South Dakota abortions and live births by county of residence, 2000-2022

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 22 March 2025

Note: South Dakota does not report abortions figures for counties where the individual county total abortions is less than 10. Totals for these counties are listed under "protected".

Reported abortions by county of residence, 2000-2022

county20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022county
Aurora?????0?????????????????Aurora
Beadle121217?121215?13111612?11?????????Beadle
Bennett?????????0?????????????Bennett
Bon Homme?????000???????????????Bon Homme
Brookings3140253626313729273141222721332716261419???Brookings
Brown182017152014?14241420151515?10?15?????Brown
Brule???????????????????????Brule
Buffalo???????0???????????????Buffalo
Butte???????????????????????Butte
Campbell?????000000????????????Campbell
Charles Mix???????????????????????Charles Mix
Clark????????00?????????????Clark
Clay1718201411201310??12??1017?14?11????Clay
Codington262012181516?15211716131710?12?10?????Codington
Corson?????000?00????????????Corson
Custer??????????0????????????Custer
Davison111026181320201022171717?19?181610?????Davison
Day?????0????0????????????Day
Deuel???????0??0????????????Deuel
Dewey????????????10??????????Dewey
Douglas?????0?00?0????????????Douglas
Edmunds???????0?00????????????Edmunds
Fall River????????00?????????????Fall River
Faulk?????0000?0????????????Faulk
Grant?????0?????????????????Grant
Gregory????????0??????????????Gregory
Haakon??????0000?????????????Haakon
Hamlin??????0????????????????Hamlin
Hand??????0??0?????????????Hand
Hanson???????0???????????????Hanson
Harding?????0000?0????????????Harding
Hughes141213?11?12?11?13?111116????????Hughes
Hutchinson???????????????????????Hutchinson
Hyde?????000?0?????????????Hyde
Jackson????????0?0????????????Jackson
Jerauld?????0?00??????????????Jerauld
Jones?????00?00?????????????Jones
Kingsbury??????????0????????????Kingsbury
Lake?16????????12????????????Lake
Lawrence1612111310141119??11????????????Lawrence
Lincoln2128362930423127563131171518141610291920151514Lincoln
Lyman???????????????????????Lyman
Marshall???????0?0?????????????Marshall
McCook???????????????????????McCook
McPherson??????000?0????????????McPherson
Meade18161110151317?10?10????????????Meade
Mellette?????00?0?0????????????Mellette
Miner???????????????????????Miner
Minnehaha260286260279259253273277286292241226255258251204237218154172559173Minnehaha
Moody1114????10????????????????Moody
Pennington117107919711669577988736636593921?2118?12???Pennington
Perkins?????0000??????????????Perkins
Potter???????00?0????????????Potter
Roberts??????0????????????????Roberts
Sanborn???????????????????????Sanborn
Shannon/Oglala Lakota?????10?????????????????Shannon/Oglala Lakota
Spink??????0?0??????????????Spink
Stanley???????????????????????Stanley
Sully?????00???0????????????Sully
Todd232115161414??16?23131416???11?????Todd
Tripp?????????0?????????????Tripp
Turner?????????10?????????????Turner
Union???????????????????????Union
Walworth??????0?0??????????????Walworth
Yankton18181818181517111816?121112?12???????Yankton
Ziebach??????0???0????????????Ziebach
PROTECTED941091131171001151201181171401081261208612486978699109366936PROTECTED
SOUTH DAKOTA TOTAL707759685680670658633609709652637509554526476385411423297332106175123SOUTH DAKOTA TOTAL
OTHER??14113914414711598139117100888075755961748582191714OTHER
TOTAL707759826819814805748707848769737597634601551444472497382414125192137TOTAL


Reported live births by county of residence, 2000-2022

county20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022county
Aurora3328223532243331363429393040423349364139383938Aurora
Beadle172198192174195177201261277268274294327337366297347273284284280256298Beadle
Bennett5971618067646155676570766969727165615547513954Bennett
Bon Homme5057516553726070735367627757567668647759687871Bon Homme
Brookings323337308309321355352378401383379385404430406471414451435410346385375Brookings
Brown486418446463466430499537483475467485476512482492557510508464393418388Brown
Brule5463636359746085756874698470776971786273715964Brule
Buffalo2950546555556864524649574758534252472240314632Buffalo
Butte127119121113133118140146152141114136120133142100135131146120124139125Butte
Campbell1516137961110171816891215138141412131121Campbell
Charles Mix142162150138177154162151168162156157161151174156164168156138140141149Charles Mix
Clark4038413551364243425748524351676165666666625268Clark
Clay175153163155147139162151163175138152151166143145147155114141110137124Clay
Codington370332314362394387401436380399375372376410372381370336326297291315336Codington
Corson977591828393929889747884879386891011019199897366Corson
Custer5160707166857789786285776671658669786372648272Custer
Davison246247248250309293271294276296258262264263271242257227263249261227228Davison
Day6862636664686673606568597652567350627248434350Day
Deuel4445455363516745614751484646474464535353515754Deuel
Dewey129149149156160154155162155119118144151148153148163154138119118105105Dewey
Douglas3634323735302734293130363733404346444149394643Douglas
Edmunds455403551424136554634474646534846433448595857Edmunds
Fall River6358597476627154554655496163557660514445404852Fall River
Faulk1927312524262521202924282823383231383233383033Faulk
Grant7483957267688889698181698380977484878076867896Grant
Gregory3946293846443747404350424445625058525048424648Gregory
Haakon2217251419201722212623231820172619261421151929Haakon
Hamlin839088110899398103109104102107127124118121111110125127133142139Hamlin
Hand2437243132303740362746362838422439443531414432Hand
Hanson5967456050476142484455445156493639423845354237Hanson
Harding1513188129111217101591417202116151911151717Harding
Hughes196194190213195227231238225250225237230255229249233221246218207225213Hughes
Hutchinson89898185728874608580817286107102120120117115110799695Hutchinson
Hyde1814182124151397121215919141520181418161314Hyde
Jackson5451625367626181747175686978716781927363787951Jackson
Jerauld1724172723243419242929242324321620182420131918Jerauld
Jones4148131217121413141011101091113917710105Jones
Kingsbury5753485452525554776351715461666467677152696861Kingsbury
Lake110118109122135123137144103130128133128140122134133131128119137104113Lake
Lawrence214239245237265239290290257257252213240230245220241241202213215182222Lawrence
Lincoln367458425504584687746785763825808781852753766751810846829813757782877Lincoln
Lyman6967837280725759605372766069717482637454606668Lyman
Marshall3440283953505254475950605662727074736683756361Marshall
McCook7178739086796079648480667475818068908524229171McCook
McPherson2622372020162818141818242524302227182468622517McPherson
Meade311430407344341390377350372312334314327320318304269258261245244252294Meade
Mellette2931313743404650363538272737354044453330282829Mellette
Miner3424242628312827302819242028223221272922282627Miner
Minnehaha2,3102,3022,4802,4852,5482,5872,6242,7462,8412,7612,7492,7792,8112,8632,9473,0462,9362,9082,8902,7892,7322,8682,709Minnehaha
Moody74877480979291887990898693939393918781937883104Moody
Pennington1,4151,3351,3851,5521,5231,5641,5841,5991,5631,5641,5491,5021,5321,5961,5401,5361,4701,4661,5411,4511,3741,491235Pennington
Perkins282337242934312440283229304035334037334231281,397Perkins
Potter2830232026271233242124272520242428152422212328Potter
Roberts14115612515415917516017017216915918717620117718116816416716614613320Roberts
Sanborn30242527292121372524242834353739393332322936140Sanborn
Shannon/Oglala Lakota34333736738534737241939636734437034435035231233728432126125624824833Shannon/Oglala Lakota
Spink8873917984787475936078729180696785828485678963Spink
Stanley3931374339394537363941433635394542294429233132Stanley
Sully1520241725212423121918181317151116241617181212Sully
Todd244256281257253257283275298274242313288250279274260256230235206200186Todd
Tripp7968736584648767706661706665717179848884756666Tripp
Turner8785838680891049796861018989868110475103101927510679Turner
Union184147201159161173186191159181179169178150140169163191166180183136186Union
Walworth6968687863647063537356696670858661886671577676Walworth
Yankton240244237274266242267283254261258246275253281266318269253247268246240Yankton
Ziebach5144503441493838375654384831353227192434333150Ziebach
SOUTH DAKOTA TOTAL10,34510,48310,69811,02211,33911,46611,91412,25312,07411,93011,79511,83412,09212,24312,28112,32312,27012,12811,89011,44810,95111,30411,193SOUTH DAKOTA TOTAL


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Last modified 22 March 2025.
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