Hyde County, South Dakota

Hyde County population, land area and income

Hyde County had 1,215 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 860.6 square miles of land. It ranks 65th of 66 in South Dakota by population and 35th by land area. That works out to 1.4 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 Hyde County has 23% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $66,253 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Hyde County's population changed since 2020

Hyde County lost 37 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.0%. That ranks 59th 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, Hyde County recorded 58 births and 100 deaths, a natural change of -42. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -5. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 42 people.

Where Hyde County is

The Census internal point of Hyde County is at 44.537200, -99.472700. 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 Hyde County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Hyde County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Hyde County. Its 1,215 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Hyde County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Hyde County. The most populous is Hughes County, SD, with 17,526 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Hughes County

  17,526 people

  27 mi WSW

• Lyman County

  3,721 people

  48 mi SSW

• Hand County

  3,097 people

  23 mi E

• Potter County

  2,402 people

  43 mi NW

• Faulk County

  2,136 people

  40 mi NNE

• Buffalo County

  1,825 people

  37 mi SSE

• Sully County

  1,468 people

  35 mi WNW

Distance to Pierre and the nearest big city

Pierre is 44.6 miles WSW of Hyde County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD (population 209,289), 152.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Pierre, SD (population 13,788), 43.2 miles away.

Hyde County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Hyde County is 46069: state code 46 for South Dakota plus county code 069. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $66,253.