Haakon County, South Dakota

Haakon County population, land area and income

Haakon County had 1,834 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,810.5 square miles of land. It ranks 58th of 66 in South Dakota by population and 11th by land area. That works out to 1.0 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 Haakon County has 35% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $62,682 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Haakon County's population changed since 2020

Haakon County lost 34 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.8%. That ranks 53rd 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, Haakon County recorded 96 births and 102 deaths, a natural change of -6. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -33. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 33 people.

Where Haakon County is

The Census internal point of Haakon County is at 44.288100, -101.540900. 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 Haakon County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Haakon County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Haakon County. Its 1,834 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Haakon County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Haakon County. The most populous is Pennington County, SD, with 115,979 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Pennington County

  115,979 people

  67 mi WSW

• Meade County

  30,918 people

  62 mi WNW

• Dewey County

  5,322 people

  69 mi NNE

• Stanley County

  3,015 people

  40 mi ENE

• Jackson County

  2,737 people

  42 mi S

• Ziebach County

  2,418 people

  49 mi N

• Jones County

  874 people

  48 mi ESE

Distance to Pierre and the nearest big city

Pierre is 59.3 miles E of Haakon County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD (population 209,289), 244.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Pierre, SD (population 13,788), 60.6 miles away.

Haakon County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Haakon County is 46055: state code 46 for South Dakota plus county code 055. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $62,682.