Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in South Dakota with household income of less than $40k was 30.38%. Among all South Dakota counties, Todd County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (66.24%), followed by Jackson County (59.14%), and Oglala Lakota County (54.80%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Lincoln County (16.69%), Harding County (19.96%), and Hanson County (20.80%).
The chart below shows the top 10 South Dakota counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.
You can also see similar information for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd County | 66.24 |
| 2 | Jackson County | 59.14 |
| 3 | Oglala Lakota County | 54.80 |
| 4 | Mellette County | 53.75 |
| 5 | Ziebach County | 51.81 |
| 6 | Buffalo County | 51.26 |
| 7 | Corson County | 51.03 |
| 8 | Bennett County | 49.14 |
| 9 | Dewey County | 43.94 |
| 10 | Gregory County | 43.52 |
| 11 | Butte County | 40.67 |
| 12 | Haakon County | 40.31 |
| 13 | Fall River County | 40.08 |
| 14 | Tripp County | 39.51 |
| 15 | McPherson County | 39.22 |
| 16 | Charles Mix County | 38.39 |
| 17 | Faulk County | 37.83 |
| 18 | Clay County | 37.69 |
| 19 | Walworth County | 37.01 |
| 20 | Roberts County | 36.68 |
| 21 | Davison County | 36.35 |
| 22 | Hand County | 36.08 |
| 23 | Bon Homme County | 36.03 |
| 24 | Miner County | 35.49 |
| 25 | Campbell County | 35.47 |
| 26 | Day County | 35.13 |
| 27 | Jones County | 34.12 |
| 28 | Lawrence County | 33.93 |
| 29 | Perkins County | 33.59 |
| 30 | Douglas County | 32.87 |
| 31 | Beadle County | 32.81 |
| 32 | Clark County | 32.76 |
| 33 | Brule County | 32.61 |
| 34 | Jerauld County | 32.35 |
| 35 | Codington County | 32.28 |
| 36 | Sanborn County | 32.25 |
| 37 | Turner County | 32.07 |
| 38 | Lyman County | 31.93 |
| 39 | Pennington County | 31.74 |
| 40 | Potter County | 31.49 |
| 41 | Kingsbury County | 30.99 |
| 42 | Brown County | 30.67 |
| 43 | Hughes County | 29.39 |
| 44 | Hutchinson County | 29.09 |
| 45 | Custer County | 28.90 |
| 46 | Aurora County | 28.84 |
| 47 | Spink County | 28.63 |
| 48 | Yankton County | 28.46 |
| 49 | Minnehaha County | 28.39 |
| 50 | Edmunds County | 28.07 |
| 51 | Grant County | 27.71 |
| 52 | Sully County | 27.68 |
| 53 | Marshall County | 27.52 |
| 54 | Deuel County | 27.43 |
| 55 | Brookings County | 27.21 |
| 56 | Moody County | 27.20 |
| 57 | Meade County | 27.17 |
| 58 | Stanley County | 26.74 |
| 59 | Lake County | 25.57 |
| 60 | Hyde County | 24.09 |
| 61 | Union County | 23.70 |
| 62 | McCook County | 22.11 |
| 63 | Hamlin County | 20.87 |
| 64 | Hanson County | 20.80 |
| 65 | Harding County | 19.96 |
| 66 | Lincoln County | 16.69 |