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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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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Buffalo County, SDSD1,80249.3%−13%

02Todd County, SDSD8,86348.8%+1%

03Ziebach County, SDSD2,38946.0%−8%

04Corson County, SDSD3,78135.1%−14%

05Bennett County, SDSD3,30732.1%−18%

06Dewey County, SDSD5,41930.5%−9%

07Jackson County, SDSD2,66630.0%−18%

08Mellette County, SDSD2,13727.0%−25%

09Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30324.0%−11%

10Clay County, SDSD15,03124.0%+13%

11Roberts County, SDSD10,25520.0%−9%

12Brookings County, SDSD37,63519.1%+36%

13Lyman County, SDSD3,69418.8%−23%

14Perkins County, SDSD2,85318.7%+11%

15Faulk County, SDSD2,17817.9%−1%

16Fall River County, SDSD7,46717.4%+28%

17Marshall County, SDSD4,42617.1%+23%

18Spink County, SDSD6,15517.0%+33%

19McPherson County, SDSD2,34716.5%−27%

20Tripp County, SDSD5,70816.5%−17%

21Harding County, SDSD1,33116.1%−24%

22Gregory County, SDSD4,03716.0%−20%

23Butte County, SDSD10,85615.6%+22%

24Lawrence County, SDSD29,45915.3%+4%

25Walworth County, SDSD5,21714.5%−21%

26Pennington County, SDSD116,79214.0%+22%

27Davison County, SDSD20,06913.8%+20%

28Hanson County, SDSD3,45613.7%−18%

29Hand County, SDSD3,12113.1%+41%

30Beadle County, SDSD19,62413.1%+10%

31Clark County, SDSD4,03113.1%−12%

32Codington County, SDSD29,56212.7%+41%

33Sanborn County, SDSD2,38812.7%−15%

34Haakon County, SDSD1,80212.5%−10%

35Day County, SDSD5,48412.5%−13%

36Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24412.4%−4%

37Lake County, SDSD10,99312.1%+24%

38Stanley County, SDSD3,01811.9%+37%

39Edmunds County, SDSD4,02211.6%−16%

40Grant County, SDSD7,53411.6%+17%

41Yankton County, SDSD23,63511.2%+17%

42Hyde County, SDSD1,19111.2%−9%

43Jerauld County, SDSD1,65410.9%−47%

44Campbell County, SDSD1,37710.7%−24%

45Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41310.4%−19%

46Brown County, SDSD37,56110.2%+3%

47Meade County, SDSD30,71110.1%+8%

48Potter County, SDSD2,37710.0%−21%

49Douglas County, SDSD2,8889.8%−33%

50Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6919.7%+28%

51Custer County, SDSD9,4319.7%+2%

52Hughes County, SDSD17,5709.3%+17%

53Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2849.2%−8%

54Brule County, SDSD5,2789.1%−36%

55Jones County, SDSD9139.1%−42%

56Miner County, SDSD2,2818.8%−26%

57Aurora County, SDSD2,8018.2%−28%

58Sully County, SDSD1,4798.0%−34%

59McCook County, SDSD5,9647.9%−3%

60Turner County, SDSD9,3147.7%+7%

61Hamlin County, SDSD6,9007.5%−38%

62Moody County, SDSD6,6327.1%−26%

63Deuel County, SDSD4,4086.1%−41%

64Union County, SDSD17,4024.9%−11%

65Lincoln County, SDSD77,1454.3%−4%

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