Is Mellette County, SD's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 88 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 4.3% annual increase was primarily driven by births outpacing deaths.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Mellette County, SD’s population grew by 5.4%.
+88
population change (2024 to 2025)
+4.3%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Mellette County, SD’s population increased 12 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2023 and 2024, when Mellette County, SD gained 135 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2019 and 2020 when there were 151 fewer residents.
Mellette County, SD gained 88 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Mellette County, SD?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was positive in Mellette County, SD, with births exceeding deaths by 138.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Mellette County, SD’s population change from immigration was positive with about zero more people coming from another country directly to Mellette County, SD than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Mellette County, SD’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 49 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population growth in Mellette County, SD.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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