Aberdeen, South Dakota

Aberdeen population, 2020 to 2024

Aberdeen lost 518 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -127. Among 18 South Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Dakota has 13,845 people, so Aberdeen is 2.0 times that size.

Aberdeen covers 16.57 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,685 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Aberdeen is denser than the typical town.

What county Aberdeen is in

All of Aberdeen's residents live in Brown County, which had 37,495 residents in 2024. Aberdeen holds 74.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Aberdeen

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aberdeen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57401. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Aberdeen is

The Census internal point of Aberdeen is at 45.464700, -98.468100. Pierre, the capital, is 119.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Fargo, ND (41,027 people), 121.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 124.5 miles away.

Daylight in Aberdeen

At 45.46° N, Aberdeen gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Aberdeen

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Groton, 17.9 miles away, with 1,343 people.