Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on December 6, 2023.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for South Dakota was 12.46%. Among all South Dakota counties, Todd County had the highest poverty rate (59.03%), followed by Oglala Lakota County (50.5%), and Mellette County (49.97%). On the other hand, the following 3 counties had the lowest poverty rate: Stanley County (4.14%), Lincoln County (4.71%), and Campbell County (5.32%).
The chart below shows the top 10 South Dakota counties with high poverty rate, 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.
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Related Topics: South Dakota ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021
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| Rank | County | Poverty Rate (%) |
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| 1 | Todd County | 59.03 |
| 2 | Oglala Lakota County | 50.50 |
| 3 | Mellette County | 49.97 |
| 4 | Ziebach County | 44.48 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 44.40 |
| 6 | Corson County | 43.55 |
| 7 | Buffalo County | 37.51 |
| 8 | Dewey County | 35.14 |
| 9 | Bennett County | 34.90 |
| 10 | Charles Mix County | 23.58 |
| 11 | Lyman County | 22.15 |
| 12 | Tripp County | 21.71 |
| 13 | Faulk County | 20.82 |
| 14 | Roberts County | 20.20 |
| 15 | Clay County | 20.05 |
| 16 | Fall River County | 17.72 |
| 17 | Haakon County | 16.48 |
| 18 | Day County | 15.21 |
| 19 | Brule County | 14.86 |
| 20 | Walworth County | 14.70 |
| 21 | Davison County | 14.28 |
| 22 | Lawrence County | 13.25 |
| 23 | Gregory County | 12.99 |
| 24 | Hughes County | 12.78 |
| 25 | Jones County | 12.66 |
| 26 | Pennington County | 12.58 |
| 27 | Beadle County | 12.21 |
| 28 | Brookings County | 12.06 |
| 29 | Codington County | 11.82 |
| 30 | Bon Homme County | 11.49 |
| 31 | Custer County | 11.43 |
| 32 | Lake County | 11.36 |
| 33 | McPherson County | 11.35 |
| 34 | Perkins County | 10.79 |
| 35 | Brown County | 10.35 |
| 36 | Turner County | 9.96 |
| 37 | Hutchinson County | 9.82 |
| 38 | Sanborn County | 9.75 |
| 39 | Moody County | 9.68 |
| 40 | Butte County | 9.34 |
| 41 | Hand County | 9.07 |
| 42 | Douglas County | 8.94 |
| 43 | Minnehaha County | 8.83 |
| 43 | Yankton County | 8.83 |
| 44 | Miner County | 8.57 |
| 45 | Jerauld County | 8.29 |
| 46 | Harding County | 8.25 |
| 47 | Sully County | 8.17 |
| 48 | McCook County | 8.14 |
| 49 | Kingsbury County | 8.04 |
| 49 | Spink County | 8.04 |
| 50 | Hanson County | 7.89 |
| 51 | Grant County | 7.75 |
| 52 | Union County | 7.58 |
| 53 | Meade County | 7.39 |
| 54 | Potter County | 7.36 |
| 55 | Hamlin County | 7.33 |
| 56 | Aurora County | 7.16 |
| 57 | Marshall County | 6.88 |
| 58 | Edmunds County | 6.87 |
| 59 | Hyde County | 6.46 |
| 60 | Deuel County | 5.48 |
| 61 | Clark County | 5.42 |
| 62 | Campbell County | 5.32 |
| 63 | Lincoln County | 4.71 |
| 64 | Stanley County | 4.14 |