<page_title> List of counties in South Dakota </page_title> <section_title> Table of counties </section_title> <table> <cell> Hughes County <col_header> County </col_header> <col_header> Aurora County </col_header> <col_header> Beadle County </col_header> <col_header> Bennett County </col_header> <col_header> Bon Homme County </col_header> <col_header> Brookings County </col_header> <col_header> Brown County </col_header> <col_header> Brule County </col_header> <col_header> Buffalo County </col_header> <col_header> Butte County </col_header> <col_header> Campbell County </col_header> <col_header> Charles Mix County </col_header> <col_header> Clark County </col_header> <col_header> Clay County </col_header> <col_header> Codington County </col_header> <col_header> Corson County </col_header> <col_header> Custer County </col_header> <col_header> Davison County </col_header> <col_header> Day County </col_header> <col_header> Deuel County </col_header> <col_header> Dewey County </col_header> <col_header> Douglas County </col_header> <col_header> Edmunds County </col_header> <col_header> Fall River County </col_header> <col_header> Faulk County </col_header> <col_header> Grant County </col_header> <col_header> Gregory County </col_header> <col_header> Haakon County </col_header> <col_header> Hamlin County </col_header> <col_header> Hand County </col_header> <col_header> Hanson County </col_header> <col_header> Harding County </col_header> </cell> <cell> 17,022 <col_header> Population </col_header> <row_header> Hughes County </row_header> </cell> </table>
The population of Hughes County was 17,022, and was the twelfth-most populous county in South Dakota.