# Counties in South Dakota by area median family income (HUD), 2026

All 66 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2026, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `area_median_family_income`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Median annual family income, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates for the HUD area that contains the county, for the fiscal year. HUD bases it on American Community Survey family incomes, brought forward to the fiscal year, and uses it to set income limits for its programs: the very low income limit is 50 percent and the low income limit 80 percent of the area median for a family of four, with adjustments. Often called AMI.
- Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il26/Section8-FY26.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il26/Section8-FY26.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Stanley County | 119,800 |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 118,700 |
| 2 | McCook County | 118,700 |
| 2 | Minnehaha County | 118,700 |
| 2 | Turner County | 118,700 |
| 6 | Brookings County | 112,200 |
| 6 | Marshall County | 112,200 |
| 8 | Hand County | 109,900 |
| 8 | Hughes County | 109,900 |
| 10 | Douglas County | 109,700 |
| 11 | Campbell County | 107,800 |
| 12 | Hyde County | 106,600 |
| 13 | Brown County | 106,400 |
| 14 | Hutchinson County | 105,600 |
| 15 | Clay County | 105,100 |
| 16 | Butte County | 104,900 |
| 17 | Sully County | 104,300 |
| 18 | Jerauld County | 104,100 |
| 19 | Faulk County | 103,700 |
| 20 | Custer County | 103,200 |
| 21 | Lake County | 103,000 |
| 22 | Yankton County | 102,700 |
| 23 | Moody County | 102,100 |
| 24 | Kingsbury County | 101,400 |
| 25 | Hanson County | 101,300 |
| 25 | Pennington County | 101,300 |
| 27 | Deuel County | 101,200 |
| 28 | Hamlin County | 100,500 |
| 28 | Miner County | 100,500 |
| 30 | Spink County | 100,300 |
| 31 | Grant County | 100,100 |
| 32 | Edmunds County | 98,400 |
| 33 | Potter County | 98,200 |
| 34 | Meade County | 98,000 |
| 35 | Aurora County | 97,900 |
| 35 | Brule County | 97,900 |
| 35 | Sanborn County | 97,900 |
| 35 | Union County | 97,900 |
| 39 | Codington County | 97,500 |
| 40 | Lawrence County | 97,000 |
| 41 | Davison County | 95,800 |
| 42 | Day County | 95,600 |
| 43 | Fall River County | 95,000 |
| 44 | Jackson County | 94,500 |
| 45 | McPherson County | 94,200 |
| 46 | Gregory County | 93,700 |
| 47 | Jones County | 93,600 |
| 48 | Harding County | 92,900 |
| 49 | Bon Homme County | 92,300 |
| 50 | Beadle County | 92,000 |
| 51 | Perkins County | 90,000 |
| 52 | Clark County | 87,600 |
| 53 | Haakon County | 87,500 |
| 53 | Lyman County | 87,500 |
| 55 | Walworth County | 87,100 |
| 56 | Roberts County | 84,500 |
| 57 | Charles Mix County | 84,000 |
| 58 | Tripp County | 79,500 |
| 59 | Dewey County | 66,400 |
| 60 | Bennett County | 60,200 |
| 61 | Mellette County | 58,000 |
| 62 | Buffalo County | 57,100 |
| 63 | Corson County | 51,000 |
| 64 | Ziebach County | 50,600 |
| 65 | Todd County | 42,500 |
| 66 | Oglala Lakota County | 35,700 |