# Counties in South Dakota by poverty rate, 2024

All 66 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in families or alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), all ages.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/official-poverty-rate/south-dakota-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/official-poverty-rate/south-dakota-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ziebach County | 45.8 |
| 2 | Corson County | 37.9 |
| 3 | Buffalo County | 36.3 |
| 4 | Oglala Lakota County | 35.8 |
| 5 | Todd County | 32.9 |
| 6 | Bennett County | 29.4 |
| 7 | Jackson County | 29.1 |
| 8 | Dewey County | 28.8 |
| 9 | Mellette County | 25.9 |
| 10 | Lyman County | 21.4 |
| 11 | Charles Mix County | 20.3 |
| 12 | Clay County | 19.3 |
| 13 | McPherson County | 17.9 |
| 14 | Tripp County | 16.3 |
| 15 | Roberts County | 16.2 |
| 16 | Day County | 15.5 |
| 17 | Walworth County | 14.6 |
| 18 | Jerauld County | 14.3 |
| 19 | Bon Homme County | 14.2 |
| 20 | Gregory County | 14.1 |
| 21 | Faulk County | 13.7 |
| 22 | Jones County | 13.2 |
| 23 | Perkins County | 12.8 |
| 24 | Brule County | 12.7 |
| 24 | Sanborn County | 12.7 |
| 26 | Hutchinson County | 12.2 |
| 27 | Harding County | 11.8 |
| 28 | Fall River County | 11.7 |
| 28 | Hyde County | 11.7 |
| 28 | Spink County | 11.7 |
| 31 | Brown County | 11.6 |
| 31 | Butte County | 11.6 |
| 33 | Lawrence County | 11.3 |
| 33 | Miner County | 11.3 |
| 35 | Edmunds County | 11 |
| 36 | Yankton County | 10.9 |
| 37 | Brookings County | 10.8 |
| 37 | Davison County | 10.8 |
| 37 | Haakon County | 10.8 |
| 40 | Beadle County | 10.7 |
| 41 | Aurora County | 10.6 |
| 42 | Campbell County | 10.5 |
| 43 | Douglas County | 10.3 |
| 44 | Moody County | 10.1 |
| 45 | Clark County | 10 |
| 46 | Pennington County | 9.8 |
| 47 | Custer County | 9.6 |
| 47 | Potter County | 9.6 |
| 49 | Marshall County | 9.5 |
| 49 | Turner County | 9.5 |
| 51 | Kingsbury County | 9 |
| 52 | Lake County | 8.8 |
| 53 | Hanson County | 8.7 |
| 53 | Hughes County | 8.7 |
| 55 | Deuel County | 8.6 |
| 55 | Grant County | 8.6 |
| 57 | Hand County | 8.4 |
| 58 | Codington County | 8.3 |
| 58 | McCook County | 8.3 |
| 60 | Hamlin County | 8.2 |
| 61 | Meade County | 8.1 |
| 62 | Sully County | 8 |
| 63 | Minnehaha County | 7.5 |
| 64 | Stanley County | 7.4 |
| 65 | Union County | 5.8 |
| 66 | Lincoln County | 3.8 |