South Dakota’s largest county, Minnehaha, had more than 12,000 Hispanic residents in 2020, according to census data, or 6.1% of its population. That was up from 4.1% in 2010 and 2.1% in 2000.

The South as Epicenter of Rural Growth. In 2024, America gained population across every type of geography, from the nation’s largest cities to the countryside’s smallest towns. But that growth was ...

While the US has experienced a population slowdown in recent years, the South has the highest birth rate of any region, per BofA. And people who were born in the region tend to stick around ...