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Life Expectancy in South Dakota, by County

Life Expectancy for every county in South Dakota, ranked. The highest is Lincoln County at 84.1 and the lowest is Buffalo County at 55.9.

South Dakota: n/a · United States: n/a · median county in South Dakota: 78.0

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#County Life Expectancy
1Lincoln County84.1
2Marshall County82.3
3Deuel County82.1
4Potter County81.9
5Lake County81.8
6Jerauld County81.7
7Stanley County81.2
8Custer County80.9
9Faulk County80.8
10Brookings County80.7
11Hand County80.5
12Kingsbury County80.5
13Clark County80.4
14Union County80.0
15Lawrence County79.8
16Edmunds County79.8
17Brown County79.5
18McPherson County79.4
19Haakon County79.1
20Meade County79.0
21Perkins County78.9
22Douglas County78.9
23Yankton County78.8
24Spink County78.8
25Codington County78.7
26Hutchinson County78.7
27Davison County78.2
28Beadle County78.1
29Bon Homme County78.1
30Day County78.1
31Turner County78.0
32Brule County77.9
33Clay County77.8
34Moody County77.8
35Grant County77.6
36Hanson County77.5
37Walworth County77.4
38Butte County77.1
39Miner County77.1
40Minnehaha County77.0
41Sanborn County76.6
42Hamlin County76.5
43Aurora County76.4
44Pennington County76.4
45Hughes County75.9
46McCook County75.7
47Tripp County74.9
48Gregory County74.3
49Fall River County74.0
50Roberts County73.4
51Charles Mix County71.3
52Lyman County70.9
53Bennett County69.5
54Ziebach County68.5
55Jackson County66.1
56Mellette County65.9
57Corson County61.4
58Dewey County61.4
59Todd County61.4
60Oglala Lakota County60.1
61Buffalo County55.9

Average number of years a baby born today would live under current mortality conditions.

Source: County Health Rankings 2024 (from National Center for Health Statistics, CDC), 2024.

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