Counties in South Dakota by GDP per capita (US dollars)

Minnehaha County had the highest GDP per capita (US dollars) of 66 counties in 2015, at $93,245. Mellette County had the lowest, at $21,225. The median was $47,674 and the figure for South Dakota was $57,133. Source: BEA.

Highest93,245Minnehaha County
Lowest21,225Mellette County
Median47,67466 counties
South Dakota57,133History

Top 40 counties, 2015

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Minnehaha CountyMinnehaha County: 93,245 USD93,245Jerauld CountyJerauld County: 92,832 USD92,832Grant CountyGrant County: 85,673 USD85,673Sully CountySully County: 80,301 USD80,301Potter CountyPotter County: 76,140 USD76,140Harding CountyHarding County: 72,657 USD72,657Hyde CountyHyde County: 71,173 USD71,173Union CountyUnion County: 70,732 USD70,732Jones CountyJones County: 68,531 USD68,531Spink CountySpink County: 68,069 USD68,069Marshall CountyMarshall County: 67,188 USD67,188Hughes CountyHughes County: 64,019 USD64,019Brookings CountyBrookings County: 62,553 USD62,553Haakon CountyHaakon County: 60,666 USD60,666Brown CountyBrown County: 57,751 USD57,751Faulk CountyFaulk County: 57,629 USD57,629Deuel CountyDeuel County: 57,312 USD57,312Douglas CountyDouglas County: 57,274 USD57,274McPherson CountyMcPherson County: 56,788 USD56,788Campbell CountyCampbell County: 56,781 USD56,781Davison CountyDavison County: 55,098 USD55,098Stanley CountyStanley County: 54,405 USD54,405Kingsbury CountyKingsbury County: 53,975 USD53,975Day CountyDay County: 53,539 USD53,539Edmunds CountyEdmunds County: 52,462 USD52,462Codington CountyCodington County: 51,021 USD51,021Hand CountyHand County: 50,785 USD50,785Tripp CountyTripp County: 50,536 USD50,536Pennington CountyPennington County: 49,860 USD49,860Lyman CountyLyman County: 49,768 USD49,768Moody CountyMoody County: 49,443 USD49,443Clark CountyClark County: 48,764 USD48,764Beadle CountyBeadle County: 48,031 USD48,031Perkins CountyPerkins County: 47,316 USD47,316Lake CountyLake County: 47,212 USD47,212Brule CountyBrule County: 46,962 USD46,962Yankton CountyYankton County: 46,611 USD46,611Buffalo CountyBuffalo County: 45,954 USD45,954Dewey CountyDewey County: 44,696 USD44,696Sanborn CountySanborn County: 44,536 USD44,536
USD. Source: Invokely calculation with data from BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015
USD
Change on 2014
1Minnehaha County93,245+2.3%
2Jerauld County92,832+5.1%
3Grant County85,673-1.5%
4Sully County80,301-17.7%
5Potter County76,140-25.9%
6Harding County72,657-20.4%
7Hyde County71,173-3.4%
8Union County70,732+5.8%
9Jones County68,531+7.2%
10Spink County68,069-14.4%
11Marshall County67,188-7.1%
12Hughes County64,019+3.6%
13Brookings County62,553+5.1%
14Haakon County60,666+15.4%
15Brown County57,751+1.5%
16Faulk County57,629-28.6%
17Deuel County57,312-3.5%
18Douglas County57,274+5.6%
19McPherson County56,788-5.3%
20Campbell County56,781-8.2%
21Davison County55,098+5.1%
22Stanley County54,405+16.5%
23Kingsbury County53,975+6.5%
24Day County53,539-7%
25Edmunds County52,462-16%
26Codington County51,021+3.5%
27Hand County50,785-12.3%
28Tripp County50,536+5.6%
29Pennington County49,860+4.4%
30Lyman County49,768+10.3%
31Moody County49,443+7.2%
32Clark County48,764-4.5%
33Beadle County48,031+6.5%
34Perkins County47,316-4.9%
35Lake County47,212-0.6%
36Brule County46,962+4.8%
37Yankton County46,611+7%
38Buffalo County45,954-1.1%
39Dewey County44,696+3%
40Sanborn County44,536+8.9%
41Walworth County43,510-3.6%
42Charles Mix County42,804+0.9%
43Lawrence County42,591+6%
44Lincoln County40,445+5.7%
45Hamlin County40,398+2.6%
46Roberts County38,862-4.1%
47Turner County38,840+5.1%
48Fall River County37,545+19.5%
49Gregory County36,537+5.6%
50Hutchinson County36,007+14.8%
51Ziebach County35,719+4.7%
52Clay County34,074+1.7%
53Miner County33,255-1.2%
54Aurora County33,108-6.6%
55Bennett County33,040+14.4%
56Butte County31,951+3.5%
57Custer County30,005+8.8%
58Corson County28,609-11.8%
59McCook County27,999+4.2%
60Hanson County27,646+5.7%
61Meade County27,009+7.4%
62Bon Homme County24,282+9.8%
63Todd County23,044+0.1%
64Jackson County21,816+2.1%
65Oglala Lakota County21,394+5.8%
66Mellette County21,225-8.7%

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Gross domestic product at current prices in US dollars divided by the resident population.

United States, states and counties: Invokely calculation, BEA current-dollar GDP divided by the BEA mid-year population of the same year and place; both inputs are shown with each value. GDP is counted where production happens and population where people live, so places with many commuters or capital-intensive industries, such as the District of Columbia or oil counties, show very high values. Not the same as per_capita_personal_income. For Spain and the EU use gdp_per_capita (EUR) or gdp_per_capita_pps. Other countries and the World: World Bank, converted at official annual average exchange rates (market rates, not purchasing power parity, so it understates living standards in lower-price countries). For euros use gdp_per_capita.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Invokely calculation from GDP in current dollars (BEA SAGDP2 and CAGDP1) divided by mid-year population (BEA SAINC1 and CAINC1). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#gdp_per_capita_usd. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which county has the highest GDP per capita (US dollars)?

Minnehaha County, with $93,245 in 2015, according to BEA.

Which county has the lowest GDP per capita (US dollars)?

Mellette County, with $21,225 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

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