Migration to and from Brookings County, South Dakota
Where Brookings County residents came from and where they went over the 5-year window 2016-2020. Census ACS County-to-County Migration Flows, 2020 5-yr (frozen vintage).
Total inflow
5,246
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
3,873
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+1,373
inflow minus outflow
Top 10 counties people moved IN from
| Origin | State / Region | People (5-yr) |
|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha County | South Dakota | 355 |
| Lincoln County | South Dakota | 235 |
| Spink County | South Dakota | 208 |
| Hanson County | South Dakota | 203 |
| Pennington County | South Dakota | 170 |
| Lake County | South Dakota | 146 |
| Asia | 111 | |
| Brown County | South Dakota | 111 |
| Codington County | South Dakota | 111 |
| South America | 99 |
Top 10 counties people moved OUT to
| Destination | State / Region | People (5-yr) |
|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha County | South Dakota | 678 |
| Beadle County | South Dakota | 195 |
| Hennepin County | Minnesota | 137 |
| Lincoln County | South Dakota | 101 |
| Maricopa County | Arizona | 99 |
| Codington County | South Dakota | 91 |
| Pennington County | South Dakota | 91 |
| Contra Costa County | California | 86 |
| Dickinson County | Iowa | 79 |
| Kingsbury County | South Dakota | 72 |
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Methodology
- Counts represent the number of people aged 1+ who reported a different residence at the survey reference date than they did one year earlier, aggregated across the 5-year sample window 2016-2020.
- Outbound (OUT) flows are reported less frequently than inbound (IN) because the survey captures the destination side of each move. Many county pairs have null OUT counts, which is normal.
- "Total inflow" sums the published MOVEDIN counts across all origin counties, including foreign-region inflows (Africa, Asia, Central America, etc.). It is not the same as net population change.
- Frozen vintage. The Census Bureau has not released a newer county-to-county migration flows file. The 2020 5-yr vintage (covering 2016-2020) is the latest available as of build date.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, County-to-County Migration Flows: 2016-2020. Vintage: 2020 5-yr. Generated: 2026-05-28. FIPS: 46011.