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

Minnehaha County had the highest GDP per capita (US dollars) of 66 counties in 2016, at $96,570. Mellette County had the lowest, at $13,644. The median was $42,850 and the figure for South Dakota was $57,919. Source: BEA.

Highest96,570Minnehaha County
Lowest13,644Mellette County
Median42,85066 counties
South Dakota57,919History

Top 40 counties, 2016

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Minnehaha CountyMinnehaha County: 96,570 USD96,570Jerauld CountyJerauld County: 96,527 USD96,527Grant CountyGrant County: 84,055 USD84,055Union CountyUnion County: 75,426 USD75,426Spink CountySpink County: 69,971 USD69,971Brookings CountyBrookings County: 65,746 USD65,746Hyde CountyHyde County: 64,559 USD64,559Sully CountySully County: 63,790 USD63,790Potter CountyPotter County: 63,201 USD63,201Harding CountyHarding County: 62,796 USD62,796Douglas CountyDouglas County: 62,637 USD62,637Hughes CountyHughes County: 62,295 USD62,295Marshall CountyMarshall County: 61,401 USD61,401Davison CountyDavison County: 58,412 USD58,412Deuel CountyDeuel County: 56,646 USD56,646Brown CountyBrown County: 56,486 USD56,486Kingsbury CountyKingsbury County: 55,925 USD55,925Campbell CountyCampbell County: 54,934 USD54,934Day CountyDay County: 54,720 USD54,720Faulk CountyFaulk County: 53,149 USD53,149Pennington CountyPennington County: 50,890 USD50,890Beadle CountyBeadle County: 50,626 USD50,626Codington CountyCodington County: 50,313 USD50,313Moody CountyMoody County: 49,363 USD49,363Yankton CountyYankton County: 49,148 USD49,148Lake CountyLake County: 47,828 USD47,828Haakon CountyHaakon County: 47,376 USD47,376Turner CountyTurner County: 44,862 USD44,862Sanborn CountySanborn County: 44,607 USD44,607Clark CountyClark County: 44,549 USD44,549Hutchinson CountyHutchinson County: 43,548 USD43,548Lincoln CountyLincoln County: 43,122 USD43,122Edmunds CountyEdmunds County: 42,864 USD42,864Lawrence CountyLawrence County: 42,836 USD42,836Walworth CountyWalworth County: 42,729 USD42,729Brule CountyBrule County: 42,520 USD42,520Dewey CountyDewey County: 42,353 USD42,353Hand CountyHand County: 42,307 USD42,307Stanley CountyStanley County: 41,715 USD41,715Hamlin CountyHamlin County: 40,978 USD40,978
USD. Source: Invokely calculation with data from BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD
Change on 2015
1Minnehaha County96,570+3.6%
2Jerauld County96,527+4%
3Grant County84,055-1.9%
4Union County75,426+6.6%
5Spink County69,971+2.8%
6Brookings County65,746+5.1%
7Hyde County64,559-9.3%
8Sully County63,790-20.6%
9Potter County63,201-17%
10Harding County62,796-13.6%
11Douglas County62,637+9.4%
12Hughes County62,295-2.7%
13Marshall County61,401-8.6%
14Davison County58,412+6%
15Deuel County56,646-1.2%
16Brown County56,486-2.2%
17Kingsbury County55,925+3.6%
18Campbell County54,934-3.3%
19Day County54,720+2.2%
20Faulk County53,149-7.8%
21Pennington County50,890+2.1%
22Beadle County50,626+5.4%
23Codington County50,313-1.4%
24Moody County49,363-0.2%
25Yankton County49,148+5.4%
26Lake County47,828+1.3%
27Haakon County47,376-21.9%
28Turner County44,862+15.5%
29Sanborn County44,607+0.2%
30Clark County44,549-8.6%
31Hutchinson County43,548+20.9%
32Lincoln County43,122+6.6%
33Edmunds County42,864-18.3%
34Lawrence County42,836+0.6%
35Walworth County42,729-1.8%
36Brule County42,520-9.5%
37Dewey County42,353-5.2%
38Hand County42,307-16.7%
39Stanley County41,715-23.3%
40Hamlin County40,978+1.4%
41Tripp County40,882-19.1%
42Perkins County40,154-15.1%
43Jones County39,592-42.2%
44Fall River County38,289+2%
45Buffalo County38,280-16.7%
46McPherson County37,895-33.3%
47Charles Mix County37,777-11.7%
48Lyman County37,186-25.3%
49Clay County36,769+7.9%
50Roberts County35,565-8.5%
51McCook County32,821+17.2%
52Ziebach County32,659-8.6%
53Miner County31,425-5.5%
54Gregory County31,146-14.8%
55Hanson County30,990+12.1%
56Butte County30,564-4.3%
57Bennett County30,022-9.1%
58Custer County29,701-1%
59Bon Homme County29,369+20.9%
60Meade County26,131-3.3%
61Aurora County25,869-21.9%
62Corson County22,583-21.1%
63Oglala Lakota County21,535+0.7%
64Todd County20,227-12.2%
65Jackson County17,296-20.7%
66Mellette County13,644-35.7%

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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.

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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 $96,570 in 2016, according to BEA.

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

Mellette County, with $13,644 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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