# Counties in South Dakota by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

All 66 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `child_poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ziebach County | 55 |
| 2 | Corson County | 54.4 |
| 3 | Jackson County | 42.5 |
| 4 | Buffalo County | 41.9 |
| 5 | Todd County | 41.7 |
| 6 | Oglala Lakota County | 39.7 |
| 7 | Bennett County | 36.3 |
| 8 | Mellette County | 31.7 |
| 9 | Lyman County | 28.4 |
| 10 | Dewey County | 27.7 |
| 11 | Charles Mix County | 26.1 |
| 12 | McPherson County | 24.9 |
| 13 | Tripp County | 22.8 |
| 14 | Jones County | 22 |
| 15 | Faulk County | 20.4 |
| 16 | Roberts County | 19.3 |
| 17 | Walworth County | 18.5 |
| 18 | Day County | 18.2 |
| 19 | Jerauld County | 17.6 |
| 20 | Brule County | 17 |
| 21 | Perkins County | 16.9 |
| 22 | Gregory County | 16.8 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 16.7 |
| 24 | Fall River County | 16.3 |
| 25 | Sanborn County | 15.7 |
| 26 | Hyde County | 15 |
| 27 | Beadle County | 14.7 |
| 28 | Clay County | 14.2 |
| 29 | Spink County | 14.1 |
| 30 | Butte County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Edmunds County | 13.7 |
| 32 | Harding County | 13.4 |
| 33 | Hutchinson County | 13.1 |
| 34 | Bon Homme County | 13 |
| 35 | Miner County | 12.7 |
| 36 | Custer County | 11.8 |
| 37 | Aurora County | 11.7 |
| 37 | Pennington County | 11.7 |
| 39 | Clark County | 11.6 |
| 40 | Campbell County | 11 |
| 41 | Douglas County | 10.9 |
| 42 | Davison County | 10.8 |
| 43 | Hanson County | 10.6 |
| 44 | Haakon County | 10.4 |
| 45 | Kingsbury County | 10.3 |
| 45 | Lawrence County | 10.3 |
| 47 | Yankton County | 9.9 |
| 48 | Brown County | 9.7 |
| 48 | Potter County | 9.7 |
| 50 | Grant County | 9.5 |
| 51 | Moody County | 9.2 |
| 52 | Hughes County | 9.1 |
| 53 | McCook County | 8.9 |
| 54 | Turner County | 8.6 |
| 55 | Lake County | 8.3 |
| 56 | Codington County | 8.1 |
| 57 | Meade County | 7.8 |
| 57 | Sully County | 7.8 |
| 59 | Hamlin County | 7.4 |
| 59 | Minnehaha County | 7.4 |
| 59 | Stanley County | 7.4 |
| 62 | Brookings County | 7 |
| 62 | Deuel County | 7 |
| 64 | Hand County | 6.3 |
| 65 | Union County | 4.7 |
| 66 | Lincoln County | 3.6 |