South Dakota abortion percentages by county

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 22 March 2025

Note: South Dakota does not report abortions figures for counties where the individual county total abortions are less than 10. For each time period below, total figures for these counties are listed under "OTHER COUNTIES".

South Dakota: abortion ratios by county of residence

county 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009 2008-2010 2009-2011 2010-2012 2011-2013 2012-2014 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 2020-2022 county

Aurora Aurora

Beadle 73 51 52 44 68 42 38 30 49 47 31 24 11 11 Beadle

Bennett Bennett

Bon Homme Bon Homme

Brookings 99 106 93 94 91 89 82 75 85 82 77 57 65 62 59 52 43 46 28 Brookings

Brown 41 39 38 36 24 19 25 35 41 34 35 31 20 17 7 16 10 10 Brown

Brule Brule

Buffalo Buffalo

Butte Butte

Campbell Campbell

Charles Mix Charles Mix

Clark Clark

Clay 112 110 97 102 98 95 48 20 25 26 27 21 59 59 71 31 60 27 30 Clay

Codington 57 50 42 43 26 25 30 44 47 40 41 35 23 19 11 20 10 10 Codington

Corson Corson

Custer Custer

Davison 63 72 71 60 61 58 62 57 67 63 43 46 24 48 44 61 35 14 Davison

Day Day

Deuel Deuel

Dewey 24 23 22 Dewey

Douglas Douglas

Edmunds Edmunds

Fall River Fall River

Faulk Faulk

Grant Grant

Gregory Gregory

Haakon Haakon

Hamlin Hamlin

Hand Hand

Hanson Hanson

Harding Harding

Hughes 67 42 40 17 35 17 33 15 34 18 35 30 53 37 23 Hughes

Hutchinson Hutchinson

Hyde Hyde

Jackson Jackson

Jerauld Jerauld

Jones Jones

Kingsbury Kingsbury

Lake 47 46 33 31 31 Lake

Lawrence 56 50 46 50 44 54 36 24 14 15 16 Lawrence

Lincoln 68 67 63 57 51 45 50 48 49 33 26 21 20 21 17 23 23 27 23 21 18 Lincoln

Lyman Lyman

Marshall Marshall

McCook McCook

McPherson McPherson

Meade 39 31 33 35 41 27 25 10 20 10 10 Meade

Mellette Mellette

Miner Miner

Minnehaha 114 114 106 104 101 101 102 102 98 92 87 87 89 81 78 74 70 63 45 38 26 Minnehaha

Moody 106 58 36 37 39 Moody

Pennington 76 69 68 61 52 43 47 51 49 38 35 29 25 13 9 9 9 7 3 Pennington

Perkins Perkins

Potter Potter

Roberts Roberts

Sanborn Sanborn

Shannon/Oglala Lakota 9 9 8 Shannon/Oglala Lakota

Spink Spink

Stanley Stanley

Sully Sully

Todd 76 65 57 57 35 17 19 19 48 43 59 51 37 20 14 15 15 Todd

Tripp Tripp

Turner 36 35 36 Turner

Union Union

Walworth Walworth

Yankton 75 72 69 65 65 54 57 56 44 37 30 45 28 30 14 14 Yankton

Ziebach Ziebach

(protected counties) 34 35 32 35 36 38 34 36 37 38 36 28 27 24 21 19 19 21 14 (protected counties)

SOUTH DAKOTA 68 66 62 59 56 53 54 54 56 51 48 44 42 38 34 33 31 30 21 18 12 SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota: abortion percentages by county of residence

county 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009 2008-2010 2009-2011 2010-2012 2011-2013 2012-2014 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 2020-2022 county

Aurora Aurora

Beadle 6.8 4.9 4.9 4.2 6.4 4.1 3.7 2.9 4.7 4.5 3.0 2.3 1.1 1.1 Beadle

Bennett Bennett

Bon Homme Bon Homme

Brookings 9.0 9.6 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.2 7.6 7.0 7.8 7.6 7.2 5.4 6.1 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.1 4.4 2.7 Brookings

Brown 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.4 1.9 2.4 3.4 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.0 2.0 1.7 0.6 1.6 0.9 1.0 Brown

Brule Brule

Buffalo Buffalo

Butte Butte

Campbell Campbell

Charles Mix Charles Mix

Clark Clark

Clay 10.1 9.9 8.8 9.3 8.9 8.7 4.6 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.1 5.5 5.6 6.7 3.0 5.7 2.6 2.9 Clay

Codington 5.4 4.7 4.0 4.1 2.6 2.5 2.9 4.2 4.5 3.9 3.9 3.3 2.3 1.9 1.1 2.0 1.0 1.0 Codington

Corson Corson

Custer Custer

Davison 6.0 6.8 6.6 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.4 6.3 5.9 4.2 4.4 2.3 4.6 4.2 5.7 3.4 1.3 Davison

Day Day

Deuel Deuel

Dewey 2.4 2.2 2.2 Dewey

Douglas Douglas

Edmunds Edmunds

Fall River Fall River

Faulk Faulk

Grant Grant

Gregory Gregory

Haakon Haakon

Hamlin Hamlin

Hand Hand

Hanson Hanson

Harding Harding

Hughes 6.3 4.0 3.9 1.7 3.4 1.7 3.2 1.5 3.3 1.8 3.4 3.0 5.1 3.6 2.2 Hughes

Hutchinson Hutchinson

Hyde Hyde

Jackson Jackson

Jerauld Jerauld

Jones Jones

Kingsbury Kingsbury

Lake 4.5 4.4 3.2 3.0 3.0 Lake

Lawrence 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.2 5.1 3.5 2.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 Lawrence

Lincoln 6.4 6.3 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.3 4.7 4.6 4.7 3.2 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.7 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.2 2.1 1.8 Lincoln

Lyman Lyman

Marshall Marshall

McCook McCook

McPherson McPherson

Meade 3.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.9 2.6 2.4 1.0 1.9 1.0 1.0 Meade

Mellette Mellette

Miner Miner

Minnehaha 10.2 10.2 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.3 8.9 8.4 8.0 8.0 8.1 7.5 7.2 6.9 6.5 6.0 4.3 3.7 2.6 Minnehaha

Moody 9.6 5.5 3.4 3.6 3.7 Moody

Pennington 7.1 6.5 6.4 5.7 4.9 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.6 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.5 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.3 Pennington

Perkins Perkins

Potter Potter

Roberts Roberts

Sanborn Sanborn

Shannon/Oglala Lakota 0.9 0.9 0.8 Shannon/Oglala Lakota

Spink Spink

Stanley Stanley

Sully Sully

Todd 7.0 6.1 5.4 5.4 3.4 1.7 1.8 1.9 4.6 4.2 5.6 4.8 3.5 2.0 1.4 1.5 1.5 Todd

Tripp Tripp

Turner 3.5 3.4 3.5 Turner

Union Union

Walworth Walworth

Yankton 7.0 6.7 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.1 5.4 5.3 4.2 3.5 2.9 4.3 2.8 2.9 1.4 1.4 Yankton

Ziebach Ziebach

(protected counties) 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.4 (protected counties)

SOUTH DAKOTA 6.4 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.1 1.8 1.2 SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota: counties ranked by abortion percentage

county 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009 2008-2010 2009-2011 2010-2012 2011-2013 2012-2014 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 2020-2022 county

Aurora Aurora

Beadle 8 10 9 10 4 9 9 10 5 4 9 10 13 12 Beadle

Bennett Bennett

Bon Homme Bon Homme

Brookings 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 Brookings

Brown 15 15 13 12 15 13 13 9 10 10 7 7 11 10 10 7 8 8 Brown

Brule Brule

Buffalo Buffalo

Butte Butte

Campbell Campbell

Charles Mix Charles Mix

Clark Clark

Clay 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 12 14 13 12 12 3 3 2 4 2 4 2 Clay

Codington 12 12 11 11 14 12 12 7 8 6 5 6 9 9 8 6 7 7 Codington

Corson Corson

Custer Custer

Davison 11 4 4 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 8 4 4 2 4 6 Davison

Day Day

Deuel Deuel

Dewey 14 11 10 Dewey

Douglas Douglas

Edmunds Edmunds

Fall River Fall River

Faulk Faulk

Grant Grant

Gregory Gregory

Haakon Haakon

Hamlin Hamlin

Hand Hand

Hanson Hanson

Harding Harding

Hughes 10 14 12 14 13 14 11 14 12 14 8 8 4 5 5 Hughes

Hutchinson Hutchinson

Hyde Hyde

Jackson Jackson

Jerauld Jerauld

Jones Jones

Kingsbury Kingsbury

Lake 14 13 13 12 10 Lake

Lawrence 13 11 10 9 9 6 10 11 16 15 15 Lawrence

Lincoln 9 7 7 8 8 7 5 6 4 11 13 13 12 7 6 5 5 3 4 2 2 Lincoln

Lyman Lyman

Marshall Marshall

McCook McCook

McPherson McPherson

Meade 16 16 14 13 10 11 14 15 15 16 16 Meade

Mellette Mellette

Miner Miner

Minnehaha 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Minnehaha

Moody 3 9 11 10 8 Moody

Pennington 5 6 6 5 7 8 7 5 6 7 6 9 7 11 9 10 9 9 5 Pennington

Perkins Perkins

Potter Potter

Roberts Roberts

Sanborn Sanborn

Shannon/Oglala Lakota 15 16 16 Shannon/Oglala Lakota

Spink Spink

Stanley Stanley

Sully Sully

Todd 6 8 8 7 12 15 15 13 7 5 3 3 5 8 9 6 5 Todd

Tripp Tripp

Turner 8 11 9 Turner

Union Union

Walworth Walworth

Yankton 7 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 9 8 11 5 6 6 7 8 Yankton

Ziebach Ziebach

Sources:

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office on Women's Health, 2008, Quick Health Data Online, on line [http://www.healthstatus2010.com/owh/index.html].
National Center for Health Statistics, "Table 2-1. Live births by county of occurrence and place of residence, by race of mother... 2000," Centers for Disease Control, on line [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/t002x01.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2004, "Induced Abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Stats/10-InducedAbortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2004, "Natality," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Stats/07-Natality.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2005, "Induced Abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Stats/2004VitalStats/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2005, "Natality," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Stats/2004VitalStats/Natality.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2007, "Induced abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2005Vital/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2007, "Overview," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2005Vital/Overview.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2008, "Induced abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2006Vital/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2008, "Overview," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2006Vital/Overview.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2009, "Induced abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2007Vital/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2009, "Overview," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2007Vital/Overview.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2010, "Induced abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2008Vital/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2010, "Overview," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2008Vital/Overview.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2011, "Induced abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2009Vital/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2011, "Overview," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2009Vital/Overview.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2012, "Induced abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2010Vital/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2012, "Overview," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2010Vital/Overview.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2013, "Induced abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2011Vital/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2013, "Overview," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2011Vital/Overview.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2014, "Induced abortion," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2012Vital/Abortion.pdf].
South Dakota Department of Health, 2014, "Overview," South Dakota Department of Health, on line [http://doh.sd.gov/Statistics/2012Vital/Overview.pdf].

© 2005-2023, 2025 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 22 March 2025.
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county	2000-2002	2001-2003	2002-2004	2003-2005	2004-2006	2005-2007	2006-2008	2007-2009	2008-2010	2009-2011	2010-2012	2011-2013	2012-2014	2013-2015	2014-2016	2015-2017	2016-2018	2017-2019	2018-2020	2019-2021	2020-2022	county
Aurora																						Aurora
Beadle	73	51	52	44	68	42	38	30	49	47	31	24	11	11								Beadle
Bennett																						Bennett
Bon Homme																						Bon Homme
Brookings	99	106	93	94	91	89	82	75	85	82	77	57	65	62	59	52	43	46	28			Brookings
Brown	41	39	38	36	24	19	25	35	41	34	35	31	20	17	7	16	10	10				Brown
Brule																						Brule
Buffalo																						Buffalo
Butte																						Butte
Campbell																						Campbell
Charles Mix																						Charles Mix
Clark																						Clark
Clay	112	110	97	102	98	95	48	20	25	26	27	21	59	59	71	31	60	27	30			Clay
Codington	57	50	42	43	26	25	30	44	47	40	41	35	23	19	11	20	10	10				Codington
Corson																						Corson
Custer																						Custer
Davison	63	72	71	60	61	58	62	57	67	63	43	46	24	48	44	61	35	14				Davison
Day																						Day
Deuel																						Deuel
Dewey											24	23	22									Dewey
Douglas																						Douglas
Edmunds																						Edmunds
Fall River																						Fall River
Faulk																						Faulk
Grant																						Grant
Gregory																						Gregory
Haakon																						Haakon
Hamlin																						Hamlin
Hand																						Hand
Hanson																						Hanson
Harding																						Harding
Hughes	67	42	40	17	35	17	33	15	34	18	35	30	53	37	23							Hughes
Hutchinson																						Hutchinson
Hyde																						Hyde
Jackson																						Jackson
Jerauld																						Jerauld
Jones																						Jones
Kingsbury																						Kingsbury
Lake	47	46							33	31	31											Lake
Lawrence	56	50	46	50	44	54	36	24	14	15	16											Lawrence
Lincoln	68	67	63	57	51	45	50	48	49	33	26	21	20	21	17	23	23	27	23	21	18	Lincoln
Lyman																						Lyman
Marshall																						Marshall
McCook																						McCook
McPherson																						McPherson
Meade	39	31	33	35	41	27	25	10	20	10	10											Meade
Mellette																						Mellette
Miner																						Miner
Minnehaha	114	114	106	104	101	101	102	102	98	92	87	87	89	81	78	74	70	63	45	38	26	Minnehaha
Moody	106	58			36	37	39															Moody
Pennington	76	69	68	61	52	43	47	51	49	38	35	29	25	13	9	9	9	7	3			Pennington
Perkins																						Perkins
Potter																						Potter
Roberts																						Roberts
Sanborn																						Sanborn
Shannon/Oglala Lakota				9	9	8																Shannon/Oglala Lakota
Spink																						Spink
Stanley																						Stanley
Sully																						Sully
Todd	76	65	57	57	35	17	19	19	48	43	59	51	37	20		14	15	15				Todd
Tripp																						Tripp
Turner								36	35	36												Turner
Union																						Union
Walworth																						Walworth
Yankton	75	72	69	65	65	54	57	56	44	37	30	45	28	30	14	14						Yankton
Ziebach																						Ziebach
(protected counties)	34	35	32	35	36	38	34	36	37	38	36	28	27	24	21	19	19	21	14			(protected counties)
SOUTH DAKOTA	68	66	62	59	56	53	54	54	56	51	48	44	42	38	34	33	31	30	21	18	12	SOUTH DAKOTA