These Are The 10 South Dakota Cities With The Most Ashley Madison Accounts

We analyzed the leaked Ashley Madison data to determine the cities in South Dakota with the most accounts.

Do you know a potential cheater in South Dakota? Odds are that if you live in one of the cities below, you do. At least, you probably know someone who created an account on Ashley Madison, or had an account set up in their name by a friend or colleague.

There were over 32 million accounts created on Ashley Madison, and the going consensus is that almost all of them were created by men. In South Dakota alone, there were over 23,326 accounts created, total. That's a lot, considering that the entire population of the state is 600,000.

After analyzing 50 cities, this is the list of the cities with the highest number of per capita Ashley Madison accounts in the Mount Rushmore State:

1. Elk Point (Photos)
2. Ellsworth Afb
3. Deadwood (Photos)
4. Custer (Photos)
5. Brookings (Photos)
6. Rapid City (Photos)
7. Vermillion (Photos)
8. Sioux Falls (Photos)
9. Aberdeen (Photos)
10. Box Elder (Photos)

Many of these are smaller cities in South Dakota that have a high percentage of its residents with an account on Ashley Madison. Which means, in theory, they have a high number of people looking to discreetly hook up with a woman.

Read on below to see where your town ranked or skip to the end for a detailed chart.

How We Determined The Cheaters In South Dakota

Want to know who is attempting to cheat? Go directly to the source of people actively trying to cheat — Ashley Madison users.

We used the Ashley Madison database to count how many accounts were created in each zip code. We are saying “accounts” and not “people” because it is possible to create dummy accounts assigned to a city or to have multiple accounts. However, we believe the number of accounts to be a solid proxy for the number of people trying to cheat.

We then matched each zip code to its corresponding city in South Dakota. If a zip code falls into more than one city, the accounts registered in that zip code were applied to each city.

Finally, we used an estimate for the population of the zip codes to identify the number of cheaters per capita.

After identifying the number of cheaters per capita in a city, we ranked each place from highest number of cheaters per capita to lowest. The place with the most cheaters per capita “earned” the title of cheating central of South Dakota.

Note: We only looked at cities with more than 2,000 people.

1. Elk Point

Population: 2,482
Number Of Accounts: 187
% Accounts: 7.5%

2. Ellsworth Afb

Population: 2,237
Number Of Accounts: 153
% Accounts: 6.8%

3. Deadwood

Population: 2,066
Number Of Accounts: 135
% Accounts: 6.5%

4. Custer

Population: 4,499
Number Of Accounts: 254
% Accounts: 5.6%

5. Brookings

Population: 15,382
Number Of Accounts: 868
% Accounts: 5.6%

6. Rapid City

Population: 76,203
Number Of Accounts: 3,883
% Accounts: 5.1%

7. Vermillion

Population: 6,905
Number Of Accounts: 346
% Accounts: 5.0%

8. Sioux Falls

Population: 139,753
Number Of Accounts: 6,810
% Accounts: 4.9%

9. Aberdeen

Population: 24,618
Number Of Accounts: 1,078
% Accounts: 4.4%

10. Box Elder

Population: 4,929
Number Of Accounts: 215
% Accounts: 4.4%

There You Have It, South Dakota

If you're measuring the locations in South Dakota where there are a high number of Ashley Madison accounts registered per capita, and we can assume that people registering on the site are exploring the idea to cheat, then Elk Point tops the list.

The city least likely to be on Ashley Madison? Emery. So there's still hope out there that some people don't cheat on their spouse.

Detailed List Of Cities With The Most Ashley Madison Accounts In South Dakota

City	Rank	Population	Number Of Accounts	% Accounts
Elk Point	1	2,482	187	7.5%
Ellsworth Afb	2	2,237	153	6.8%
Deadwood	3	2,066	135	6.5%
Custer	4	4,499	254	5.6%
Brookings	5	15,382	868	5.6%
Rapid City	6	76,203	3,883	5.1%
Vermillion	7	6,905	346	5.0%
Sioux Falls	8	139,753	6,810	4.9%
Aberdeen	9	24,618	1,078	4.4%
Box Elder	10	4,929	215	4.4%
Spearfish	11	11,707	482	4.1%
Mitchell	12	14,701	568	3.9%
Lead	13	3,152	117	3.7%
Pierre	14	14,058	508	3.6%
Watertown	15	21,061	760	3.6%
Sturgis	16	7,646	264	3.5%
Yankton	17	15,005	516	3.4%
Mission	18	2,297	75	3.3%
Winner	19	3,617	114	3.2%
Hot Springs	20	4,655	144	3.1%
Brandon	21	9,235	285	3.1%
Huron	22	11,666	348	3.0%
Belle Fourche	23	6,476	179	2.8%
Chamberlain	24	2,752	76	2.8%
Tea	25	4,252	117	2.8%
North Sioux City	26	5,515	149	2.7%
Canton	27	3,832	103	2.7%
Flandreau	28	2,722	73	2.7%
Madison	29	7,353	187	2.5%
Dell Rapids	30	4,446	112	2.5%
Garretson	31	2,575	64	2.5%
Milbank	32	4,253	100	2.4%
Harrisburg	33	5,057	118	2.3%
Black Hawk	34	5,845	135	2.3%
Mobridge	35	3,226	74	2.3%
Beresford	36	3,001	61	2.0%
Fort Pierre	37	2,566	50	1.9%
Piedmont	38	2,978	56	1.9%
Pine Ridge	39	3,139	58	1.8%
Redfield	40	2,606	47	1.8%
Webster	41	2,478	38	1.5%
Sisseton	42	3,924	59	1.5%
Hartford	43	4,156	59	1.4%
Eagle Butte	44	2,743	37	1.3%
Lennox	45	2,904	39	1.3%
Platte	46	2,005	26	1.3%
Wagner	47	2,338	29	1.2%
Parkston	48	2,005	23	1.1%
Volga	49	2,436	27	1.1%
Emery	50	2,154	6	0.3%

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