Jones County, South Dakota

Jones County population, land area and income

Jones County had 874 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 969.7 square miles of land. It ranks 66th of 66 in South Dakota by population and 32nd by land area. That works out to 0.9 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 Jones County has 17% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $60,640 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Jones County's population changed since 2020

Jones County lost 49 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 5.3%. That ranks 65th 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, Jones County recorded 26 births and 44 deaths, a natural change of -18. Net international migration added +29 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -49. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 49 people.

Where Jones County is

The Census internal point of Jones County is at 43.952000, -100.686100. 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 Jones County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Jones County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Jones County. Its 874 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Jones County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Jones County. The most populous is Lyman County, SD, with 3,721 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Lyman County

  3,721 people

  42 mi E

• Stanley County

  3,015 people

  32 mi N

• Jackson County

  2,737 people

  51 mi WSW

• Haakon County

  1,834 people

  48 mi WNW

• Mellette County

  1,834 people

  26 mi S

Distance to Pierre and the nearest big city

Pierre is 33.3 miles NNE of Jones County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD (population 209,289), 199.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Pierre, SD (population 13,788), 34.4 miles away.

Jones County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Jones County is 46075: state code 46 for South Dakota plus county code 075. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $60,640.