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Poverty Rate in South Dakota, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in South Dakota, ranked. The highest is Oglala Lakota County at 57.6% and the lowest is Stanley County at 5.1%.

South Dakota: 11.9% · United States: 12.5% · median county in South Dakota: 10.9%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Oglala Lakota County57.6%
2Todd County48.4%
3Corson County44.2%
4Jackson County42.4%
5Mellette County41.7%
6Buffalo County33.9%
7Ziebach County33.5%
8Dewey County33.0%
9Bennett County29.9%
10Faulk County28.3%
11Charles Mix County24.0%
12Lyman County23.7%
13Clay County19.7%
14Tripp County18.4%
15Jones County18.3%
16Fall River County16.6%
17Roberts County15.7%
18Walworth County14.9%
19Day County14.8%
20Perkins County13.7%
21Beadle County13.6%
22Brookings County13.2%
23McPherson County12.9%
24Hutchinson County12.2%
25Yankton County11.9%
26Brown County11.7%
27Grant County11.6%
28Lawrence County11.6%
29Moody County11.6%
30Davison County11.2%
31Miner County11.2%
32Pennington County11.2%
33Douglas County11.0%
34Clark County10.9%
35Brule County10.7%
36Aurora County10.6%
37Bon Homme County10.6%
38Kingsbury County10.6%
39Spink County10.1%
40Edmunds County9.9%
41Gregory County9.5%
42Turner County9.3%
43Hughes County9.2%
44Custer County9.0%
45Codington County8.8%
46Deuel County8.8%
47Minnehaha County8.8%
48Butte County8.6%
49Sanborn County8.5%
50Lake County8.4%
51Jerauld County8.3%
52Campbell County7.7%
53Haakon County7.7%
54Meade County7.1%
55Hanson County7.0%
56Hamlin County6.9%
57McCook County6.8%
58Harding County6.3%
59Sully County6.3%
60Potter County6.2%
61Union County6.2%
62Marshall County6.1%
63Hyde County5.7%
64Lincoln County5.6%
65Hand County5.2%
66Stanley County5.1%

Small populations produce wide margins: Stanley County is 5.1% with a margin of error of ±3.7%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

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

South Dakota ranks 26th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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