Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Per Capita Income in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on November 29, 2023.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Per Capita Income for South Dakota was $33,468. Among all South Dakota counties, Lincoln County had the highest per capita income ($45,665), followed by Union County ($45,474), and Jerauld County ($44,290). On the other hand, the following 3 counties had the lowest per capita income: Todd County ($10,301), Oglala Lakota County ($10,842), and Buffalo County ($12,056).

The chart below shows the top 9 South Dakota counties with high per capita income, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Per Capita Income in 2021
Lincoln County
Union County
Jerauld County
Stanley County
Marshall County
McPherson County
Aurora County
Sully County
Lake County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Per Capita Income in 2021
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Rank County Per Capita Income ($)
1 Lincoln County 45665
2 Union County 45474
3 Jerauld County 44290
4 Stanley County 42557
5 Marshall County 40245
6 McPherson County 38809
7 Aurora County 37884
8 Sully County 37600
9 Lake County 37541
10 Lawrence County 37180
11 Custer County 36665
12 Brown County 36335
13 Perkins County 36306
14 Grant County 36239
15 Spink County 35636
16 Hughes County 35344
17 Hand County 35312
18 Pennington County 35292
19 Minnehaha County 34804
20 Hyde County 34784
21 Edmunds County 34720
22 Kingsbury County 33925
23 Yankton County 33876
24 Turner County 33109
25 Codington County 32990
26 Deuel County 32936
27 Brule County 32605
28 Harding County 32455
29 Walworth County 32342
30 Hutchinson County 32338
31 Douglas County 32040
32 Moody County 32020
33 Potter County 31816
34 McCook County 31389
35 Sanborn County 31359
36 Clark County 31170
37 Davison County 30789
38 Meade County 30365
39 Campbell County 30002
40 Hanson County 29986
41 Beadle County 29793
42 Brookings County 29775
43 Day County 29655
44 Fall River County 29301
45 Hamlin County 28709
46 Haakon County 28513
47 Gregory County 28355
48 Clay County 28259
49 Faulk County 28080
50 Miner County 27769
51 Butte County 27228
52 Jones County 27121
53 Bon Homme County 26133
54 Roberts County 25711
55 Tripp County 25526
56 Charles Mix County 24587
57 Lyman County 22812
58 Ziebach County 20822
59 Dewey County 18469
60 Bennett County 17745
61 Corson County 17384
62 Mellette County 15299
63 Jackson County 14277
64 Buffalo County 12056
65 Oglala Lakota County 10842
66 Todd County 10301