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Counties in South Dakota by households with a broadband internet subscription

Lincoln County had the highest households with a broadband internet subscription of 66 counties in 2021, at 95.2%. Todd County had the lowest, at 46.7%. The median was 80.9% and the figure for South Dakota was 85.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest95.2Lincoln County
Lowest46.7Todd County
Median80.966 counties
South Dakota85.2History

Map of counties, 2021

Aurora County: 73.9 %Beadle County: 79.6 %Bennett County: 67.8 %Bon Homme County: 77.4 %Brookings County: 87.5 %Brown County: 83.1 %Brule County: 78.1 %Buffalo County: 61.7 %Butte County: 85.5 %Campbell County: 71.3 %Charles Mix County: 74.1 %Clark County: 81.4 %Clay County: 89.6 %Codington County: 83.9 %Corson County: 71.5 %Custer County: 83.4 %Davison County: 83 %Day County: 76.3 %Deuel County: 78.1 %Dewey County: 65.8 %Douglas County: 80 %Edmunds County: 83.3 %Fall River County: 80.8 %Faulk County: 84.6 %Grant County: 82.9 %Gregory County: 78.2 %Haakon County: 60.8 %Hamlin County: 81.2 %Hand County: 82.6 %Hanson County: 87.5 %Harding County: 86.5 %Hughes County: 88.5 %Hutchinson County: 78.3 %Hyde County: 84.9 %Jackson County: 54.9 %Jerauld County: 80.6 %Jones County: 78.2 %Kingsbury County: 83 %Lake County: 89.5 %Lawrence County: 86.1 %Lincoln County: 95.2 %Lyman County: 77.2 %McCook County: 84.6 %McPherson County: 64.5 %Marshall County: 79 %Meade County: 86.2 %Mellette County: 49 %Miner County: 76 %Minnehaha County: 89.4 %Moody County: 83 %Oglala Lakota County: 56.5 %Pennington County: 87.4 %Perkins County: 83.2 %Potter County: 83.9 %Roberts County: 77.6 %Sanborn County: 78.4 %Spink County: 86.7 %Stanley County: 81 %Sully County: 77.9 %Todd County: 46.7 %Tripp County: 82.1 %Turner County: 80.8 %Union County: 85.3 %Walworth County: 74.5 %Yankton County: 84.1 %Ziebach County: 68.1 %
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%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Lincoln County: 95.2 %Lincoln County95.2Clay County: 89.6 %Clay County89.6Lake County: 89.5 %Lake County89.5Minnehaha County: 89.4 %Minnehaha County89.4Hughes County: 88.5 %Hughes County88.5Hanson County: 87.5 %Hanson County87.5Brookings County: 87.5 %Brookings County87.5Pennington County: 87.4 %Pennington County87.4Spink County: 86.7 %Spink County86.7Harding County: 86.5 %Harding County86.5Meade County: 86.2 %Meade County86.2Lawrence County: 86.1 %Lawrence County86.1Butte County: 85.5 %Butte County85.5Union County: 85.3 %Union County85.3Hyde County: 84.9 %Hyde County84.9McCook County: 84.6 %McCook County84.6Faulk County: 84.6 %Faulk County84.6Yankton County: 84.1 %Yankton County84.1Codington County: 83.9 %Codington County83.9Potter County: 83.9 %Potter County83.9Custer County: 83.4 %Custer County83.4Edmunds County: 83.3 %Edmunds County83.3Perkins County: 83.2 %Perkins County83.2Brown County: 83.1 %Brown County83.1Kingsbury County: 83 %Kingsbury County83Moody County: 83 %Moody County83Davison County: 83 %Davison County83Grant County: 82.9 %Grant County82.9Hand County: 82.6 %Hand County82.6Tripp County: 82.1 %Tripp County82.1Clark County: 81.4 %Clark County81.4Hamlin County: 81.2 %Hamlin County81.2Stanley County: 81 %Stanley County81Fall River County: 80.8 %Fall River County80.8Turner County: 80.8 %Turner County80.8Jerauld County: 80.6 %Jerauld County80.6Douglas County: 80 %Douglas County80Beadle County: 79.6 %Beadle County79.6Marshall County: 79 %Marshall County79Sanborn County: 78.4 %Sanborn County78.4Lincoln County: 95.2 %Lincoln County95.2Clay County: 89.6 %Clay County89.6Lake County: 89.5 %Lake County89.5Minnehaha County: 89.4 %Minnehaha County89.4Hughes County: 88.5 %Hughes County88.5Hanson County: 87.5 %Hanson County87.5Brookings County: 87.5 %Brookings County87.5Pennington County: 87.4 %Pennington County87.4Spink County: 86.7 %Spink County86.7Harding County: 86.5 %Harding County86.5Meade County: 86.2 %Meade County86.2Lawrence County: 86.1 %Lawrence County86.1Butte County: 85.5 %Butte County85.5Union County: 85.3 %Union County85.3Hyde County: 84.9 %Hyde County84.9McCook County: 84.6 %McCook County84.6Faulk County: 84.6 %Faulk County84.6Yankton County: 84.1 %Yankton County84.1Codington County: 83.9 %Codington County83.9Potter County: 83.9 %Potter County83.9Custer County: 83.4 %Custer County83.4Edmunds County: 83.3 %Edmunds County83.3Perkins County: 83.2 %Perkins County83.2Brown County: 83.1 %Brown County83.1Kingsbury County: 83 %Kingsbury County83Moody County: 83 %Moody County83Davison County: 83 %Davison County83Grant County: 82.9 %Grant County82.9Hand County: 82.6 %Hand County82.6Tripp County: 82.1 %Tripp County82.1Clark County: 81.4 %Clark County81.4Hamlin County: 81.2 %Hamlin County81.2Stanley County: 81 %Stanley County81Fall River County: 80.8 %Fall River County80.8Turner County: 80.8 %Turner County80.8Jerauld County: 80.6 %Jerauld County80.6Douglas County: 80 %Douglas County80Beadle County: 79.6 %Beadle County79.6Marshall County: 79 %Marshall County79Sanborn County: 78.4 %Sanborn County78.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Lincoln County95.2
2Clay County89.6
3Lake County89.5
4Minnehaha County89.4
5Hughes County88.5
6Hanson County87.5
7Brookings County87.5
8Pennington County87.4
9Spink County86.7
10Harding County86.5
11Meade County86.2
12Lawrence County86.1
13Butte County85.5
14Union County85.3
15Hyde County84.9
16McCook County84.6
17Faulk County84.6
18Yankton County84.1
19Codington County83.9
20Potter County83.9
21Custer County83.4
22Edmunds County83.3
23Perkins County83.2
24Brown County83.1
25Kingsbury County83
25Moody County83
27Davison County83
28Grant County82.9
29Hand County82.6
30Tripp County82.1
31Clark County81.4
32Hamlin County81.2
33Stanley County81
34Fall River County80.8
35Turner County80.8
36Jerauld County80.6
37Douglas County80
38Beadle County79.6
39Marshall County79
40Sanborn County78.4
41Hutchinson County78.3
42Gregory County78.2
43Jones County78.2
44Brule County78.1
44Deuel County78.1
46Sully County77.9
47Roberts County77.6
48Bon Homme County77.4
49Lyman County77.2
50Day County76.3
51Miner County76
52Walworth County74.5
53Charles Mix County74.1
54Aurora County73.9
55Corson County71.5
56Campbell County71.3
57Ziebach County68.1
58Bennett County67.8
59Dewey County65.8
60McPherson County64.5
61Buffalo County61.7
62Haakon County60.8
63Oglala Lakota County56.5
64Jackson County54.9
65Mellette County49
66Todd County46.7

Other periods

About this ranking

Households with a broadband internet subscription of any type (cellular data plan, cable, fiber optic, DSL, satellite or other non-dial-up service), as a percentage of all households. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Counts a paid subscription, so households that only use free access (a library or public wifi) are not included. A cellular data plan alone counts as broadband. A separate series from households_internet_access_share, the Eurostat share of households with internet access at home.

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. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in South Dakota by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in South Dakota by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-broadband-subscription/south-dakota-counties?period=2021. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in South Dakota by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-broadband-subscription/south-dakota-counties?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in South Dakota by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b28002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households-broadband-subscription/south-dakota-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs: Counties in South Dakota by households with a broadband internet subscription, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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Questions

Which county has the highest households with a broadband internet subscription?

Lincoln County, with 95.2% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest households with a broadband internet subscription?

Todd County, with 46.7% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B28002: households with a broadband subscription of any type as a percentage of all households, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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