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Highest poverty rate, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33857.6%–
02Todd County, SDSD8,86348.4%+0.1 pts
03Corson County, SDSD3,78144.2%+3.3 pts
04Jackson County, SDSD2,66642.4%+5.9 pts
05Mellette County, SDSD2,13741.7%+5.9 pts
06Buffalo County, SDSD1,80233.9%−23.0 pts
07Ziebach County, SDSD2,38933.5%−16.4 pts
08Dewey County, SDSD5,41933.0%−0.5 pts
09Bennett County, SDSD3,30729.9%−9.3 pts
10Faulk County, SDSD2,17828.3%+10.3 pts
11Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30324.0%−2.8 pts
12Lyman County, SDSD3,69423.7%−0.6 pts
13Clay County, SDSD15,03119.7%−1.5 pts
14Tripp County, SDSD5,70818.4%−1.5 pts
15Jones County, SDSD91318.3%+2.6 pts
16Fall River County, SDSD7,46716.6%+3.0 pts
17Roberts County, SDSD10,25515.7%−6.4 pts
18Walworth County, SDSD5,21714.9%−3.3 pts
19Day County, SDSD5,48414.8%+0.5 pts
20Perkins County, SDSD2,85313.7%−3.2 pts
21Beadle County, SDSD19,62413.6%+1.7 pts
22Brookings County, SDSD37,63513.2%−0.9 pts
23McPherson County, SDSD2,34712.9%−9.8 pts
24Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41312.2%−0.8 pts
25Yankton County, SDSD23,63511.9%+2.3 pts
26Brown County, SDSD37,56111.7%+1.8 pts
27Moody County, SDSD6,63211.6%+2.1 pts
28Grant County, SDSD7,53411.6%+1.7 pts
29Lawrence County, SDSD29,45911.6%−3.2 pts
30Miner County, SDSD2,28111.2%−0.6 pts
31Davison County, SDSD20,06911.2%−0.3 pts
32Pennington County, SDSD116,79211.2%−0.4 pts
33Douglas County, SDSD2,88811.0%−3.5 pts
34Clark County, SDSD4,03110.9%−4.0 pts
35Brule County, SDSD5,27810.7%−3.6 pts
36Aurora County, SDSD2,80110.6%−0.8 pts
37Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28410.6%+0.6 pts
38Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24410.6%−2.3 pts
39Spink County, SDSD6,15510.1%−2.8 pts
40Edmunds County, SDSD4,0229.9%−3.9 pts
41Gregory County, SDSD4,0379.5%−10.5 pts
42Turner County, SDSD9,3149.3%+2.2 pts
43Hughes County, SDSD17,5709.2%+1.2 pts
44Custer County, SDSD9,4319.0%−0.5 pts
45Codington County, SDSD29,5628.8%−0.2 pts
46Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6918.8%+1.3 pts
47Deuel County, SDSD4,4088.8%−1.5 pts
48Butte County, SDSD10,8568.6%−4.2 pts
49Sanborn County, SDSD2,3888.5%−6.4 pts
50Lake County, SDSD10,9938.4%−1.4 pts
51Jerauld County, SDSD1,6548.3%−12.3 pts
52Haakon County, SDSD1,8027.7%−6.1 pts
53Campbell County, SDSD1,3777.7%−6.4 pts
54Meade County, SDSD30,7117.1%−2.3 pts
55Hanson County, SDSD3,4567.0%−9.6 pts
56Hamlin County, SDSD6,9006.9%−5.2 pts
57McCook County, SDSD5,9646.8%−1.3 pts
58Harding County, SDSD1,3316.3%−14.8 pts
59Sully County, SDSD1,4796.3%−5.7 pts
60Union County, SDSD17,4026.2%+0.7 pts
61Potter County, SDSD2,3776.2%−6.4 pts
62Marshall County, SDSD4,4266.1%−7.8 pts
63Hyde County, SDSD1,1915.7%−6.6 pts
64Lincoln County, SDSD77,1455.6%+1.2 pts
65Hand County, SDSD3,1215.2%−4.1 pts
66Stanley County, SDSD3,0185.1%−3.6 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES