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Most equal income distribution, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties with the lowest income inequality, measured by the Gini index (2024 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR20102024
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RANKPLACESTATEPOPINCOME INEQUALITY (GINI)VS 2010
01Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.380−10%
02McCook County, SDSD5,9640.390−19%
03Meade County, SDSD30,7110.391+4%
04Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.395−14%
05Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2840.397−1%
06Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.399+3%
07Turner County, SDSD9,3140.400+2%
08Deuel County, SDSD4,4080.400+7%
09Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.406−2%
10Potter County, SDSD2,3770.409−4%
11Moody County, SDSD6,6320.413+9%
12Harding County, SDSD1,3310.415−6%
13Brookings County, SDSD37,6350.415−2%
14Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.418−0%
15Hughes County, SDSD17,5700.420−0%
16Jones County, SDSD9130.420+7%
17Fall River County, SDSD7,4670.421−8%
18Spink County, SDSD6,1550.422−11%
19Grant County, SDSD7,5340.424+9%
20Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.424+4%
21Roberts County, SDSD10,2550.426−6%
22Codington County, SDSD29,5620.428−5%
23Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2440.431+1%
24Gregory County, SDSD4,0370.432−4%
25Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.432+7%
26Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.434−5%
27Lincoln County, SDSD77,1450.438+1%
28Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6910.440+4%
29Clark County, SDSD4,0310.441−9%
30Davison County, SDSD20,0690.442+4%
31Brule County, SDSD5,2780.444+30%
32Yankton County, SDSD23,6350.444−3%
33Bennett County, SDSD3,3070.444−10%
34Sully County, SDSD1,4790.447+10%
35Tripp County, SDSD5,7080.447+7%
36Beadle County, SDSD19,6240.449+6%
37Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.449−1%
38Walworth County, SDSD5,2170.449−8%
39Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.451−8%
40Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.455+12%
41Lawrence County, SDSD29,4590.456+0%
42Butte County, SDSD10,8560.457+14%
43Day County, SDSD5,4840.458+9%
44Brown County, SDSD37,5610.459+9%
45Pennington County, SDSD116,7920.460+1%
46Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3030.461+3%
47Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.468−3%
48Lake County, SDSD10,9930.469+15%
49Edmunds County, SDSD4,0220.470+8%
50Union County, SDSD17,4020.470+0%
51Custer County, SDSD9,4310.471+21%
52Hand County, SDSD3,1210.471+25%
53Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.474+20%
54Clay County, SDSD15,0310.480+0%
55Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.495+0%
56Mellette County, SDSD2,1370.501+9%
57Faulk County, SDSD2,1780.503+5%
58Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.505–
59Lyman County, SDSD3,6940.505+37%
60Todd County, SDSD8,8630.508+2%
61Jackson County, SDSD2,6660.518+23%
62Perkins County, SDSD2,8530.520−5%
63Miner County, SDSD2,2810.521+19%
64Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.523+8%
65McPherson County, SDSD2,3470.526+14%
66Corson County, SDSD3,7810.532+4%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES