Campbell County, South Dakota

Campbell County population, land area and income

Campbell County had 1,342 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 733.7 square miles of land. It ranks 63rd of 66 in South Dakota by population and 44th by land area. That works out to 1.8 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 Campbell County has 25% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $64,367 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Campbell County's population changed since 2020

Campbell County lost 38 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.8%. That ranks 57th 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, Campbell County recorded 90 births and 101 deaths, a natural change of -11. Net international migration added +10 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -36. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 36 people.

Where Campbell County is

The Census internal point of Campbell County is at 45.785600, -100.002100. 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 Campbell County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Campbell County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Campbell County. Its 1,342 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Campbell County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Campbell County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Walworth County, SD, with 5,270 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Walworth County

  5,270 people

  25 mi S

• Corson County

  3,747 people

  57 mi W

• ND

  Emmons County, ND

  3,209 people

  36 mi NNW

• ND

  McIntosh County, ND

  2,461 people

  36 mi NE

• McPherson County

  2,307 people

  38 mi E

Distance to Pierre and the nearest big city

Pierre is 99.4 miles S of Campbell County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND (population 136,285), 168.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Aberdeen, SD (population 27,919), 77.4 miles away.

Campbell County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Campbell County is 46021: state code 46 for South Dakota plus county code 021. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $64,367.