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Highest poverty rate, South Dakota counties · 2000

South Dakota counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 ACS). This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990
01Buffalo County, SDSD1,80256.9%+11.8 pts
02Ziebach County, SDSD2,38949.9%−1.2 pts
03Todd County, SDSD8,86348.3%−1.9 pts
04Corson County, SDSD3,78141.0%−1.6 pts
05Bennett County, SDSD3,30739.2%+1.6 pts
06Jackson County, SDSD2,66636.5%−2.3 pts
07Mellette County, SDSD2,13735.8%−5.5 pts
08Dewey County, SDSD5,41933.6%−10.8 pts
09Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30326.9%−4.5 pts
10Lyman County, SDSD3,69424.3%−0.4 pts
11McPherson County, SDSD2,34722.6%+1.2 pts
12Roberts County, SDSD10,25522.1%−4.2 pts
13Clay County, SDSD15,03121.2%−3.4 pts
14Harding County, SDSD1,33121.1%+2.2 pts
15Jerauld County, SDSD1,65420.6%+2.4 pts
16Gregory County, SDSD4,03720.1%−1.6 pts
17Tripp County, SDSD5,70819.9%−0.7 pts
18Walworth County, SDSD5,21718.2%+0.4 pts
19Faulk County, SDSD2,17818.1%−6.3 pts
20Perkins County, SDSD2,85316.9%+1.7 pts
21Hanson County, SDSD3,45616.6%−0.2 pts
22Jones County, SDSD91315.8%+0.7 pts
23Sanborn County, SDSD2,38814.9%−6.1 pts
24Clark County, SDSD4,03114.8%−4.0 pts
25Lawrence County, SDSD29,45914.8%+0.7 pts
26Douglas County, SDSD2,88814.6%−7.2 pts
27Brule County, SDSD5,27814.3%−4.2 pts
28Day County, SDSD5,48414.3%−7.4 pts
29Campbell County, SDSD1,37714.1%−4.2 pts
30Brookings County, SDSD37,63514.0%−3.8 pts
31Marshall County, SDSD4,42613.9%−3.8 pts
32Haakon County, SDSD1,80213.9%+0.3 pts
33Edmunds County, SDSD4,02213.8%−9.3 pts
34Fall River County, SDSD7,46713.6%−0.9 pts
35Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41313.0%−6.3 pts
36Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24412.9%−2.4 pts
37Spink County, SDSD6,15512.8%−5.8 pts
38Butte County, SDSD10,85612.8%−6.7 pts
39Potter County, SDSD2,37712.6%−6.5 pts
40Hyde County, SDSD1,19112.3%−4.2 pts
41Sully County, SDSD1,47912.1%−1.1 pts
42Hamlin County, SDSD6,90012.1%−4.3 pts
43Beadle County, SDSD19,62411.9%−1.3 pts
44Miner County, SDSD2,28111.8%−4.7 pts
45Pennington County, SDSD116,79211.5%−1.4 pts
46Davison County, SDSD20,06911.5%−3.5 pts
47Aurora County, SDSD2,80111.4%−3.5 pts
48Deuel County, SDSD4,40810.3%−6.3 pts
49Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28410.0%−3.5 pts
50Brown County, SDSD37,5619.9%−1.9 pts
51Grant County, SDSD7,5349.9%−0.9 pts
52Lake County, SDSD10,9939.7%−0.7 pts
53Yankton County, SDSD23,6359.6%−3.9 pts
54Moody County, SDSD6,6329.6%−3.8 pts
55Custer County, SDSD9,4319.4%−2.9 pts
56Meade County, SDSD30,7119.4%−1.0 pts
57Hand County, SDSD3,1219.2%−8.4 pts
58Codington County, SDSD29,5629.0%−3.5 pts
59Stanley County, SDSD3,0188.7%−3.8 pts
60McCook County, SDSD5,9648.1%−3.7 pts
61Hughes County, SDSD17,5708.0%−2.4 pts
62Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6917.5%−0.5 pts
63Turner County, SDSD9,3147.2%−7.2 pts
64Union County, SDSD17,4025.5%−7.5 pts
65Lincoln County, SDSD77,1454.4%−1.7 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS