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South Dakota in 2020

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2020 the FHFA house price index for South Dakota changed +3.0%, against +3.0% for the United States and +4.4% in 2019.

6,660 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (3,726 single-family), +50.8% on 2019; the national total was 1,471,141.

+3.0%South Dakota index, 2019–2020US +3.0%
6,660housing units permitted in 20203,726 single-family
33 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.6%
1,471,141units permitted nationally in 2020
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Counties in 2020

Ranked by the county index change from 2019 to 2020 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2020; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2020Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Tripp County+15.0%110.2
Hanson County+12.0%551.4
Beadle County+6.9%1170.6
Miner County+6.1%441.8
Brule County+6.0%10101.9
Hamlin County+4.6%45396.5
Custer County+4.1%21721723.0
Day County+4.1%28285.1
Pennington County+4.1%1,17045910.0
Davison County+3.8%46302.3
Clay County+3.6%70264.7
Lawrence County+3.6%2502128.5
Butte County+3.5%36363.3
Brookings County+3.4%1441293.8
Minnehaha County+3.4%2,9321,34313.8
Turner County+3.4%17171.8
Lake County+3.3%94718.6
Hughes County+2.9%28241.6
Meade County+2.9%1501504.9
Union County+2.7%17815810.2
Fall River County+2.6%11111.5
Charles Mix County+2.3%24242.6
Lincoln County+2.3%5832197.6
Codington County+2.2%90523.0
Grant County+2.2%26223.5
Bon Homme County+1.8%18182.5
Yankton County+1.8%113674.8
Moody County+1.6%13132.0
Hutchinson County+1.4%14141.9
Marshall County+1.2%20204.5
Brown County+1.0%79792.1
Deuel County+0.9%10102.3
McCook County+0.1%18183.0
Roberts County−0.5%36363.5
Kingsbury County−0.6%23234.4
Walworth County−1.0%1282.3
Edmunds County−2.0%14143.5
Stanley County−2.0%15155.0
Hand County−2.4%110.3
Spink County−3.3%881.3
Clark County—661.5
Douglas County—10103.5

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in South Dakota by year05,00010,0001995: 3,832 units (2,203 single-family, 1,629 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 3,648 units (2,418 single-family, 1,230 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 3,174 units (2,464 single-family, 710 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 3,456 units (2,636 single-family, 820 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 3,672 units (2,876 single-family, 796 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 4,196 units (3,142 single-family, 1,054 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 4,455 units (3,424 single-family, 1,031 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 4,816 units (3,840 single-family, 976 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 4,986 units (4,060 single-family, 926 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 5,839 units (4,659 single-family, 1,180 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 5,685 units (4,693 single-family, 992 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 5,304 units (4,013 single-family, 1,291 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 5,112 units (3,617 single-family, 1,495 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 3,884 units (2,664 single-family, 1,220 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 3,691 units (2,510 single-family, 1,181 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 2,946 units (2,186 single-family, 760 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 2,813 units (1,961 single-family, 852 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 4,178 units (2,788 single-family, 1,390 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 5,482 units (3,193 single-family, 2,289 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 4,722 units (2,798 single-family, 1,924 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 4,482 units (2,868 single-family, 1,614 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 5,686 units (3,195 single-family, 2,491 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 5,407 units (3,386 single-family, 2,021 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 4,963 units (2,985 single-family, 1,978 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 4,415 units (3,127 single-family, 1,288 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 6,660 units (3,726 single-family, 2,934 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 7,917 units (4,324 single-family, 3,593 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 9,421 units (3,917 single-family, 5,504 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 7,072 units (3,252 single-family, 3,820 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 6,017 units (3,257 single-family, 2,760 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 5,305 units (3,296 single-family, 2,009 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in South Dakota by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.