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Haakon County, South Dakota

A county in South Dakota, ranked 59 of 66 by population.

CountyFIPS 46055

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

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Population
1,802
-67 (-3.6%) since 2020
Land area
1,811
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
1.00
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Philip
Seat of county government.
Established
1914
111 years ago
Largest city
Philip city
Population 740.

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 Haakon 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 Haakon 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 738 by 800 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 Haakon 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
Population1,80259th of 663,057th of 3,144
Land area1,811 sq mi11th of 66325th of 3,144
Population density1.00 per sq mi63rd of 663,073rd of 3,144
Median household income$65,62548th of 661,576th of 3,143

Full data for Haakon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,802Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,869Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,875Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,811 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,827 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.00 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,625American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households687American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units895American 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
-5
26 births, 31 deaths
Net migration
-16
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 7 areas bordering Haakon 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
Ziebach CountySouth Dakota68 mi2,389
Stanley CountySouth Dakota47 mi3,018
Jackson CountySouth Dakota47 mi2,666
Pennington CountySouth Dakota36 mi116,792
Jones CountySouth Dakota13 mi913
Meade CountySouth Dakota318 ft30,711
Dewey CountySouth Dakotaa single point5,419

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.