Population Predictions For South Dakota By 2050 Are WILD

South Dakota is growing and it's gonna get a lot bigger by 2050.

In the year 2000, South Dakota's population was around 754,844. These days, it's sitting at roughly 925,000 residents. That means it's grown by a whopping 22.5% in the past 25 years.

According to a new survey from Visual Capitalist, the Mount Rushmore State will only continue to grow in the next 25 years, finally eclipsing the one million mark. But if these numbers are to be believed, the real story is with its neighbor to the north, which will blow by South Dakota in the next decade and a half.

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If the predictions from Visual Capitalist hold up, South Dakota's population by 2050 will be approximately 1,031,000 people. That's a healthy growth rate and its quite honestly better than most of South Dakota's neighbors. Iowa's growth rate is projected to be at just 2%, Nebraska at 9%, and Minnesota at 10%. But the real shocker is North Dakota, which is projected to grow by 34% in the next 25 years.

The 'Peace Garden State' has had a population explosion in recent years, thanks, primarily due to the oil boom going on up there, and Visual Capitalist is projecting that boom to continue, with North Dakota adding 267,000 residents by 2050. That will give it a population of around 1,067,000 people.

This also means that ND will eventually eclipse SD in population by 2050. South Dakota has historically held the edge over its neighbor to the north since the two both became states back in 1889, but, in recent years, North Dakota has closed the gap.

With the most recent data from Visual Capitalist, North Dakota will overtake its neighbor to the south in population by the year 2045. Will this hold true? Only time will tell...

To see the full list, check out the article from Visual Capitalist here.

Story Sources: Visual Capitalist Website