Highest poverty rate in South Dakota

South Dakota counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of South Dakota by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Oglala Lakota County leads at 52.8%.

Among cities & places, Brentwood Colony leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Oglala Lakota County	52.8%
2	Todd County	49.0%
3	Mellette County	46.2%
4	Corson County	45.2%
5	Ziebach County	38.2%
6	Jackson County	37.5%
7	Buffalo County	32.5%
8	Dewey County	32.3%
9	Bennett County	31.9%
10	Faulk County	25.6%
11	Lyman County	24.6%
12	Charles Mix County	22.8%
13	Clay County	19.8%
14	Fall River County	19.7%
15	Tripp County	18.9%
16	Roberts County	17.3%
17	Jones County	15.8%
18	Walworth County	15.3%
19	Day County	14.0%
20	Beadle County	13.8%
21	Douglas County	13.7%
22	Brookings County	12.8%
23	McPherson County	12.6%
24	Davison County	12.4%
25	Pennington County	12.0%
26	Bon Homme County	11.8%
27	Lawrence County	11.8%
28	Perkins County	11.7%
29	Sanborn County	11.4%
30	Grant County	11.2%
31	Clark County	11.1%
32	Gregory County	11.0%
33	Brown County	10.6%
34	Brule County	10.5%
35	Jerauld County	10.4%
36	Miner County	10.3%
37	Codington County	10.2%
38	Hutchinson County	10.0%
39	Moody County	9.9%
40	Kingsbury County	9.7%
41	Yankton County	9.4%
42	Lake County	9.4%
43	Spink County	9.2%
44	Hughes County	9.2%
45	Minnehaha County	8.8%
46	Edmunds County	8.5%
47	Turner County	8.5%
48	Campbell County	8.5%
49	Aurora County	8.4%
50	Hyde County	8.2%
51	Haakon County	8.2%
52	Sully County	7.9%
53	Marshall County	7.9%
54	Potter County	7.7%
55	Meade County	7.6%
56	McCook County	7.4%
57	Union County	7.3%
58	Butte County	7.2%
59	Deuel County	6.7%
60	Hand County	6.6%
61	Custer County	6.6%
62	Hamlin County	6.6%
63	Hanson County	6.2%
64	Lincoln County	5.8%
65	Harding County	5.6%
66	Stanley County	2.1%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Brentwood Colony	100.0%
2	Clearfield Colony	100.0%
3	Evergreen Colony	100.0%
4	Green Grass	100.0%
5	Manderson-White Horse Creek	100.0%
6	Maverick Junction	100.0%
7	New Elm Spring Colony	100.0%
8	Onaka	100.0%
9	Sunset Colony	100.0%
10	Swift Bird	100.0%
11	Wounded Knee	100.0%
12	Horse Creek	97.6%
13	La Plant	96.9%
14	Corn Creek	93.9%
15	Soldier Creek	91.9%
16	Bridger	87.5%
17	Little Eagle	86.5%
18	Wakpala	86.2%
19	Porcupine	82.1%
20	Norris	81.4%
21	Clark Colony	81.0%
22	Parmelee	79.7%
23	Golden View Colony	74.4%
24	Spring Creek	72.4%
25	White Rock	69.2%
26	Mayfield Colony	68.9%
27	Millbrook Colony	68.5%
28	Enemy Swim	67.0%
29	Bullhead	65.0%
30	Peever Flats	60.7%
31	Antelope	60.3%
32	Marty	59.9%
33	Two Strike	57.3%
34	Lower Brule	57.1%
35	Long Hollow	56.4%
36	Sicangu Village	52.9%
37	Kyle	52.8%
38	West Brule	51.9%
39	Spink Colony	51.2%
40	Spring Creek Colony	50.4%
41	Artas	50.0%
42	Clear Lake	50.0%
43	Oral	50.0%
44	Spring Lake Colony	50.0%
45	Rosebud	49.9%
46	Tschetter Colony	48.8%
47	Fruitdale	47.1%
48	North Eagle Butte	46.9%
49	Mission	44.9%
50	Wanblee	42.6%
51	Peever	42.1%
52	Oglala	41.8%
53	St. Francis	41.5%
54	Bath	41.4%
55	Avon	41.3%
56	Fort Thompson	40.5%
57	Wood	40.0%
58	Lake City	39.3%
59	Colome	38.6%
60	Shamrock Colony	36.1%
61	Mound City	36.1%
62	Interior	35.8%
63	Whitehorse	34.6%
64	Lake Andes	34.6%
65	Allen	34.4%
66	Ideal	33.3%
67	New Witten	33.3%
68	Pine Ridge	32.3%
69	Naples	32.0%
70	Bonesteel	31.8%
71	Eagle Butte	31.8%
72	White River	31.4%
73	Forestburg	30.0%
74	Batesland	29.9%
75	Dupree	29.6%
76	Roscoe	28.6%
77	Agency Village	28.4%
78	Elkton	27.9%
79	Hot Springs	27.9%
80	Bryant	27.8%
81	Ortley	27.4%
82	South Shore	26.3%
83	Edgemont	25.8%
84	Vermillion	25.1%
85	Albee	25.0%
86	Winner	24.8%
87	Nisland	24.0%
88	Brentford	23.8%
89	Okreek	23.6%
90	New Underwood	23.5%
91	Canova	23.4%
92	Letcher	23.4%
93	Nunda	23.3%
94	Davis	22.3%
95	Philip	22.2%
96	Cherry Creek	22.2%
97	Summit	22.1%
98	Sisseton	22.0%
99	Monroe	21.5%
100	Wessington	20.8%

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