According to the 2020 US Census, the population center of South Dakota moved 4.4 miles east-southeast over the past ten years.
The population center is located about 4.2 miles north-northeast of the Spring Valley Colony in Jerauld County. The location is 15 miles east of Wessington Springs and 20 miles south of Kimball.
From 2010 to 2020, the population center of Hughes County moved 21.1 yards north-northwest. Stanley County’s population center moved .9 miles northwest.
South Dakota ranks 4th among state’s whose population centers moved the farthest from 2010 to 2020. North Dakota had the largest population shift with theirs moving 6.4 miles. Arkansas was 2nd with a location movement of 5.1 miles and Nebraska was 3rd with its population center moving 4.9 miles.
- North Dakota (6.4 miles)
- Arkansas (5.1 miles)
- Nebraska (4.9 miles)
- South Dakota (4.4 miles)
- West Virginia (3.8 miles)
- Kansas (3.1 miles)
- Alaska (3.0 miles)
- Louisiana (2.8 miles)
- Maine (2.6 miles)
- New York (2.6 miles)
Nationally, the 2020 population center of the US is 11.8 miles from the 2010 center and 885.9 miles from the center in 1970. Hartville, Missouri, is the nearest incorporated municipality. It has 594 residents and is located in Wright County, Missouri.
In addition to calculating a national center of population, the Census Bureau also calculates centers of population for each state, county, census tract and census block group. Coordinates for each of these locations can be found on the Center of Population webpage.
Infographic credit US Census Bureau.
Infographic credit US Census Bureau.
Infographic credit US Census Bureau.
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