Who's moving to and from Lincoln County, South Dakota?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 6,360 people in, 5,083 out. Most were moving between South Dakota counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,277 people
+875 households
Arrivals' income
$73.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$76.1k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Lincoln County's newcomers came from in South Dakota

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other South Dakota counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Hennepin County, MN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in South Dakota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Minnehaha County3,197
  2. Union County103
  3. Turner County90
  4. Brookings County78
  5. Sioux County, IA69
  6. Brown County59
  7. Davison County56
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,104

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in South Dakota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Minnehaha County2,747
  2. Union County93
  3. Turner County82
  4. Hennepin County, MN66
  5. Maricopa County, AZ46
  6. Lake County45
  7. Codington County45
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,807

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Net moves with Brown County
withheld
Net moves with Davison County
withheld
Net moves with Yankton County
withheld
Net moves with Hughes County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lincoln usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+87522–23††‡†
Net migration of Lincoln County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+436
2014–15 †+294
2015–16+586
2016–17 †+1,152
2017–18+721
2018–19 ‡+729
2019–20+499
2020–21+981
2021–22+1,064
2022–23 †+875

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Lincoln County, South Dakota?” movedwhere.com/county/lincoln-county-sd. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.