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Beadle County, South Dakota

Beadle County had 19,459 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,258.7 square miles of land. It ranks 11th of 66 in South Dakota by population and 22nd by land area.

Population
19,459
#11 of 66 in South Dakota · #1,861 in US
Area
1,258.7 sq mi
#22 of 66 in South Dakota · #481 in US
Density
15 / sq mi
#14 of 66 in South Dakota · #2,380 in US
Median household income
$59,721
#47 of 66 in South Dakota · #1,860 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Beadle County within South Dakota. Pin: Pierre.

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Beadle County population, land area and income

Beadle County had 19,459 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,258.7 square miles of land. It ranks 11th of 66 in South Dakota by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 15.5 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in South Dakota has 5,296 residents, so Beadle County is 3.7 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $59,721 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

19,459

3144th1st

1861st of 3,144 (US)

Land area

1,259 sq mi

3144th1st

481st of 3,144 (US)

Density

15.5 / sq mi

3144th1st

2380th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$59,721

3143rd1st

1860th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within South Dakota (66)

Population

19,459

66th1st

11th of 66 (SD)

Land area

1,259 sq mi

66th1st

22nd of 66 (SD)

Density

15.5 / sq mi

66th1st

14th of 66 (SD)

Median household income

$59,721

66th1st

47th of 66 (SD)

How Beadle County's population changed since 2020

Beadle County gained 293 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.5%. That ranks 24th of 66 in South Dakota for growth. The median South Dakota county changed by +0.8%, and the state as a whole by +4.1%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Beadle County recorded 1,180 births and 791 deaths, a natural change of +389. Net international migration added +897 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -981. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 981 people.

19.2k202019.2k202119.4k202219.4k202319.5k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
1,180
Deaths
791
Net international migration
+897
Net domestic migration
-981
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+79

Where Beadle County is

The Census internal point of Beadle County is at 44.418300, -98.279400. It sits in UTM zone 14N. The map shades South Dakota's 66 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Beadle County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Davison County: -0.2%Minnehaha County: +5.5%Bennett County: -3.0%Clark County: +3.2%Hamlin County: +7.1%Jerauld County: +2.8%Brule County: +0.2%Aurora County: +0.4%Turner County: +4.6%Beadle County: +1.5%Hand County: -1.6%Kingsbury County: +1.0%McCook County: +1.7%Miner County: -0.0%Lyman County: +0.5%Codington County: +3.3%Deuel County: +0.8%Sully County: +1.1%Oglala Lakota County: -2.1%Edmunds County: +0.8%Sanborn County: +2.7%Spink County: -3.7%Lake County: -0.1%Hyde County: -3.0%Potter County: -2.9%Perkins County: -0.6%Faulk County: +0.5%Day County: -0.5%Clay County: +1.6%Hanson County: +0.5%Fall River County: +5.5%Brookings County: +5.9%Yankton County: +1.0%Hutchinson County: -0.1%Butte County: +5.8%Custer County: +11.8%Lawrence County: +11.5%Hughes County: -1.2%Grant County: +1.0%Brown County: -1.9%Gregory County: +2.8%Campbell County: -2.8%Bon Homme County: +1.4%McPherson County: -4.0%Lincoln County: +14.6%Stanley County: +1.5%Walworth County: -0.5%Harding County: +1.3%Marshall County: +2.3%Union County: +3.2%Pennington County: +5.8%Buffalo County: -5.8%Moody County: +3.0%Tripp County: +2.0%Roberts County: +0.2%Charles Mix County: -0.3%Meade County: +3.4%Haakon County: -1.8%Jones County: -5.3%Douglas County: +0.5%Dewey County: +1.9%Corson County: -3.6%Mellette County: -4.6%Todd County: -1.6%Jackson County: -2.4%Ziebach County: +1.0%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -1.8%
  2. < +0.2%
  3. < +1.3%
  4. < +3.2%
  5. ≥ +3.2%
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Orange pin: Beadle County internal point. Dark pin: Pierre.

Internal point

Decimal
44.418300, -98.279400
DMS
44°25'5.88"N 98°16'45.84"W
UTM
14N 557366.1E 4918586.7N
Geohash
9zfhew557
Plus code
86P3CP9C+86

Towns in Beadle County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Beadle County, 14,515 people together, or 75% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Beadle County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Huron with 14,515.

  1. 01Huron14,515
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Beadle County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Beadle County. The most populous is Spink County, SD, with 6,108 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Pierre and the nearest big city

Pierre is 102.1 miles W of Beadle County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD (population 209,289), 97.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Huron, SD (population 14,515), 5.2 miles away.

Beadle County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Beadle County is 46005: state code 46 for South Dakota plus county code 005. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $59,721.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Beadle County, South Dakota?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 19,459. That is up 293 people (1.5%) from the July 2020 estimate of 19,166.

What is the FIPS code of Beadle County?

46005. The first two digits (46) are South Dakota; the last three (005) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Beadle County?

Huron, with 14,515 residents inside Beadle County in 2024.

Which counties border Beadle County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Spink County, SD; Kingsbury County, SD; Clark County, SD; Hand County, SD; Sanborn County, SD; Jerauld County, SD.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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