Counties in South Dakota
South Dakota has 66 counties. Each county profile includes income, poverty, housing costs, educational attainment, demographics, and employment data from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Counties often vary dramatically within a state — a metro-area county may have median incomes double that of a rural neighbor. Use the topic rankings below to see exactly how South Dakota's counties compare on any measure.
South Dakota Counties by Income
South Dakota Counties by Poverty
South Dakota Counties by Home Values
South Dakota Counties by Education
South Dakota Counties by Diversity
Aurora County
Pop. 2,573
Beadle County
Pop. 19,279
Bennett County
Pop. 3,354
Bon Homme County
Pop. 7,024
Brookings County
Pop. 34,968
Brown County
Pop. 38,079
Brule County
Pop. 5,261
Buffalo County
Pop. 1,757
Butte County
Pop. 10,538
Campbell County
Pop. 1,481
Charles Mix County
Pop. 9,281
Clark County
Pop. 3,876
Clay County
Pop. 15,133
Codington County
Pop. 28,556
Corson County
Pop. 3,859
Custer County
Pop. 8,686
Davison County
Pop. 19,936
Day County
Pop. 5,460
Deuel County
Pop. 4,318
Dewey County
Pop. 5,230
Douglas County
Pop. 2,823
Edmunds County
Pop. 4,033
Fall River County
Pop. 7,179
Faulk County
Pop. 2,137
Grant County
Pop. 7,544
Gregory County
Pop. 3,993
Haakon County
Pop. 1,708
Hamlin County
Pop. 6,288
Hand County
Pop. 3,045
Hanson County
Pop. 3,473
Harding County
Pop. 1,092
Hughes County
Pop. 17,732
Hutchinson County
Pop. 7,393
Hyde County
Pop. 1,305
Jackson County
Pop. 2,826
Jerauld County
Pop. 1,845
Jones County
Pop. 1,030
Kingsbury County
Pop. 5,210
Lake County
Pop. 11,052
Lawrence County
Pop. 26,574
Lincoln County
Pop. 68,286
Lyman County
Pop. 3,717
Marshall County
Pop. 4,355
McCook County
Pop. 5,732
McPherson County
Pop. 2,278
Meade County
Pop. 30,297
Mellette County
Pop. 2,043
Miner County
Pop. 2,299
Minnehaha County
Pop. 200,689
Moody County
Pop. 6,371
Oglala Lakota County
Pop. 13,587
Pennington County
Pop. 112,081
Perkins County
Pop. 3,058
Potter County
Pop. 2,430
Roberts County
Pop. 10,219
Sanborn County
Pop. 2,370
Spink County
Pop. 6,283
Stanley County
Pop. 3,012
Sully County
Pop. 1,481
Todd County
Pop. 9,293
Tripp County
Pop. 5,607
Turner County
Pop. 8,772
Union County
Pop. 16,916
Walworth County
Pop. 5,298
Yankton County
Pop. 23,379
Ziebach County
Pop. 2,410