List of cities in South Dakota

This is a list of places incorporated in the state of South Dakota as cities. Municipalities in South Dakota can also be incorporated as towns. South Dakota also has one incorporated village, Wentworth.^[1]

 †  County seat
 ††  State capital and county seat

Map of the United States with South Dakota highlighted in red

Sioux Falls, largest city in South Dakota

Rapid City

Pierre, capital of South Dakota

See: List of towns in South Dakota, List of townships in South Dakota.

Cities in South Dakota, with their populations (as of July 1, 2014, per the United States Census Bureau):

2014 Rank	City	2014 Estimate[2]	2010 Census[3]	Change	County
1	Sioux Falls †	168,586	153,888	+9.55%	Minnehaha Lincoln
2	Rapid City †	72,638	67,956	+6.89%	Pennington
3	Aberdeen †	27,800	26,091	+6.55%	Brown
4	Brookings †	23,225	22,056	+5.30%	Brookings
5	Watertown †	22,057	21,482	+2.68%	Codington
6	Mitchell †	15,693	15,254	+2.88%	Davison
7	Yankton †	14,552	14,454	+0.68%	Yankton
8	Pierre ††	14,054	13,646	+2.99%	Hughes
9	Huron †	13,163	12,592	+4.53%	Beadle
10	Spearfish	11,091	10,494	+5.69%	Lawrence
11	Vermillion †	10,699	10,571	+1.21%	Clay
12	Brandon	9,779	8,785	+11.31%	Minnehaha
13	Box Elder	9,233	7,800	+18.37%	Pennington Meade
14	Madison †	7,126	6,474	+10.07%	Lake
15	Sturgis †	6,741	6,627	+1.72%	Meade
16	Belle Fourche †	5,707	5,594	+2.02%	Butte
17	Harrisburg	5,190	4,089	+26.93%	Lincoln
18	Tea	4,531	3,806	+19.05%	Lincoln
19	Dell Rapids	3,700	3,633	+1.84%	Minnehaha
20	Mobridge	3,515	3,465	+1.44%	Walworth
21	Hot Springs †	3,503	3,711	−5.60%	Fall River
22	Canton †	3,317	3,057	+8.51%	Lincoln
23	Milbank †	3,269	3,353	−2.51%	Grant
24	Lead	3,030	3,124	−3.01%	Lawrence
25	Hartford	2,983	2,534	+17.72%	Minnehaha
26	Winner †	2,862	2,897	−1.21%	Tripp
27	North Sioux City	2,636	2,530	+4.19%	Union
28	Sisseton †	2,473	2,470	+0.12%	Roberts
29	Redfield †	2,416	2,333	+3.56%	Spink
30	Chamberlain †	2,402	2,387	+0.63%	Brule
31	Flandreau †	2,283	2,341	−2.48%	Moody
32	Lennox	2,264	2,111	+7.25%	Lincoln
33	Fort Pierre †	2,135	2,078	+2.74%	Stanley
34	Summerset	2,118	1,814	+16.76%	Meade
35	Beresford	2,025	2,005	+1.00%	Union Lincoln
36	Custer †	1,969	2,067	−4.74%	Custer
37	Springfield	1,963	1,989	−1.31%	Bon Homme
38	Elk Point †	1,940	1,963	−1.17%	Union
39	Webster †	1,833	1,886	−2.81%	Day
40	Volga	1,817	1,768	+2.77%	Brookings
41	Wagner	1,576	1,566	+0.64%	Charles Mix
42	Groton	1,495	1,458	+2.54%	Brown
43	Parkston	1,476	1,508	−2.12%	Hutchinson
44	Miller †	1,440	1,489	−3.29%	Hand
45	Eagle Butte	1,353	1,318	+2.66%	Dewey Ziebach
46	Salem †	1,350	1,347	+0.22%	McCook
47	Crooks	1,330	1,269	+4.81%	Minnehaha
48	Freeman	1,274	1,306	−2.45%	Hutchinson
49	Gregory	1,264	1,295	−2.39%	Gregory
50	Deadwood †	1,261	1,270	−0.71%	Lawrence
51-(T)	Clear Lake †	1,248	1,273	−1.96%	Deuel
51-(T)	Platte	1,248	1,230	+1.46%	Charles Mix
53	Lemmon	1,240	1,227	+1.06%	Perkins
54	Britton †	1,226	1,241	−1.21%	Marshall
55	Garretson	1,212	1,166	+3.95%	Minnehaha
56	Mission	1,208	1,183	+2.11%	Todd
57	Gettysburg †	1,172	1,162	+0.86%	Potter
58	Baltic	1,135	1,089	+4.22%	Minnehaha
59	De Smet †	1,090	1,089	+0.09%	Kingsbury
60	Martin †	1,064	1,071	−0.65%	Bennett
61	Tyndall †	1,059	1,067	−0.75%	Bon Homme
62	Clark †	1,051	1,139	−7.73%	Clark
63	Parker †	1,001	1,022	−2.05%	Turner
64	Hill City	990	948	+4.43%	Pennington
65	Ipswich †	950	954	−0.42%	Edmunds
66	Worthing	942	877	+7.41%	Lincoln
67	Wessington Springs †	925	956	−3.24%	Jerauld
68	Whitewood	923	927	−0.43%	Lawrence
69	Arlington	899	915	−1.75%	Kingsbury Brookings
70	Wall	882	766	+15.14%	Pennington
71	Centerville	874	882	−0.91%	Turner
72	Eureka	850	868	−2.07%	McPherson
73	Piedmont	835	222	+276.13%	Meade
74	Lake Andes †	833	879	−5.23%	Charles Mix
75	Scotland	830	841	−1.31%	Bon Homme
76	Howard †	819	858	−4.55%	Miner
77	Alcester	788	807	−2.35%	Union
78	Highmore †	779	795	−2.01%	Hyde
79	Valley Springs	775	759	+2.11%	Minnehaha
80	Marion	771	784	−1.66%	Turner
81	Viborg	767	782	−1.92%	Turner
82	Estelline	755	768	−1.69%	Hamlin
83	Philip †	745	779	−4.36%	Haakon
84	Faulkton †	744	736	+1.09%	Faulk
85	Edgemont	742	774	−4.13%	Fall River
86	Elkton	729	736	−0.95%	Brookings
87	Plankinton †	718	707	+1.56%	Aurora
88	Kadoka †	699	654	+6.88%	Jackson
89	Kimball	697	703	−0.85%	Brule
90	Colton	695	687	+1.16%	Minnehaha
91	Armour †	685	699	−2.00%	Douglas
92	McLaughlin	677	663	+2.11%	Corson
93	Onida †	675	658	+2.58%	Sully
94	New Underwood	674	660	+2.12%	Pennington
95-(T)	Canistota	652	656	−0.61%	McCook
95-(T)	Woonsocket †	652	655	−0.46%	Sanborn
97	Selby †	644	642	+0.31%	Walworth
98	Alexandria †	631	615	+2.60%	Hanson
99	Tripp	627	647	−3.09%	Hutchinson
100	Castlewood	624	627	−0.48%	Hamlin
101	Aurora	621	532	+16.73%	Brookings
102	Newell	600	603	−0.50%	Butte
103-(T)	Burke †	594	604	−1.66%	Gregory
103-(T)	Corsica	594	592	+0.34%	Douglas
105-(T)	Humboldt	590	589	+0.17%	Minnehaha
105-(T)	Menno	590	608	−2.96%	Hutchinson
105-(T)	White River †	590	581	+1.55%	Mellette
108	Lake Preston	583	599	−2.67%	Kingsbury
109	Avon	577	590	−2.20%	Bon Homme
110	Waubay	574	576	−0.35%	Day
111	Colman	573	594	−3.54%	Moody
112	St. Francis	561	709	−20.87%	Todd
113	Jefferson	535	547	−2.19%	Union
114	Dupree †	531	525	+1.14%	Ziebach
115	Veblen	528	531	−0.56%	Marshall
116	Presho	507	497	+2.01%	Lyman
117	Wilmot	506	492	+2.85%	Roberts
118	Bowdle	503	502	+0.20%	Edmunds
119	Bridgewater	488	492	−0.81%	McCook
120	White	487	485	+0.41%	Brookings
121	Murdo †	482	488	−1.23%	Jones
122	Warner	480	457	+5.03%	Brown
123	Timber Lake †	477	443	+7.67%	Dewey
124	Lake Norden	475	467	+1.71%	Hamlin
125-(T)	Montrose	474	472	+0.42%	McCook
125-(T)	Oacoma	474	451	+5.10%	Lyman
127	Emery	462	447	+3.36%	Hanson
128	Big Stone City	460	467	−1.50%	Grant
129	Bryant	452	456	−0.88%	Hamlin
130	Leola †	444	457	−2.84%	McPherson
131	Mount Vernon	443	462	−4.11%	Davison
132	Rosholt	432	423	+2.13%	Roberts
133	Faith	418	421	−0.71%	Meade
134	Herreid	417	438	−4.79%	Campbell
135	Tabor	413	423	−2.36%	Bon Homme
136	Irene	412	420	−1.90%	Clay Turner Yankton
137	Gayville	411	407	+0.98%	Yankton
138	Hoven	407	406	+0.25%	Potter
139	Hurley	403	415	−2.89%	Turner
140	Hermosa	398	398	0.00%	Custer
141	Wolsey	393	376	+4.52%	Beadle
142	Hayti †	380	381	−0.26%	Hamlin
143	Florence	374	374	0.00%	Codington
144	White Lake	373	372	+0.27%	Aurora
145	Blunt	366	354	+3.39%	Hughes
146	Keystone	344	337	+2.08%	Pennington
147	Bison †	340	333	+2.10%	Perkins
148	Buffalo †	336	330	+1.82%	Harding
149	Bristol	332	341	−2.64%	Day
150	Ethan	324	331	−2.11%	Davison
151-(T)	Hudson	316	296	+6.76%	Lincoln
151-(T)	Roscoe	316	329	−3.95%	Edmunds
153	Langford	315	313	+0.64%	Marshall
154	Wakonda	313	321	−2.49%	Clay
155	Summit	293	288	+1.74%	Roberts
156	Colome	288	296	−2.70%	Tripp
157	Pukwana	287	285	+0.70%	Brule
158	Stickney	286	284	+0.70%	Aurora
159	Alpena	276	286	−3.50%	Jerauld
160-(T)	Bonesteel	271	275	−1.45%	Gregory
160-(T)	Egan	271	278	−2.52%	Moody
162	Henry	267	267	0.00%	Codington
163	Iroquois	266	266	0.00%	Kingsbury Beadle
164	New Effington	261	256	+1.95%	Roberts
165	Chancellor	260	264	−1.52%	Turner
166	Kennebec †	252	240	+5.00%	Lyman
167	Willow Lake	244	263	−7.22%	Clark
168	Nisland	240	232	+3.45%	Butte
169-(T)	Delmont	231	234	−1.28%	Douglas
169-(T)	Trent	231	232	−0.43%	Moody
171	Gary	229	227	+0.88%	Deuel
172	Hecla	228	227	+0.44%	Brown
173-(T)	Pollock	227	241	−5.81%	Campbell
173-(T)	South Shore	227	225	+0.89%	Codington
175	Mellette	221	210	+5.24%	Spink
176	Tulare	218	207	+5.31%	Spink
177	Pickstown	217	201	+7.96%	Charles Mix
178	Geddes	212	208	+1.92%	Charles Mix
179-(T)	Reliance	209	191	+9.42%	Lyman
179-(T)	Toronto	209	212	−1.42%	Deuel
181	Bruce	205	204	+0.49%	Brookings
182	Hosmer	203	208	−2.40%	Edmunds
183	Frederick	200	199	+0.50%	Brown
184	St. Lawrence	197	198	−0.51%	Hand
185	Ramona	191	174	+9.77%	Lake
186	Wentworth	189	171	+10.53%	Lake
187	Doland	188	180	+4.44%	Spink
188	Wessington	180	170	+5.88%	Beadle Hand
189	Kranzburg	179	172	+4.07%	Codington
190	Roslyn	178	183	−2.73%	Day
191	Mission Hill	177	177	0.00%	Yankton
192	McIntosh †	174	173	+0.58%	Corson
193	Letcher	172	173	−0.58%	Sanborn
194	Peever	171	168	+1.79%	Roberts
195	Volin	161	161	0.00%	Yankton
196-(T)	Frankfort	156	149	+4.70%	Spink
196-(T)	Monroe	156	160	−2.50%	Turner
198	Spencer	155	154	+0.65%	McCook
199	Northville	148	143	+3.50%	Spink
200	Conde	147	140	+5.00%	Spink
201-(T)	Goodwin	144	146	−1.37%	Deuel
201-(T)	Isabel	144	135	+6.67%	Dewey
203-(T)	Artesian	137	138	−0.72%	Sanborn
203-(T)	Astoria	137	139	−1.44%	Deuel
203-(T)	Carthage	137	144	−4.86%	Miner
203-(T)	Columbia	137	136	+0.74%	Brown
207	Westport	134	133	+0.75%	Brown
208-(T)	Central City	131	134	−2.24%	Lawrence
208-(T)	Java	131	129	+1.55%	Walworth
208-(T)	Pierpont	131	135	−2.96%	Day
211	Oldham	130	133	−2.26%	Kingsbury
212	Claremont	128	127	+0.79%	Brown
213-(T)	Ashton	127	122	+4.10%	Spink
213-(T)	Lesterville	127	127	0.00%	Yankton
215	Harrold	126	124	+1.61%	Hughes
216-(T)	Buffalo Gap	123	126	−2.38%	Custer
216-(T)	Dallas	123	120	+2.50%	Gregory
216-(T)	Midland	123	129	−4.65%	Haakon
216-(T)	Oelrichs	123	126	−2.38%	Fall River
220	Dimock	122	125	−2.40%	Hutchinson
221	Sinai	119	120	−0.83%	Brookings
222	Cavour	118	114	+3.51%	Beadle
223	Revillo	116	119	−2.52%	Grant
224-(T)	Batesland	113	108	+4.63%	Oglala Lakota
224-(T)	Fairfax	113	115	−1.74%	Gregory
226	Yale	112	108	+3.70%	Beadle
227-(T)	Corona	111	109	+1.83%	Roberts
227-(T)	Pringle	111	112	−0.89%	Custer
229	Glenham	107	105	+1.90%	Walworth
230-(T)	Badger	105	107	−1.87%	Kingsbury
230-(T)	Brandt	105	107	−1.87%	Deuel
230-(T)	Stockholm	105	108	−2.78%	Grant
233	Herrick	104	105	−0.95%	Gregory
234-(T)	Cresbard	102	104	−1.92%	Faulk
234-(T)	Interior	102	94	+8.51%	Jackson
236	Canova	100	105	−4.76%	Miner
237-(T)	Fulton	94	91	+3.30%	Hanson
237-(T)	Hitchcock	94	91	+3.30%	Beadle
239-(T)	Eden	90	89	+1.12%	Marshall
239-(T)	Hazel	90	91	−1.10%	Hamlin
241	Andover	88	91	−3.30%	Day
242-(T)	Dante	85	84	+1.19%	Charles Mix
242-(T)	Wallace	85	85	0.00%	Codington
244-(T)	Davis	83	85	−2.35%	Turner
244-(T)	Fairburn	83	85	−2.35%	Custer
246-(T)	Sherman	82	78	+5.13%	Minnehaha
246-(T)	Wasta	82	80	+2.50%	Pennington
248	Brentford	79	77	+2.60%	Spink
249-(T)	Agar	78	76	+2.63%	Sully
249-(T)	Draper	78	82	−4.88%	Jones
251-(T)	Claire City	77	76	+1.32%	Roberts
251-(T)	New Witten	77	79	−2.53%	Tripp
253-(T)	Olivet †	72	74	−2.70%	Hutchinson
253-(T)	Stratford	72	72	0.00%	Brown
255	Bradley	71	72	−1.39%	Clark
256	Strandburg	70	72	−2.78%	Grant
257	Morristown	69	67	+2.99%	Corson
258-(T)	Mound City †	67	71	−5.63%	Campbell
258-(T)	Twin Brooks	67	69	−2.90%	Grant
260-(T)	La Bolt	66	68	−2.94%	Grant
260-(T)	Ortley	66	65	+1.54%	Roberts
262-(T)	Bushnell	65	65	0.00%	Brookings
262-(T)	Fairview	65	60	+8.33%	Lincoln
262-(T)	Utica	65	65	0.00%	Yankton
265-(T)	Camp Crook	64	63	+1.59%	Harding
265-(T)	Fruitdale	64	64	0.00%	Butte
265-(T)	Wood	64	62	+3.23%	Mellette
268	Orient	63	63	0.00%	Faulk
269	Ravinia	62	61	+1.64%	Charles Mix
270	Ree Heights	61	62	−1.61%	Hand
271	Quinn	58	54	+7.41%	Pennington
272	Lane	57	59	−3.39%	Jerauld
273-(T)	Belvidere	53	49	+8.16%	Jackson
273-(T)	Garden City	53	53	0.00%	Clark
275	Grenville	52	54	−3.70%	Day
276	Lake City	51	51	0.00%	Marshall
277	Raymond	50	50	0.00%	Clark
278-(T)	Turton	49	48	+2.08%	Spink
278-(T)	Ward	49	48	+2.08%	Moody
280-(T)	Lebanon	47	47	0.00%	Potter
280-(T)	Nunda	47	43	+9.30%	Lake
282	Hetland	45	46	−2.17%	Kingsbury
283-(T)	Erwin	44	45	−2.22%	Kingsbury
283-(T)	Vienna	44	45	−2.22%	Clark
285	Akaska	42	42	0.00%	Walworth
286	Naples	38	41	−7.32%	Clark
287	Seneca	37	38	−2.63%	Faulk
288-(T)	Dolton	36	37	−2.70%	Turner
288-(T)	Tolstoy	36	36	0.00%	Potter
290-(T)	Altamont	33	34	−2.94%	Deuel
290-(T)	Marvin	33	34	−2.94%	Grant
292-(T)	Broadland	32	31	+3.23%	Beadle
292-(T)	Rockham	32	33	−3.03%	Faulk
294	Long Lake	31	31	0.00%	McPherson
295	Chelsea	27	27	0.00%	Faulk
296-(T)	Bancroft	19	19	0.00%	Kingsbury
296-(T)	Vilas	19	20	−5.00%	Miner
298	Virgil	17	16	+6.25%	Beadle
299-(T)	Albee	16	16	0.00%	Grant
299-(T)	Butler	16	17	−5.88%	Day
301	Onaka	15	15	0.00%	Faulk
302	Roswell	14	15	−6.67%[4]	Miner
303-(T)	Cottonwood	10	9	+11.11%	Jackson
303-(T)	Farmer	10	10	0.00%	Hanson
305	Artas	9	9	0.00%	Campbell
306	Wetonka	8	8	0.00%	McPherson
307	Lowry	6	6	0.00%	Walworth
308	Verdon	5	5	0.00%	Brown
309	Lily	4	4	0.00%	Day
310-(T)	Hillsview	3	3	0.00%	McPherson
310-(T)	White Rock	3	3	0.00%	Roberts

Census-designated places

Rank	CDP	Population	County
1	Rapid Valley	8,260	Pennington
2	Pine Ridge	3,308	Oglala Lakota
3	Blackhawk	2,892	Meade
4	Dakota Dunes	2,540	Union
5	Colonial Pine Hills	2,493	Pennington
6	North Spearfish	2,221	Lawrence
7	North Eagle Butte	1,954	Dewey
8	Rosebud	1,587	Todd
9	Oglala	1,290	Oglala Lakota
10	Fort Thompson	1,282	Buffalo
11	Porcupine	1,062	Oglala Lakota
12	Green Valley	928	Pennington
13	Kyle	846	Oglala Lakota
14	Antelope	826	Todd
15	Ashland Heights	754	Pennington
16	Wanblee	725	Jackson
17	Lake Madison	683	Lake
18	Johnson Siding	659	Pennington
19	Manderson-White Horse Creek	626	Oglala Lakota
20	Lower Brule	613	Lyman
21	Shindler	584	Lincoln
22	Parmelee	562	Todd
23	Meadow View Addition	538	Minnehaha
24	Goodwill	513	Roberts
25	Lake Poinsett	493	Hamlin
26	Blucksberg Mountain	462	Meade
27	Allen	420	Bennett
28	Marty	402	Charles Mix
29	Wounded Knee	382	Oglala Lakota
30	Anderson	371	Minnehaha
31	Bullhead	348	Corson
32	Little Eagle	319	Corson
33	Pine Lakes Addition	314	Minnehaha
34	Renner Corner	305	Minnehaha
35	White Horse	276	Todd
36	Okreek	269	Todd
37	Spring Creek	268	Todd
38	Chester	261	Lake
39	Soldier Creek	227	Todd
40	Two Strike	209	Todd
41	Long Hollow	192	Roberts
42	St. Onge	191	Lawrence
43	Agency Village	181	Roberts
44	Bath	172	Brown
45	La Plant	171	Dewey
46	Brant Lake	159	Lake
47	Norris	152	Mellette
48	Whitehorse	141	Dewey
49	Vale	136	Butte
50	Vivian	119	Lyman
51	Corn Creek	105	Mellette
52	Morningside	105	Beadle
53	Mansfield	93	Brown Spink
54	Richland	89	Union
55	New Holland	76	Douglas
56	Forestburg	73	Sanborn
57	Kidder	57	Marshall
58	Harrison	52	Douglas
59	Winfred	52	Lake
60	Bath Corner	49	Brown
61	Kaylor	47	Hutchinson
62	Ferney	43	Brown
63	Fedora	37	Miner
64	Waverly	37	Codington
65	Okaton	36	Jones
66	Running Water	36	Bon Homme
67	Green Grass	35	Dewey
68	Loomis	34	Davison
69	Cow Creek	30	Sully
70	Prairie City	23	Perkins
71	Crocker	19	Clark
72	Gann Valley †	14	Buffalo
73	Ola	13	Brule
74	Aurora Center	12	Aurora
75	Hamill	11	Tripp
76	St. Charles	11	Gregory
77	Milltown	10	Hutchinson
78	Bijou Hills	6	Brule
79	Storla	6	Aurora

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder2. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
4. Estimate is for 2013. US Census Bureau, for some reason, did not include this town in its 2014 estimates.