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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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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33857.6%–

02Todd County, SDSD8,86348.4%+0%

03Corson County, SDSD3,78144.2%+8%

04Jackson County, SDSD2,66642.4%+16%

05Mellette County, SDSD2,13741.7%+17%

06Buffalo County, SDSD1,80233.9%−40%

07Ziebach County, SDSD2,38933.5%−33%

08Dewey County, SDSD5,41933.0%−2%

09Bennett County, SDSD3,30729.9%−24%

10Faulk County, SDSD2,17828.3%+57%

11Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30324.0%−11%

12Lyman County, SDSD3,69423.7%−3%

13Clay County, SDSD15,03119.7%−7%

14Tripp County, SDSD5,70818.4%−7%

15Jones County, SDSD91318.3%+16%

16Fall River County, SDSD7,46716.6%+22%

17Roberts County, SDSD10,25515.7%−29%

18Walworth County, SDSD5,21714.9%−18%

19Day County, SDSD5,48414.8%+4%

20Perkins County, SDSD2,85313.7%−19%

21Beadle County, SDSD19,62413.6%+15%

22Brookings County, SDSD37,63513.2%−6%

23McPherson County, SDSD2,34712.9%−43%

24Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41312.2%−6%

25Yankton County, SDSD23,63511.9%+24%

26Brown County, SDSD37,56111.7%+18%

27Moody County, SDSD6,63211.6%+22%

28Grant County, SDSD7,53411.6%+17%

29Lawrence County, SDSD29,45911.6%−22%

30Miner County, SDSD2,28111.2%−5%

31Davison County, SDSD20,06911.2%−3%

32Pennington County, SDSD116,79211.2%−3%

33Douglas County, SDSD2,88811.0%−24%

34Clark County, SDSD4,03110.9%−27%

35Brule County, SDSD5,27810.7%−25%

36Aurora County, SDSD2,80110.6%−7%

37Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28410.6%+6%

38Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24410.6%−18%

39Spink County, SDSD6,15510.1%−22%

40Edmunds County, SDSD4,0229.9%−28%

41Gregory County, SDSD4,0379.5%−52%

42Turner County, SDSD9,3149.3%+30%

43Hughes County, SDSD17,5709.2%+15%

44Custer County, SDSD9,4319.0%−5%

45Codington County, SDSD29,5628.8%−2%

46Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6918.8%+17%

47Deuel County, SDSD4,4088.8%−15%

48Butte County, SDSD10,8568.6%−33%

49Sanborn County, SDSD2,3888.5%−43%

50Lake County, SDSD10,9938.4%−14%

51Jerauld County, SDSD1,6548.3%−60%

52Haakon County, SDSD1,8027.7%−44%

53Campbell County, SDSD1,3777.7%−46%

54Meade County, SDSD30,7117.1%−24%

55Hanson County, SDSD3,4567.0%−58%

56Hamlin County, SDSD6,9006.9%−43%

57McCook County, SDSD5,9646.8%−16%

58Harding County, SDSD1,3316.3%−70%

59Sully County, SDSD1,4796.3%−48%

60Union County, SDSD17,4026.2%+13%

61Potter County, SDSD2,3776.2%−51%

62Marshall County, SDSD4,4266.1%−56%

63Hyde County, SDSD1,1915.7%−54%

64Lincoln County, SDSD77,1455.6%+26%

65Hand County, SDSD3,1215.2%−44%

66Stanley County, SDSD3,0185.1%−41%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES