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Most equal income distribution, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties with the lowest income inequality, measured by the Gini index (2010 ACS). This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 65 is 0.426.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPINCOME INEQUALITY (GINI)VS –

01Brule County, SDSD5,2780.342–

02Lyman County, SDSD3,6940.370–

03Deuel County, SDSD4,4080.373–

04Meade County, SDSD30,7110.377–

05Hand County, SDSD3,1210.378–

06Moody County, SDSD6,6320.380–

07Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.387–

08Grant County, SDSD7,5340.388–

09Custer County, SDSD9,4310.389–

10Jones County, SDSD9130.391–

11Turner County, SDSD9,3140.393–

12Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.396–

13Butte County, SDSD10,8560.400–

14Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2840.401–

15Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.405–

16Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.405–

17Sully County, SDSD1,4790.406–

18Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.408–

19Lake County, SDSD10,9930.408–

20Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.416–

21Tripp County, SDSD5,7080.418–

22Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.420–

23Day County, SDSD5,4840.420–

24Hughes County, SDSD17,5700.421–

25Jackson County, SDSD2,6660.421–

26Brown County, SDSD37,5610.422–

27Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.422–

28Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6910.422–

29Beadle County, SDSD19,6240.424–

30Davison County, SDSD20,0690.424–

31Brookings County, SDSD37,6350.425–

32Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2440.426–

33Potter County, SDSD2,3770.426–

34Lincoln County, SDSD77,1450.432–

35Edmunds County, SDSD4,0220.436–

36Miner County, SDSD2,2810.437–

37Harding County, SDSD1,3310.442–

38Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3030.446–

39Gregory County, SDSD4,0370.448–

40Codington County, SDSD29,5620.450–

41Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.451–

42Roberts County, SDSD10,2550.453–

43Pennington County, SDSD116,7920.454–

44Lawrence County, SDSD29,4590.455–

45Fall River County, SDSD7,4670.458–

46Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.458–

47Yankton County, SDSD23,6350.458–

48Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.459–

49McPherson County, SDSD2,3470.461–

50Mellette County, SDSD2,1370.461–

51Union County, SDSD17,4020.469–

52Spink County, SDSD6,1550.474–

53Clay County, SDSD15,0310.479–

54Faulk County, SDSD2,1780.479–

55Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.480–

56McCook County, SDSD5,9640.482–

57Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.485–

58Clark County, SDSD4,0310.486–

59Walworth County, SDSD5,2170.488–

60Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.491–

61Bennett County, SDSD3,3070.494–

62Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.494–

63Todd County, SDSD8,8630.498–

64Corson County, SDSD3,7810.509–

65Perkins County, SDSD2,8530.547–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS