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Median Household Income in South Dakota, by County

Median Household Income for every county in South Dakota, ranked. The highest is Lincoln County at $99,166 and the lowest is Jackson County at $35,417.

South Dakota: $75,081 · United States: $80,734 · median county in South Dakota: $72,578

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#County Median Household Income
1Lincoln County$99,166
2Union County$89,636
3Stanley County$87,712
4Hamlin County$87,101
5Douglas County$86,442
6Custer County$84,112
7McCook County$83,852
8Deuel County$83,112
9Edmunds County$81,630
10Hughes County$81,395
11Hanson County$81,071
12Harding County$80,441
13Sanborn County$78,750
14Moody County$78,427
15Marshall County$78,156
16Minnehaha County$76,880
17Lake County$76,808
18Miner County$76,140
19Turner County$75,771
20Butte County$75,652
21Grant County$75,028
22Meade County$74,790
23Hand County$74,635
24Pennington County$74,517
25Kingsbury County$74,000
26Hutchinson County$73,977
27Jerauld County$73,750
28Brule County$73,720
29Hyde County$73,472
30Lawrence County$73,384
31Aurora County$72,885
32Yankton County$72,821
33Codington County$72,727
34Sully County$72,578
35Potter County$72,045
36Brown County$70,898
37Clark County$70,726
38Spink County$70,139
39Brookings County$70,064
40Campbell County$68,929
41Fall River County$67,917
42Beadle County$67,681
43Lyman County$67,143
44Perkins County$66,908
45McPherson County$66,906
46Davison County$66,208
47Day County$66,033
48Haakon County$65,625
49Roberts County$65,130
50Jones County$65,119
51Walworth County$65,026
52Bon Homme County$64,435
53Charles Mix County$64,038
54Gregory County$62,917
55Tripp County$58,987
56Faulk County$57,750
57Clay County$56,850
58Dewey County$54,104
59Mellette County$54,076
60Ziebach County$53,958
61Bennett County$53,750
62Buffalo County$47,045
63Corson County$46,406
64Todd County$42,075
65Oglala Lakota County$41,417
66Jackson County$35,417

Small populations produce wide margins: Jackson County is $35,417 with a margin of error of ±$21,129. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Half of households earn more than this and half earn less. Medians resist distortion by a few very high earners in a way averages do not.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

South Dakota ranks 31st of 52 states for median household income.

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