Migration to and from Clay County, South Dakota
Where Clay 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
3,083
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
2,145
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+938
inflow minus outflow
Top 10 counties people moved IN from
| Origin | State / Region | People (5-yr) |
|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha County | South Dakota | 432 |
| Lincoln County | South Dakota | 246 |
| Yankton County | South Dakota | 201 |
| Woodbury County | Iowa | 156 |
| Asia | 119 | |
| Davison County | South Dakota | 114 |
| Bannock County | Idaho | 87 |
| Pennington County | South Dakota | 85 |
| Monona County | Iowa | 81 |
| Brown County | South Dakota | 76 |
Top 10 counties people moved OUT to
| Destination | State / Region | People (5-yr) |
|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha County | South Dakota | 342 |
| Yankton County | South Dakota | 292 |
| Union County | South Dakota | 118 |
| Lancaster County | Nebraska | 79 |
| Pennington County | South Dakota | 54 |
| Charles Mix County | South Dakota | 52 |
| Tulsa County | Oklahoma | 49 |
| Sioux County | Iowa | 47 |
| Norman County | Minnesota | 47 |
| Ada City | Norman County, Minnesota | 47 |
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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: 46027.