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Highest poverty rate, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 ACS). This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Buffalo County, SDSD1,80249.3%−7.6 pts
02Todd County, SDSD8,86348.8%+0.4 pts
03Ziebach County, SDSD2,38946.0%−3.9 pts
04Corson County, SDSD3,78135.1%−5.9 pts
05Bennett County, SDSD3,30732.1%−7.2 pts
06Dewey County, SDSD5,41930.5%−3.1 pts
07Jackson County, SDSD2,66630.0%−6.5 pts
08Mellette County, SDSD2,13727.0%−8.8 pts
09Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30324.0%−2.8 pts
10Clay County, SDSD15,03124.0%+2.7 pts
11Roberts County, SDSD10,25520.0%−2.1 pts
12Brookings County, SDSD37,63519.1%+5.1 pts
13Lyman County, SDSD3,69418.8%−5.5 pts
14Perkins County, SDSD2,85318.7%+1.8 pts
15Faulk County, SDSD2,17817.9%−0.1 pts
16Fall River County, SDSD7,46717.4%+3.8 pts
17Marshall County, SDSD4,42617.1%+3.2 pts
18Spink County, SDSD6,15517.0%+4.2 pts
19McPherson County, SDSD2,34716.5%−6.1 pts
20Tripp County, SDSD5,70816.5%−3.5 pts
21Harding County, SDSD1,33116.1%−5.0 pts
22Gregory County, SDSD4,03716.0%−4.0 pts
23Butte County, SDSD10,85615.6%+2.8 pts
24Lawrence County, SDSD29,45915.3%+0.6 pts
25Walworth County, SDSD5,21714.5%−3.7 pts
26Pennington County, SDSD116,79214.0%+2.5 pts
27Davison County, SDSD20,06913.8%+2.3 pts
28Hanson County, SDSD3,45613.7%−2.9 pts
29Hand County, SDSD3,12113.1%+3.8 pts
30Beadle County, SDSD19,62413.1%+1.2 pts
31Clark County, SDSD4,03113.1%−1.7 pts
32Codington County, SDSD29,56212.7%+3.7 pts
33Sanborn County, SDSD2,38812.7%−2.3 pts
34Haakon County, SDSD1,80212.5%−1.3 pts
35Day County, SDSD5,48412.5%−1.8 pts
36Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24412.4%−0.5 pts
37Lake County, SDSD10,99312.1%+2.4 pts
38Stanley County, SDSD3,01811.9%+3.2 pts
39Edmunds County, SDSD4,02211.6%−2.2 pts
40Grant County, SDSD7,53411.6%+1.7 pts
41Yankton County, SDSD23,63511.2%+1.6 pts
42Hyde County, SDSD1,19111.2%−1.1 pts
43Jerauld County, SDSD1,65410.9%−9.7 pts
44Campbell County, SDSD1,37710.7%−3.4 pts
45Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41310.4%−2.5 pts
46Brown County, SDSD37,56110.2%+0.3 pts
47Meade County, SDSD30,71110.1%+0.7 pts
48Potter County, SDSD2,37710.0%−2.6 pts
49Douglas County, SDSD2,8889.8%−4.8 pts
50Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6919.7%+2.1 pts
51Custer County, SDSD9,4319.7%+0.2 pts
52Hughes County, SDSD17,5709.3%+1.4 pts
53Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2849.2%−0.8 pts
54Brule County, SDSD5,2789.1%−5.2 pts
55Jones County, SDSD9139.1%−6.7 pts
56Miner County, SDSD2,2818.8%−3.0 pts
57Aurora County, SDSD2,8018.2%−3.2 pts
58Sully County, SDSD1,4798.0%−4.1 pts
59McCook County, SDSD5,9647.9%−0.2 pts
60Turner County, SDSD9,3147.7%+0.5 pts
61Hamlin County, SDSD6,9007.5%−4.5 pts
62Moody County, SDSD6,6327.1%−2.4 pts
63Deuel County, SDSD4,4086.1%−4.2 pts
64Union County, SDSD17,4024.9%−0.6 pts
65Lincoln County, SDSD77,1454.3%−0.2 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS