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Highest poverty rate, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Todd County, SDSD8,86358.9%+10.5 pts
02Mellette County, SDSD2,13747.7%+11.9 pts
03Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33844.8%–
04Ziebach County, SDSD2,38942.9%−7.0 pts
05Jackson County, SDSD2,66642.1%+5.6 pts
06Corson County, SDSD3,78141.0%+0.0 pts
07Buffalo County, SDSD1,80237.3%−19.6 pts
08Dewey County, SDSD5,41935.0%+1.5 pts
09Bennett County, SDSD3,30730.1%−9.1 pts
10Faulk County, SDSD2,17823.6%+5.5 pts
11Lyman County, SDSD3,69423.0%−1.3 pts
12Clay County, SDSD15,03120.8%−0.4 pts
13Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30320.8%−6.1 pts
14Roberts County, SDSD10,25520.0%−2.1 pts
15Tripp County, SDSD5,70819.6%−0.3 pts
16Haakon County, SDSD1,80219.5%+5.6 pts
17Fall River County, SDSD7,46715.9%+2.3 pts
18Brule County, SDSD5,27815.1%+0.8 pts
19Day County, SDSD5,48415.0%+0.7 pts
20Beadle County, SDSD19,62414.2%+2.3 pts
21Pennington County, SDSD116,79214.0%+2.4 pts
22Gregory County, SDSD4,03713.8%−6.3 pts
23Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24413.8%+0.9 pts
24Brookings County, SDSD37,63513.7%−0.3 pts
25Jones County, SDSD91313.7%−2.0 pts
26Codington County, SDSD29,56213.2%+4.2 pts
27Davison County, SDSD20,06913.0%+1.6 pts
28Custer County, SDSD9,43112.7%+3.2 pts
29Walworth County, SDSD5,21712.2%−6.0 pts
30Lawrence County, SDSD29,45912.2%−2.5 pts
31Hanson County, SDSD3,45612.1%−4.5 pts
32Hughes County, SDSD17,57011.8%+3.8 pts
33Miner County, SDSD2,28111.4%−0.5 pts
34Moody County, SDSD6,63211.2%+1.7 pts
35Lake County, SDSD10,99311.1%+1.4 pts
36McPherson County, SDSD2,34710.6%−12.1 pts
37Sully County, SDSD1,47910.6%−1.5 pts
38Sanborn County, SDSD2,38810.4%−4.5 pts
39Butte County, SDSD10,85610.0%−2.8 pts
40Yankton County, SDSD23,63510.0%+0.4 pts
41Perkins County, SDSD2,8539.8%−7.1 pts
42Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4139.6%−3.3 pts
43Brown County, SDSD37,5619.4%−0.5 pts
44Turner County, SDSD9,3149.4%+2.2 pts
45Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2849.3%−0.7 pts
46McCook County, SDSD5,9649.2%+1.1 pts
47Hand County, SDSD3,1219.2%−0.0 pts
48Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6919.1%+1.6 pts
49Grant County, SDSD7,5348.6%−1.3 pts
50Jerauld County, SDSD1,6548.5%−12.1 pts
51Union County, SDSD17,4028.3%+2.8 pts
52Potter County, SDSD2,3778.2%−4.4 pts
53Douglas County, SDSD2,8888.0%−6.6 pts
54Spink County, SDSD6,1557.8%−5.0 pts
55Hamlin County, SDSD6,9007.8%−4.3 pts
56Harding County, SDSD1,3316.6%−14.5 pts
57Meade County, SDSD30,7116.3%−3.0 pts
58Clark County, SDSD4,0316.3%−8.5 pts
59Marshall County, SDSD4,4265.7%−8.2 pts
60Edmunds County, SDSD4,0225.6%−8.2 pts
61Aurora County, SDSD2,8015.5%−6.0 pts
62Hyde County, SDSD1,1915.0%−7.2 pts
63Deuel County, SDSD4,4085.0%−5.3 pts
64Lincoln County, SDSD77,1455.0%+0.6 pts
65Campbell County, SDSD1,3773.4%−10.7 pts
66Stanley County, SDSD3,0182.6%−6.1 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS