| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 605 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:43 PM |
| Population: | 2,159 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 46097 |
| Land Area: | 543 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 44.0174, -97.6682 |
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2,159 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 543 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,293 to 2,159 from 2014 to 2024 — a -5.8% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 57321 (Canova, $93,125 median) and poorest ZIP 57323 (Carthage, $51,250) are 21.8 miles apart — a 1.8× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.2× across this county — from $70,000 in 57323 (Carthage) to $153,000 in 57349 (Howard).
Density varies 6× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 57323 (Carthage) to 7 in 57349 (Howard).
Educational attainment ranges from 10.2% bachelor's+ in 57337 (Fedora) to 34.2% in 57323 (Carthage) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within South Dakota, this is the #54 most populous of 82 counties and ranks #45 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $77,025 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
17.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (271 of 1,554 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Miner County lost 5.8% of residents between 2014 and 2024.