 290 284 -6 -2.07%
Lead city 3,027 2,892 -135 -4.46%
Lebanon town 86 68 -18 -20.93%
Lemmon city 1,398 1,185 -213 -15.24%
Lennox city 2,037 2,417 380 18.65%
Leola city 462 390 -72 -15.58%
Lesterville town 158 151 -7 -4.43%
Letcher town 177 158 -19 -10.73%
Lily town 21 18 -3 -14.29%
Long Lake town 58 49 -9 -15.52%
Lowry town 10 9 -1 -10.00%
Madison city 6,540 6,482 -58 -0.89%
Marion city 892 825 -67 -7.51%
Martin city 1,106 995 -111 -10.04%
Marvin town 66 61 -5 -7.58%
McIntosh city 217 205 -12 -5.53%
McLaughlin city 775 730 -45 -5.81%
Mellette city 248 215 -33 -13.31%
Menno city 729 655 -74 -10.15%
Midland town 179 148 -31 -17.32%
Milbank city 3,640 3,203 -437 -12.01%
Miller city 1,530 1,341 -189 -12.35%
Mission city 904 1,223 319 35.29%
Mission Hill town 183 168 -15 -8.20%
Mitchell city 14,558 14,752 194 1.33%
Mobridge city 3,574 3,154 -420 -11.75%
Monroe town 163 152 -11 -6.75%
Montrose city 460 450 -10 -2.17%
Morristown town 82 82 0 0.00%
Mound City town 84 64 -20 -23.81%
Mount Vernon city 477 464 -13 -2.73%
Murdo city 612 526 -86 -14.05%
Naples town 25 20 -5 -20.00%
New Effington town 233 225 -8 -3.43%
New Underwood city 616 675 59 9.58%
New Witten town 51 45 -6 -11.76%
Newell city 646 627 -19 -2.94%
Nisland town 204 206 2 0.98%
North Sioux City city 2,288 2,520 232 10.14%
Northville town 124 108 -16 -12.90%
Nunda town 47 47 0 0.00%
Oacoma town 390 406 16 4.10%
Oelrichs town 145 139 -6 -4.14%
Oldham city 206 181 -25 -12.14%
Olivet town 70 63 -7 -10.00%
Onaka town 30 25 -5 -16.67%
Onida city 740 619 -121 -16.35%
Orient town 57 47 -10 -17.54%
Ortley town 54 53 -1 -1.85%
Parker city 1,031 983 -48 -4.66%
Parkston city 1,674 1,486 -188 -11.23%
Peever town 209 198 -11 -5.26%
Philip city 885 731 -154 -17.40%
Pickstown town 168 194 26 15.48%
Pierpont town 122 102 -20 -16.39%
Pierre city 13,876 13,899 23 0.17%
Plankinton city 601 569 -32 -5.32%
Platte city 1,367 1,284 -83 -6.07%
Pollock town 339 249 -90 -26.55%
Presho city 588 625 37 6.29%
Pringle town 125 112 -13 -10.40%
Pukwana town 287 280 -7 -2.44%
Quinn town 44 45 1 2.27%
Ramona town 190 191 1 0.53%
Rapid City city 59,607 65,491 5,884 9.87%
Ravinia town 79 76 -3 -3.80%
Raymond town 86 69 -17 -19.77%
Redfield city 2,897 2,273 -624 -21.54%
Ree Heights town 85 74 -11 -12.94%
Reliance town 206 206 0 0.00%
Revillo town 147 132 -15 -10.20%
Rockham town 53 45 -8 -15.09%
Roscoe city 324 287 -37 -11.42%
Rosholt town 419 426 7 1.67%
Roslyn town 225 193 -32 -14.22%
Roswell town 21 18 -3 -14.29%
Salem city 1,371 1,321 -50 -3.65%
Scotland city 891 790 -101 -11.34%
Selby city 736 647 -89 -12.09%
Seneca town 58 49 -9 -15.52%
Sherman town 87 93 6 6.90%
Sinai town 133 120 -13 -9.77%
Sioux Falls city 123,975 154,997 31,022 25.02%
Sisseton city 2,572 2,447 -125 -4.86%
South Shore town 270 254 -16 -5.93%
Spearfish city 8,606 10,010 1,404 16.31%
Spencer city 157 151 -6 -3.82%
Springfield city 792 1,487 695 87.75%
St. Francis town 675 767 92 13.63%
St. Lawrence town 210 177 -33 -15.71%
Stickney town 334 298 -36 -10.78%
Stockholm town 105 93 -12 -11.43%
Strandburg town 69 60 -9 -13.04%
Stratford town 96 92 -4 -4.17%
Sturgis city 6,442 5,950 -492 -7.64%
Summit town 281 267 -14 -4.98%
Tabor town 417 365 -52 -12.47%
Tea city 1,742 3,761 2,019 115.90%
Timber Lake city 443 421 -22 -4.97%
Tolstoy town 64 50 -14 -21.87%
Toronto town 202 175 -27 -13.37%
Trent town 254 237 -17 -6.69%
Tripp city 711 631 -80 -11.25%
Tulare town 221 192 -29 -13.12%
Turton town 61 53 -8 -13.11%
Twin Brooks town 55 49 -6 -10.91%
Tyndall city 1,239 1,102 -137 -11.06%
Utica town 86 82 -4 -4.65%
Valley Springs city 792 857 65 8.21%
Veblen city 281 254 -27 -9.61%
Verdon town 6 6 0 0.00%
Vermillion city 9,765 10,495 730 7.48%
Viborg city 832 774 -58 -6.97%
Vienna town 78 63 -15 -19.23%
Vilas town 19 16 -3 -15.79%
Virgil town 25 23 -2 -8.00%
Volga city 1,435 1,583 148 10.31%
Volin town 207 197 -10 -4.83%
Wagner city 1,675 1,551 -124 -7.40%
Wakonda town 374 350 -24 -6.42%
Wall town 818 802 -16 -1.96%
Wallace town 86 83 -3 -3.49%
Ward town 41 49 8 19.51%
Warner town 419 444 25 5.97%
Wasta town 75 75 0 0.00%
Watertown city 20,237 20,488 251 1.24%
Waubay city 662 585 -77 -11.63%
Webster city 1,952 1,669 -283 -14.50%
Wentworth village 188 186 -2 -1.06%
Wessington city 248 226 -22 -8.87%
Wessington Springs city 1,011 846 -165 -16.32%
Westport town 125 120 -5 -4.00%
Wetonka town 12 10 -2 -16.67%
White city 530 512 -18 -3.40%
White Lake city 405 378 -27 -6.67%
White River city 598 553 -45 -7.53%
White Rock town 18 18 0 0.00%
Whitewood city 844 849 5 0.59%
Willow Lake city 294 237 -57 -19.39%
Wilmot city 543 514 -29 -5.34%
Winner city 3,137 2,744 -393 -12.53%
Wolsey town 418 386 -32 -7.66%
Wood town 66 63 -3 -4.55%
Woonsocket city 720 641 -79 -10.97%
Worthing city 585 993 408 69.74%
Yale town 118 109 -9 -7.63%
Yankton city 13,528 13,798 270 2.00%

Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau