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Most residents in poverty, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the poverty rate. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 2000

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69118,017+61%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79215,269+49%

03Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3386,121–

04Todd County, SDSD8,8635,486+25%

05Brookings County, SDSD37,6354,726+19%

06Codington County, SDSD29,5623,752+61%

07Brown County, SDSD37,5613,615+3%

08Lincoln County, SDSD77,1453,250+205%

09Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593,145−2%

10Clay County, SDSD15,0313,120+9%

11Beadle County, SDSD19,6242,714+34%

12Davison County, SDSD20,0692,599+21%

13Yankton County, SDSD23,6352,320+12%

14Hughes County, SDSD17,5702,095+59%

15Roberts County, SDSD10,2552,058−7%

16Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031,948−23%

17Meade County, SDSD30,7111,895−17%

18Dewey County, SDSD5,4191,835−8%

19Corson County, SDSD3,7811,600−7%

20Union County, SDSD17,4021,389+102%

21Lake County, SDSD10,9931,229+12%

22Jackson County, SDSD2,6661,182+11%

23Fall River County, SDSD7,4671,109+9%

24Tripp County, SDSD5,7081,101−14%

25Custer County, SDSD9,4311,053+53%

26Ziebach County, SDSD2,3891,035−18%

27Butte County, SDSD10,8561,022−12%

28Bennett County, SDSD3,3071,018−27%

29Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244963+3%

30Mellette County, SDSD2,137914+23%

31Lyman County, SDSD3,694853−10%

32Day County, SDSD5,484816−9%

33Turner County, SDSD9,314813+28%

34Brule County, SDSD5,278795+4%

35Buffalo County, SDSD1,802727−37%

36Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413715−32%

37Moody County, SDSD6,632712+13%

38Grant County, SDSD7,534651−16%

39Walworth County, SDSD5,217650−40%

40Gregory County, SDSD4,037551−43%

41McCook County, SDSD5,964523+11%

42Faulk County, SDSD2,178501+5%

43Spink County, SDSD6,155499−48%

44Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284482−17%

45Hamlin County, SDSD6,900480−28%

46Hanson County, SDSD3,456418−20%

47Haakon County, SDSD1,802364+19%

48Hand County, SDSD3,121289−16%

49Perkins County, SDSD2,853279−51%

50Miner County, SDSD2,281261−23%

51McPherson County, SDSD2,347255−61%

52Marshall County, SDSD4,426244−62%

53Clark County, SDSD4,031243−60%

54Sanborn County, SDSD2,388242−39%

55Douglas County, SDSD2,888227−55%

56Edmunds County, SDSD4,022225−63%

57Deuel County, SDSD4,408215−54%

58Potter County, SDSD2,377202−40%

59Sully County, SDSD1,479153−19%

60Aurora County, SDSD2,801150−57%

61Jerauld County, SDSD1,654142−70%

62Jones County, SDSD913126−33%

63Harding County, SDSD1,33187−70%

64Stanley County, SDSD3,01877−68%

65Hyde County, SDSD1,19164−69%

66Campbell County, SDSD1,37747−81%

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