Faulk County, South Dakota

Faulk County population, land area and income

Faulk County had 2,136 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 981.7 square miles of land. It ranks 57th of 66 in South Dakota by population and 31st by land area. That works out to 2.2 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 Faulk County has 40% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $66,810 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Faulk County's population changed since 2020

Faulk County gained 10 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.5%. That ranks 38th 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, Faulk County recorded 141 births and 180 deaths, a natural change of -39. Net international migration added +1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +49. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 49 people.

Where Faulk County is

The Census internal point of Faulk County is at 45.065500, -99.153600. 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 Faulk County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Faulk County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Faulk County. Its 2,136 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Faulk County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Faulk County. The most populous is Brown County, SD, with 37,495 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Brown County

  37,495 people

  53 mi NE

• Spink County

  6,108 people

  41 mi ESE

• Edmunds County

  4,027 people

  24 mi N

• Hand County

  3,097 people

  37 mi SSE

• Potter County

  2,402 people

  39 mi W

• Hyde County

  1,215 people

  40 mi SSW

Distance to Pierre and the nearest big city

Pierre is 75.9 miles SW of Faulk County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD (population 209,289), 159.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Aberdeen, SD (population 27,919), 43.2 miles away.

Faulk County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Faulk County is 46049: state code 46 for South Dakota plus county code 049. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $66,810.