Jerauld County, South Dakota

Jerauld County population, land area and income

Jerauld County had 1,689 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 526.1 square miles of land. It ranks 61st of 66 in South Dakota by population and 57th by land area. That works out to 3.2 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 Jerauld County has 32% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $57,613 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Jerauld County's population changed since 2020

Jerauld County gained 46 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.8%. That ranks 16th 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, Jerauld County recorded 108 births and 87 deaths, a natural change of +21. Net international migration added +8 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +3. The largest single component was natural change, which added 21 people.

Where Jerauld County is

The Census internal point of Jerauld County is at 44.063400, -98.623200. 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 Jerauld County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Jerauld County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Jerauld County. Its 1,689 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Jerauld County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Jerauld County. The most populous is Beadle County, SD, with 19,459 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Beadle County

  19,459 people

  30 mi NE

• Brule County

  5,261 people

  33 mi SW

• Hand County

  3,097 people

  38 mi NNW

• Aurora County

  2,752 people

  24 mi S

• Sanborn County

  2,392 people

  27 mi E

• Buffalo County

  1,825 people

  29 mi W

Distance to Pierre and the nearest big city

Pierre is 87.9 miles WNW of Jerauld County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD (population 209,289), 101.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Huron, SD (population 14,515), 29.1 miles away.

Jerauld County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Jerauld County is 46073: state code 46 for South Dakota plus county code 073. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $57,613.