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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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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990

01Buffalo County, SDSD1,80256.9%+26%

02Ziebach County, SDSD2,38949.9%−2%

03Todd County, SDSD8,86348.3%−4%

04Corson County, SDSD3,78141.0%−4%

05Bennett County, SDSD3,30739.2%+4%

06Jackson County, SDSD2,66636.5%−6%

07Mellette County, SDSD2,13735.8%−13%

08Dewey County, SDSD5,41933.6%−24%

09Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30326.9%−14%

10Lyman County, SDSD3,69424.3%−2%

11McPherson County, SDSD2,34722.6%+5%

12Roberts County, SDSD10,25522.1%−16%

13Clay County, SDSD15,03121.2%−14%

14Harding County, SDSD1,33121.1%+12%

15Jerauld County, SDSD1,65420.6%+13%

16Gregory County, SDSD4,03720.1%−7%

17Tripp County, SDSD5,70819.9%−3%

18Walworth County, SDSD5,21718.2%+2%

19Faulk County, SDSD2,17818.1%−26%

20Perkins County, SDSD2,85316.9%+11%

21Hanson County, SDSD3,45616.6%−1%

22Jones County, SDSD91315.8%+4%

23Sanborn County, SDSD2,38814.9%−29%

24Clark County, SDSD4,03114.8%−21%

25Lawrence County, SDSD29,45914.8%+5%

26Douglas County, SDSD2,88814.6%−33%

27Brule County, SDSD5,27814.3%−23%

28Day County, SDSD5,48414.3%−34%

29Campbell County, SDSD1,37714.1%−23%

30Brookings County, SDSD37,63514.0%−21%

31Marshall County, SDSD4,42613.9%−21%

32Haakon County, SDSD1,80213.9%+2%

33Edmunds County, SDSD4,02213.8%−40%

34Fall River County, SDSD7,46713.6%−6%

35Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41313.0%−33%

36Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24412.9%−16%

37Spink County, SDSD6,15512.8%−31%

38Butte County, SDSD10,85612.8%−34%

39Potter County, SDSD2,37712.6%−34%

40Hyde County, SDSD1,19112.3%−26%

41Sully County, SDSD1,47912.1%−8%

42Hamlin County, SDSD6,90012.1%−26%

43Beadle County, SDSD19,62411.9%−10%

44Miner County, SDSD2,28111.8%−29%

45Pennington County, SDSD116,79211.5%−11%

46Davison County, SDSD20,06911.5%−23%

47Aurora County, SDSD2,80111.4%−23%

48Deuel County, SDSD4,40810.3%−38%

49Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28410.0%−26%

50Brown County, SDSD37,5619.9%−16%

51Grant County, SDSD7,5349.9%−8%

52Lake County, SDSD10,9939.7%−7%

53Yankton County, SDSD23,6359.6%−29%

54Moody County, SDSD6,6329.6%−28%

55Custer County, SDSD9,4319.4%−24%

56Meade County, SDSD30,7119.4%−9%

57Hand County, SDSD3,1219.2%−48%

58Codington County, SDSD29,5629.0%−28%

59Stanley County, SDSD3,0188.7%−30%

60McCook County, SDSD5,9648.1%−31%

61Hughes County, SDSD17,5708.0%−23%

62Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6917.5%−6%

63Turner County, SDSD9,3147.2%−50%

64Union County, SDSD17,4025.5%−58%

65Lincoln County, SDSD77,1454.4%−28%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS