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Beadle County, South Dakota

A county in South Dakota, ranked 11 of 66 by population.

CountyFIPS 46005

Within South Dakota
Beadle County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Huron, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
19,624
+462 (+2.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,259
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
15.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Huron
Seat of county government.
Established
1879
146 years ago
Largest city
Huron city
Population 14,607.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Beadle County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Beadle County, South Dakota from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 601 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Beadle County ranks

Position among the 66 counties of South Dakota, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn South DakotaNationally
Population19,62411th of 661,851st of 3,144
Land area1,259 sq mi22nd of 66481st of 3,144
Population density15.6 per sq mi14th of 662,374th of 3,144
Median household income$67,68142nd of 661,369th of 3,143

Full data for Beadle County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,624Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,162Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,149Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,259 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,265 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,681American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$175,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,536American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,474American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+79
309 births, 230 deaths
Net migration
+25
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Beadle County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Spink CountySouth Dakota36 mi6,155
Hand CountySouth Dakota30 mi3,121
Kingsbury CountySouth Dakota24 mi5,284
Sanborn CountySouth Dakota24 mi2,388
Jerauld CountySouth Dakota18 mi1,654
Clark CountySouth Dakota12 mi4,031

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 66 counties of South Dakota

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.