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Wind turbines in South Dakota

South Dakota has 1,502 wind turbines: 1.9% of the US total of 77,649. That ranks #17 by count and #4 per person (162.44 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

national rank (per capita)

1,502

wind turbines

162.44

per 100k residents

The data

Source: U.S. Wind Turbine Database v9.1 (USGS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, American Clean Power), September 2026. Every turbine in the database inside the 50 states and DC, placed at its own coordinates. Leaves out turbines in federal offshore waters and the territories. Block Island’s five, just off Rhode Island, count in Rhode Island.

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South Dakota: 1,502 rows (CSV)All of the US (CSV)

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Named wind turbines in South Dakota include

Aurora County Wind · Beethoven Wind, LLC · Brule County Wind · Buffalo Ridge · Buffalo Ridge II · Campbell County · Carthage Wind Turbine · Chamberlain Wind Project · City of Howard Wind Turbines · Coyote Ridge · Crocker · Crow Lake

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