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South Dakota counties

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South Dakota has 66 counties and county equivalents holding 899,194 residents. The statewide sales tax base rate is 4.2%, before county and city add-ons.

All 66 counties

Ranked by population, Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

CountyPopulationMedian incomeMedian home valueMedian rent
Minnehaha County200,689$76,074$266,600$954
Pennington County112,081$70,768$270,400$1,066
Lincoln County68,286$96,552$323,500$1,237
Brown County38,079$70,239$212,900$794
Brookings County34,968$67,341$246,300$874
Meade County30,297$74,161$274,800$1,150
Codington County28,556$65,080$218,000$901
Lawrence County26,574$66,766$310,800$923
Yankton County23,379$73,855$208,200$777
Davison County19,936$61,401$190,000$750
Beadle County19,279$63,082$178,400$834
Hughes County17,732$78,981$221,100$930
Union County16,916$84,137$269,500$1,055
Clay County15,133$58,794$221,800$736
Oglala Lakota County13,587$34,769$45,600$563
Lake County11,052$73,792$231,000$868
Butte County10,538$67,692$207,700$940
Roberts County10,219$63,691$139,100$656
Todd County9,293$39,148$45,200$537
Charles Mix County9,281$64,850$169,200$727
Turner County8,772$75,283$199,000$745
Custer County8,686$81,958$327,200$1,117
Grant County7,544$73,818$179,400$668
Hutchinson County7,393$74,459$160,500$714
Fall River County7,179$61,056$176,300$866
Bon Homme County7,024$61,275$120,300$620
Moody County6,371$77,500$206,300$723
Hamlin County6,288$83,194$207,700$769
Spink County6,283$73,011$117,400$691
McCook County5,732$80,847$217,300$750
Tripp County5,607$58,854$137,100$809
Day County5,460$62,270$155,100$623
Walworth County5,298$62,722$130,000$962
Brule County5,261$74,043$205,500$700
Dewey County5,230$57,928$75,400$714
Kingsbury County5,210$70,221$159,600$725
Marshall County4,355$72,500$147,200$743
Deuel County4,318$79,556$180,100$668
Edmunds County4,033$77,266$163,600$881
Gregory County3,993$52,432$129,000$614
Clark County3,876$62,885$141,900$709
Corson County3,859$43,750$73,800$473
Lyman County3,717$61,169$156,500$603
Hanson County3,473$86,375$192,400$733
Bennett County3,354$44,569$138,600$616
Perkins County3,058$65,455$105,900$703
Hand County3,045$72,054$152,100$553
Stanley County3,012$77,000$169,900$896
Jackson County2,826$26,686$111,500$460
Douglas County2,823$78,125$125,000$864
Aurora County2,573$74,130$129,000$739
Potter County2,430$71,726$121,300$869
Ziebach County2,410$47,333$101,700$715
Sanborn County2,370$69,870$138,500$717
Miner County2,299$72,589$114,100$563
McPherson County2,278$62,024$78,400$580
Faulk County2,137$58,000$124,100$692
Mellette County2,043$51,364$63,000$737
Jerauld County1,845$75,417$127,000$565
Buffalo County1,757$47,000$108,000$535
Haakon County1,708$59,231$153,200$688
Campbell County1,481$65,000$87,900$635
Sully County1,481$70,250$198,700$913
Hyde County1,305$74,279$134,500$921
Harding County1,092$74,766$156,400$478
Jones County1,030$64,688$117,100$544

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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