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South Dakota Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across South Dakota. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 67 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Highest application counties

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

South Dakota counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Minnehaha County3,113+1.0%25.7%
2Pennington County1,690+4.7%13.9%
3Lincoln County1,099+2.8%9.1%
4Codington County1,071+32.1%8.8%
5Lawrence County448-11.1%3.7%
6Meade County355+1.1%2.9%
7Brown County354+7.6%2.9%
8Brookings County277-1.8%2.3%
9Hughes County245+17.2%2.0%
10Union County245+12.4%2.0%
11Davison County237+16.2%2.0%
12Yankton County210+11.7%1.7%
13Butte County165+12.2%1.4%
14Beadle County155-0.6%1.3%
15Clay County137+20.2%1.1%
16Custer County130-11.6%1.1%
17Hamlin County112+89.8%0.9%
18Lake County109+16.0%0.9%
19Turner County1030.0%0.8%
20Roberts County90+25.0%0.7%
21Fall River County89-22.6%0.7%
22Day County85+14.9%0.7%
23Grant County770.0%0.6%
24Charles Mix County73+9.0%0.6%
25Kingsbury County68+70.0%0.6%
26McCook County65+10.2%0.5%
27Moody County65+18.2%0.5%
28Oglala Lakota County64+106.5%0.5%
29Tripp County60-14.3%0.5%
30Brule County59+34.1%0.5%
31Spink County56-13.8%0.5%
32Walworth County56+27.3%0.5%
33Bon Homme County55+1.9%0.5%
34Hutchinson County53+8.2%0.4%
35Gregory County45-21.1%0.4%
36Edmunds County42-38.2%0.3%
37Marshall County38+8.6%0.3%
38Deuel County37-46.4%0.3%
39Hanson County35-14.6%0.3%
40Lyman County34+3.0%0.3%
41McPherson County34+21.4%0.3%
42Clark County33-8.3%0.3%
43Dewey County33-5.7%0.3%
44Hand County320.0%0.3%
45Perkins County32-20.0%0.3%
46Aurora County31-6.1%0.3%
47Douglas County31-3.1%0.3%
48Potter County31+72.2%0.3%
49Jerauld County30+66.7%0.2%
50Stanley County29-3.3%0.2%
51Campbell County27+8.0%0.2%
52Haakon County27+22.7%0.2%
53Shannon County27-27.0%0.2%
54Sanborn County26+4.0%0.2%
55Harding County24+60.0%0.2%
56Todd County24-17.2%0.2%
57Miner County20-9.1%0.2%
58Sully County19+72.7%0.2%
59Bennett County18-33.3%0.1%
60Corson County180.0%0.1%
61Jackson County18-30.8%0.1%
62Faulk County16-30.4%0.1%
63Hyde County11-52.2%0.1%
64Jones County10Not available0.1%
65Buffalo County9+50.0%0.1%
66Mellette County9-10.0%0.1%
67Ziebach County5-37.5%0.0%