Counties in South Dakota by GDP (US dollars)

Minnehaha County had the highest GDP (US dollars) of 66 counties in 2015, at $17.17 billion. Mellette County had the lowest, at $41.18 million. The median was $240.59 million and the figure for South Dakota was $48.68 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest17,172.3Minnehaha County
Lowest41.2Mellette County
Median240.666 counties
South Dakota48,678.9History

Top 40 counties, 2015

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Minnehaha CountyMinnehaha County: 17,172.3 USD million17,172.3Pennington CountyPennington County: 5,229.8 USD million5,229.8Brown CountyBrown County: 2,203.9 USD million2,203.9Lincoln CountyLincoln County: 2,198 USD million2,198Brookings CountyBrookings County: 2,077.3 USD million2,077.3Codington CountyCodington County: 1,427.1 USD million1,427.1Hughes CountyHughes County: 1,138.3 USD million1,138.3Davison CountyDavison County: 1,100.4 USD million1,100.4Union CountyUnion County: 1,082.3 USD million1,082.3Yankton CountyYankton County: 1,072.1 USD million1,072.1Lawrence CountyLawrence County: 1,050.2 USD million1,050.2Beadle CountyBeadle County: 886.5 USD million886.5Meade CountyMeade County: 742.3 USD million742.3Grant CountyGrant County: 642.8 USD million642.8Lake CountyLake County: 546.1 USD million546.1Clay CountyClay County: 483.2 USD million483.2Spink CountySpink County: 447.1 USD million447.1Charles Mix CountyCharles Mix County: 402.6 USD million402.6Roberts CountyRoberts County: 395.7 USD million395.7Turner CountyTurner County: 322.4 USD million322.4Butte CountyButte County: 321.6 USD million321.6Moody CountyMoody County: 314.1 USD million314.1Marshall CountyMarshall County: 304.4 USD million304.4Oglala Lakota CountyOglala Lakota County: 302.8 USD million302.8Day CountyDay County: 296.3 USD million296.3Tripp CountyTripp County: 280.9 USD million280.9Kingsbury CountyKingsbury County: 273 USD million273Hutchinson CountyHutchinson County: 264.3 USD million264.3Fall River CountyFall River County: 260.7 USD million260.7Deuel CountyDeuel County: 246.3 USD million246.3Brule CountyBrule County: 245.6 USD million245.6Custer CountyCuster County: 242.7 USD million242.7Dewey CountyDewey County: 241.1 USD million241.1Hamlin CountyHamlin County: 240 USD million240Walworth CountyWalworth County: 235.4 USD million235.4Todd CountyTodd County: 219.9 USD million219.9Edmunds CountyEdmunds County: 213.9 USD million213.9Lyman CountyLyman County: 190.8 USD million190.8Potter CountyPotter County: 187.5 USD million187.5Clark CountyClark County: 179.3 USD million179.3
USD million. Source: BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015
USD million
Change on 2014
1Minnehaha County17,172.3+3.8%
2Pennington County5,229.8+4.4%
3Brown County2,203.9+1.8%
4Lincoln County2,198+9%
5Brookings County2,077.3+6.4%
6Codington County1,427.1+3.3%
7Hughes County1,138.3+3.4%
8Davison County1,100.4+4.9%
9Union County1,082.3+5.8%
10Yankton County1,072.1+7.3%
11Lawrence County1,050.2+6.3%
12Beadle County886.5+7.2%
13Meade County742.3+8.1%
14Grant County642.8-2%
15Lake County546.1+0.3%
16Clay County483.2+1.4%
17Spink County447.1-15.7%
18Charles Mix County402.6+2.4%
19Roberts County395.7-4.8%
20Turner County322.4+4.8%
21Butte County321.6+2.8%
22Moody County314.1+7.2%
23Marshall County304.4-6.3%
24Oglala Lakota County302.8+6.6%
25Day County296.3-7%
26Tripp County280.9+4.3%
27Kingsbury County273+4.8%
28Hutchinson County264.3+15.6%
29Fall River County260.7+19.2%
30Deuel County246.3-3.5%
31Brule County245.6+4%
32Custer County242.7+8.2%
33Dewey County241.1+2.6%
34Hamlin County240+2.9%
35Walworth County235.4-5.3%
36Todd County219.90%
37Edmunds County213.9-15.2%
38Lyman County190.8+10.7%
39Potter County187.5-25.2%
40Clark County179.3-4.3%
41Jerauld County171.8+2.1%
42Bon Homme County170.1+9.5%
43Hand County168.4-13.2%
44Douglas County166.7+6.1%
45Stanley County158.4+15.8%
46McCook County155.6+3.3%
47Gregory County149.2+4.2%
48Perkins County141.2-6.1%
49McPherson County137.6-5.9%
50Faulk County127.5-29.6%
51Corson County117-12.1%
52Sully County114.9-17.6%
53Haakon County112.2+15.7%
54Bennett County111.9+13.1%
55Sanborn County104.9+9.8%
56Hyde County97.8-4%
57Ziebach County96.3+2.9%
58Buffalo County95.9-0.8%
59Hanson County93.3+4.5%
60Harding County91.9-19%
61Aurora County91-6.5%
62Campbell County80-7.5%
63Miner County75.2-3.9%
64Jackson County65.6+0.6%
65Jones County62.3+2.6%
66Mellette County41.2-11.4%

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About this ranking

GDP at current prices, millions of US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP by state (the national figure is the total of the same table) and GDP by county. Other countries and the World: World Bank, converted from national currency at official annual average exchange rates.

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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.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions). https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which county has the highest GDP (US dollars)?

Minnehaha County, with $17.17 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest GDP (US dollars)?

Mellette County, with $41.18 million in 2015.

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