List of cities in South Dakota

This is a list of places incorporated in the U.S. state of South Dakota as cities and towns. Municipalities in South Dakota can be incorporated as cities, towns, or villages. South Dakota has only one incorporated village, Wentworth, Lake County. ^[1] There are currently 310 municipalities in South Dakota.

Cities

  County seat
  State capital and county seat

Map of the United States with South Dakota highlighted

Sioux Falls, most populous city in South Dakota

Rapid City, Downtown

Aberdeen, Storybook Land

2024 rank	City	2024 estimate [2]	2020 Census [3]	Change	County
1	Sioux Falls †	209,289	192,517	+8.71%	Minnehaha Lincoln
2	Rapid City †	79,894	74,703	+6.95%	Pennington
3	Aberdeen †	27,919	28,495	−2.02%	Brown
4	Brookings †	24,555	23,377	+5.04%	Brookings
5	Watertown †	23,492	22,655	+3.69%	Codington
6	Yankton †	15,670	15,411	+1.68%	Yankton
7	Mitchell †	15,621	15,660	−0.25%	Davison
8	Huron †	14,515	14,263	+1.77%	Beadle
9	Box Elder	13,887	11,746	+18.23%	Pennington Meade
10	Spearfish	13,803	12,193	+13.20%	Lawrence
11	Pierre ‡	13,788	14,091	−2.15%	Hughes
12	Vermillion †	11,877	11,695	+1.56%	Clay
13	Brandon	10,837	11,048	−1.91%	Minnehaha
14	Harrisburg	10,203	6,732	+51.56%	Lincoln
15	Tea	7,699	5,598	+37.53%	Lincoln
16	Sturgis †	7,014	7,020	−0.09%	Meade
17	Madison †	6,086	6,191	−1.70%	Lake
18	Belle Fourche †	5,855	5,617	+4.24%	Butte
19	Dell Rapids	3,825	3,996	−4.28%	Minnehaha
20	Hot Springs †	3,608	3,395	+6.27%	Fall River [4]
21	Hartford	3,600	3,354	+7.33%	Minnehaha
22	Milbank †	3,545	3,544	+0.03%	Grant
23	Mobridge	3,219	3,261	−1.29%	Walworth
24	North Sioux City	3,059	3,042	+0.56%	Union
25	Lead	3,038	2,982	+1.88%	Lawrence
26	Summerset	3,013	2,972	+1.38%	Meade
27	Canton †	2,974	3,066	−3.00%	Lincoln
28	Winner †	2,962	2,921	+1.40%	Tripp [5]
29	Lennox	2,539	2,423	+4.79%	Lincoln
30	Chamberlain †	2,453	2,473	−0.81%	Brule
31	Sisseton †	2,432	2,479	−1.90%	Roberts
32	Volga	2,380	2,113	+12.64%	Brookings
33	Flandreau †	2,372	2,372	0.00%	Moody
34	Fort Pierre †	2,158	2,115	+2.03%	Stanley
35	Redfield †	2,101	2,214	−5.10%	Spink
36	Beresford	2,087	2,180	−4.27%	Union Lincoln
37	Elk Point †	2,074	2,149	−3.49%	Union
38	Springfield	1,912	1,914	−0.10%	Bon Homme
39	Custer †	1,829	1,919	−4.69%	Custer
40	Webster †	1,666	1,728	−3.59%	Day
41	Parkston	1,542	1,567	−1.60%	Hutchinson
42	Wagner	1,429	1,490	−4.09%	Charles Mix
43	Crooks	1,369	1,362	+0.51%	Minnehaha
44	Deadwood †	1,347	1,156	+16.52%	Lawrence
45	Groton	1,343	1,380	−2.68%	Brown
46	Baltic	1,331	1,246	+6.82%	Minnehaha
47	Salem †	1,315	1,325	−0.75%	McCook
48	Freeman	1,308	1,329	−1.58%	Hutchinson
49	Miller †	1,307	1,349	−3.11%	Hand
50	Parker †	1,306	1,194	+9.38%	Turner
51-(T)	Eagle Butte	1,270	1,258	+0.95%	Dewey Ziebach
51-(T)	Gregory	1,270	1,221	+4.01%	Gregory
53	Platte	1,249	1,296	−3.63%	Charles Mix
54	Clear Lake †	1,201	1,218	−1.40%	Deuel
55	Britton †	1,199	1,215	−1.32%	Marshall
56	Garretson	1,169	1,228	−4.80%	Minnehaha
57	Clark †	1,167	1,148	+1.66%	Clark
58	Aurora	1,159	1,047	+10.70%	Brookings
59	Lemmon	1,141	1,160	−1.64%	Perkins
60	Mission	1,135	1,156	−1.82%	Todd
61	Tyndall †	1,082	1,057	+2.37%	Bon Homme
62	Gettysburg †	1,062	1,104	−3.80%	Potter
63	De Smet †	1,037	1,056	−1.80%	Kingsbury
64	Piedmont	1,002	971	+3.19%	Meade
65	Whitewood	965	879	+9.78%	Lawrence
66	Centerville	958	918	+4.36%	Turner
67	Hill City	937	872	+7.45%	Pennington
68	Ipswich †	931	928	+0.32%	Edmunds
69	Arlington	926	915	+1.20%	Kingsbury Brookings
70	Martin †	923	938	−1.60%	Bennett
71	Worthing	914	927	−1.40%	Lincoln
72	Marion	880	849	+3.65%	Turner
73	Valley Springs	872	885	−1.47%	Minnehaha
74	Howard †	841	848	−0.83%	Miner
75	Viborg	834	814	+2.46%	Turner
76	Faulkton †	818	826	−0.97%	Faulk
77	Scotland	786	785	+0.13%	Bon Homme
78	Elkton	778	755	+3.05%	Brookings
79	Wessington Springs †	773	771	+0.26%	Jerauld
80	Alcester	772	820	−5.85%	Union
81	Estelline	768	749	+2.54%	Hamlin
82	Plankinton †	763	781	−2.30%	Aurora
83-(T)	Edgemont	759	725	+4.69%	Fall River
83-(T)	Eureka	759	813	−6.64%	McPherson
85	Philip †	752	759	−0.92%	Haakon
86	Castlewood	716	698	+2.58%	Hamlin
87	Armour †	712	698	+2.01%	Douglas
88	Lake Andes †	692	710	−2.54%	Charles Mix
89	Colton	688	738	−6.78%	Minnehaha
90	Colman	674	634	+6.31%	Moody
91	Wall	672	699	−3.86%	Pennington
92	Alexandria †	657	649	+1.23%	Hanson
93	Highmore †	647	682	−5.13%	Hyde
94	Woonsocket †	646	631	+2.38%	Sanborn
95	Onida †	644	666	−3.30%	Sully
96	Canistota	643	631	+1.90%	McCook
97	Lake Norden	625	554	+12.82%	Hamlin
98	Menno	618	614	+0.65%	Hutchinson
99	New Underwood	610	590	+3.39%	Pennington
100-(T)	Avon	606	586	+3.41%	Bon Homme
100-(T)	Selby †	606	610	−0.66%	Walworth
102	Lake Preston	605	589	+2.72%	Kingsbury
103	Burke †	590	575	+2.61%	Gregory
104	Newell	585	584	+0.17%	Butte
105	Kimball	573	572	+0.17%	Brule
106	Humboldt	572	579	−1.21%	Minnehaha
107	Tripp	563	575	−2.09%	Hutchinson
108	Corsica	556	561	−0.89%	Douglas
109	White	554	537	+3.17%	Brookings
110	McLaughlin	541	569	−4.92%	Corson
111	Timber Lake †	537	509	+5.50%	Dewey
112	Kadoka †	530	543	−2.39%	Jackson
113	White River †	512	533	−3.94%	Mellette
114	Bridgewater	505	511	−1.17%	McCook
115	Dupree †	496	494	+0.40%	Ziebach
116	Bryant	479	471	+1.70%	Hamlin
117	Waubay	474	473	+0.21%	Day
118	Emery	473	484	−2.27%	Hanson
119	Bowdle	472	470	+0.43%	Edmunds
120	St. Francis	468	469	−0.21%	Todd
121	Presho	467	472	−1.06%	Lyman
122	Murdo †	464	475	−2.32%	Jones
123-(T)	Montrose	461	468	−1.50%	McCook
123-(T)	Wolsey	461	459	+0.44%	Beadle
125	Mount Vernon	457	461	−0.87%	Davison
126	Warner	450	485	−7.22%	Brown
127	Jefferson	449	475	−5.47%	Union
128	Hayti †	434	393	+10.43%	Hamlin
129	Irene	431	422	+2.13%	Clay Turner Yankton
130	Wilmot	426	432	−1.39%	Roberts
131	Big Stone City	413	412	+0.24%	Grant
132	Leola †	406	434	−6.45%	McPherson
133	Herreid	405	416	−2.64%	Campbell
134	Tabor	400	407	−1.72%	Bon Homme
135	White Lake	396	394	+0.51%	Aurora
136	Oacoma	392	386	+1.55%	Lyman
137	Hurley	385	379	+1.58%	Turner
138	Hermosa	381	382	−0.26%	Custer
139	Gayville	379	382	−0.79%	Yankton
140	Rosholt	372	379	−1.85%	Roberts
141	Hoven	360	379	−5.01%	Potter
142	Ethan	358	365	−1.92%	Davison
143	Faith	354	367	−3.54%	Meade
144	Buffalo †	353	346	+2.02%	Harding
145	Wakonda	343	347	−1.15%	Clay
146	Colome	337	331	+1.81%	Tripp
147	Blunt	334	342	−2.34%	Hughes
148	Florence	333	337	−1.19%	Codington
149	Hudson	325	311	+4.50%	Lincoln
150-(T)	Stickney	313	321	−2.49%	Aurora
150-(T)	Veblen	313	317	−1.26%	Marshall
152	Chancellor	312	300	+4.00%	Turner
153	Bison †	302	302	0.00%	Perkins
154	Iroquois	296	292	+1.37%	Kingsbury Beadle
155	Kennebec †	285	281	+1.42%	Lyman
156	Roscoe	279	269	+3.72%	Edmunds
157-(T)	Langford	278	283	−1.77%	Marshall
157-(T)	Summit	278	288	−3.47%	Roberts
159	Bristol	275	288	−4.51%	Day
160	Willow Lake	268	255	+5.10%	Clark
161	Henry	266	256	+3.91%	Codington
162	Keystone	261	240	+8.75%	Pennington
163	Bonesteel	259	258	+0.39%	Gregory
164	Egan	247	241	+2.49%	Moody
165	Trent	237	206	+15.05%	Moody
166	Pukwana	236	233	+1.29%	Brule
167	Gary	233	240	−2.92%	Deuel
168	Pickstown	230	230	0.00%	Charles Mix
169	New Effington	228	234	−2.56%	Roberts
170	Pollock	222	224	−0.89%	Campbell
171	Alpena	217	212	+2.36%	Jerauld
172	Bruce	216	210	+2.86%	Brookings
173	Nisland	211	206	+2.43%	Butte
174	Frederick	209	215	−2.79%	Brown
175	Tulare	204	211	−3.32%	Spink
176	Wessington	199	197	+1.02%	Beadle Hand
177-(T)	Doland	195	199	−2.01%	Spink
177-(T)	Toronto	195	196	−0.51%	Deuel
179	Mellette	193	199	−3.02%	Spink
180	South Shore	190	189	+0.53%	Codington
181	Hecla	185	193	−4.15%	Brown
182	Mission Hill	182	190	−4.21%	Yankton
183	Roslyn	180	181	−0.55%	Day
184	Peever	174	180	−3.33%	Roberts
185	Wentworth	169	181	−6.63%	Lake
186	Kranzburg	166	163	+1.84%	Codington
187	Monroe	163	159	+2.52%	Turner
188-(T)	Ramona	161	159	+1.26%	Lake
188-(T)	St. Lawrence	161	163	−1.23%	Hand
190-(T)	Hosmer	159	164	−3.05%	Edmunds
190-(T)	Letcher	159	159	0.00%	Sanborn
190-(T)	Volin	159	158	+0.63%	Yankton
193	Columbia	157	160	−1.88%	Brown
194	Isabel	155	145	+6.90%	Dewey
195-(T)	Buffalo Gap	154	131	+17.56%	Custer
195-(T)	Delmont	154	153	+0.65%	Douglas
195-(T)	Dimock	154	137	+12.41%	Hutchinson
198	Geddes	152	156	−2.56%	Charles Mix
199	Goodwin	150	147	+2.04%	Deuel
200	Conde	139	142	−2.11%	Spink
201	Spencer	136	136	0.00%	McCook
202-(T)	Artesian	135	129	+4.65%	Sanborn
202-(T)	Badger	135	129	+4.65%	Kingsbury
204	Northville	134	139	−3.60%	Spink
205	Frankfort	131	134	−2.24%	Spink
206	Astoria	130	132	−1.52%	Deuel
207	Cavour	129	128	+0.78%	Beadle
208	Carthage	128	127	+0.79%	Miner
209	Reliance	127	128	−0.78%	Lyman
210	Oelrichs	126	117	+7.69%	Fall River
211	Pierpont	121	129	−6.20%	Day
212	Java	120	121	−0.83%	Walworth
213	Brandt	119	114	+4.39%	Deuel
214	Oldham	118	121	−2.48%	Kingsbury
215	Lesterville	114	115	−0.87%	Yankton
216	Yale	110	112	−1.79%	Beadle
217	Midland	109	112	−2.68%	Haakon
218-(T)	Central City	108	93	+16.13%	Lawrence
218-(T)	McIntosh †	108	111	−2.70%	Corson
220-(T)	Glenham	107	112	−4.46%	Walworth
220-(T)	Pringle	107	109	−1.83%	Custer
222-(T)	Claremont	106	108	−1.85%	Brown
222-(T)	Hitchcock	106	112	−5.36%	Beadle
222-(T)	Stockholm	106	102	+3.92%	Grant
225	Ashton	105	108	−2.78%	Spink
226	Fairfax	103	96	+7.29%	Gregory
227	Cresbard	101	96	+5.21%	Faulk
228	Sinai	98	99	−1.01%	Brookings
229-(T)	Harrold	98	101	−2.97%	Hughes
229-(T)	Hazel	98	102	−3.92%	Hamlin
229-(T)	Revillo	98	99	−1.01%	Grant
232-(T)	Canova	94	89	+5.62%	Miner
232-(T)	Wallace	94	91	+3.30%	Codington
234	Eden	91	94	−3.19%	Marshall
235-(T)	Brentford	86	88	−2.27%	Spink
235-(T)	Dallas	86	89	−3.37%	Gregory
237	Fulton	84	87	−3.45%	Hanson
238	Westport	83	88	−5.68%	Brown
239-(T)	Akaska	82	77	+6.49%	Walworth
239-(T)	Claire City	82	82	0.00%	Roberts
241	Fruitdale	80	73	+9.59%	Butte
242	Herrick	77	74	+4.05%	Gregory
243	Sherman	76	81	−6.17%	Minnehaha
244-(T)	Batesland	74	100	−26.00%	Oglala Lakota
244-(T)	Bushnell	74	71	+4.23%	Brookings
246	Dante	72	75	−4.00%	Charles Mix
247	Ravinia	71	71	0.00%	Charles Mix
248-(T)	Corona	70	69	+1.45%	Roberts
248-(T)	Utica	70	70	0.00%	Yankton
250-(T)	Agar	68	68	0.00%	Sully
250-(T)	Andover	68	66	+3.03%	Day
250-(T)	Camp Crook	68	60	+13.33%	Harding
250-(T)	Fairburn	68	60	+13.33%	Custer
254-(T)	Bradley	66	65	+1.54%	Clark
254-(T)	Fairview	66	61	+8.20%	Lincoln
254-(T)	Mound City †	66	69	−4.35%	Campbell
254-(T)	Strandburg	66	63	+4.76%	Grant
258	Interior	65	65	0.00%	Jackson
259-(T)	Olivet †	63	64	−1.56%	Hutchinson
259-(T)	Wasta	63	65	−3.08%	Pennington
261	La Bolt	62	66	−6.06%	Grant
262	Quinn	61	63	−3.17%	Pennington
263	Stratford	59	57	+3.51%	Brown
264-(T)	Brant Lake	56	56	0.00%	Lake
264-(T)	Raymond	56	53	+5.66%	Clark
266-(T)	Davis	55	54	+1.85%	Turner
266-(T)	Ree Heights	55	59	−6.78%	Hand
268	New Witten	54	54	0.00%	Tripp
269	Vienna	53	49	+8.16%	Clark
270	Turton	52	55	−5.45%	Spink
271	Orient	51	51	0.00%	Faulk
272	Ortley	50	50	0.00%	Roberts
273	Nunda	49	46	+6.52%	Lake
274-(T)	Lane	47	47	0.00%	Jerauld
274-(T)	Twin Brooks	47	47	0.00%	Grant
276-(T)	Grenville	45	48	−6.25%	Day
276-(T)	Lake City	45	45	0.00%	Marshall
278	Morristown	44	47	−6.38%	Corson
279	Belvidere	43	46	−6.52%	Jackson
280-(T)	Draper	42	46	−8.70%	Jones
280-(T)	Ward	42	34	+23.53%	Moody
280-(T)	Wood	42	41	+2.44%	Mellette
283	Naples	41	38	+7.89%	Clark
284	Erwin	39	40	−2.50%	Kingsbury
285	Tolstoy	37	35	+5.71%	Potter
286-(T)	Dolton	36	34	+5.88%	Turner
286-(T)	Garden City	36	33	+9.09%	Clark
288	Altamont	33	32	+3.13%	Deuel
289	Lebanon	31	33	−6.06%	Potter
290	Broadland	28	27	+3.70%	Beadle
291	Long Lake	26	27	−3.70%	McPherson
292-(T)	Vilas	24	29	−17.24%	Miner
292-(T)	Virgil	24	16	+50.00%	Beadle
294	Seneca	23	22	+4.55%	Faulk
295-(T)	Chelsea	19	19	0.00%	Faulk
295-(T)	Marvin	19	19	0.00%	Grant
297-(T)	Hetland	18	20	−10.00%	Kingsbury
297-(T)	Rockham	18	22	−18.18%	Faulk
299	Farmer	15	15	0.00%	Hanson
300	Onaka	14	13	+7.69%	Faulk
301-(T)	Bancroft	13	13	0.00%	Kingsbury
301-(T)	Wetonka	13	16	−18.75%	McPherson
303	Cottonwood	10	12	−16.67%	Jackson
304	Albee	8	7	+14.29%	Grant
305-(T)	Artas	7	7	0.00%	Campbell
305-(T)	White Rock	7	6	+16.67%	Roberts
307-(T)	Butler	6	4	+50.00%	Day
307-(T)	Lowry	6	10	−40.00%	Walworth
307-(T)	Verdon	6	3	+100.00%	Brown
310	Hillsview	3	2	+50.00%	McPherson

See also

• List of towns in South Dakota
• List of townships in South Dakota
• List of census-designated places in South Dakota

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "United States Census Bureau". U.S. Census Bureau. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
3. "2020 Census Results". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
4. Hot Springs is also the de facto county seat of neighboring Oglala Lakota County.
5. Winner is also the de facto county seat of neighboring Todd County.