| 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