South Dakota is the twenty-eighth richest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $26,959 (2010).
South Dakota counties by per capita income
Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- valign=bottom
! Rank
! County
! Per capita<br>income
! Median<br>household<br>income
! Median<br>family<br>income
! Population
! Number of<br>households
|-
| 1
| Union
| $33,783
| $59,889
| $71,308
| 14,399
| 5,756
|-
| 2
| Lincoln
| $33,261
| $67,365
| $75,231
| 44,828
| 16,649
|-
| 3
| Hughes
| $28,236
| $53,501
| $70,881
| 17,022
| 7,066
|-
| 4
| Stanley
| $27,435
| $51,875
| $54,722
| 2,966
| 1,228
|-
|
| United States
| $27,334
| $51,914
| $62,982
| 308,745,538
| 116,716,292
|-
| 5
| Sully
| $26,596
| $48,958
| $58,875
| 1,373
| 610
|-
| 6
| Minnehaha
| $26,392
| $51,799
| $64,645
| 169,468
| 67,028
|-
| 7
| Pennington
| $25,894
| $46,849
| $57,278
| 100,948
| 41,251
|-
| 8
| Haakon
| $25,877
| $46,281
| $60,000
| 1,937
| 850
|-
| 9
| Perkins
| $25,780
| $33,361
| $55,313
| 2,982
| 1,291
|-
| 10
| Marshall
| $25,502
| $42,022
| $57,287
| 4,656
| 1,815
|-
| 11
| Lawrence
| $25,465
| $42,356
| $60,209
| 24,097
| 10,536
|-
| 12
| Miner
| $25,450
| $43,958
| $54,650
| 2,389
| 1,032
|-
| 13
| Spink
| $25,295
| $45,000
| $60,639
| 6,415
| 2,608
|-
| 14
| Moody
| $24,948
| $52,354
| $61,667
| 6,486
| 2,554
|-
| 15
| Jerauld
| $24,942
| $40,607
| $44,717
| 2,071
| 870
|-
| 16
| Codington
| $24,781
| $43,275
| $60,202
| 27,227
| 11,432
|-
| 17
| Yankton
| $24,776
| $47,124
| $62,070
| 22,438
| 8,770
|-
| 18
| Kingsbury
| $24,660
| $44,948
| $56,925
| 5,148
| 2,222
|-
| 19
| Jones
| $24,630
| $49,464
| $56,589
| 1,006
| 458
|-
| 20
| Custer
| $24,353
| $46,743
| $58,253
| 8,216
| 3,636
|-
| 21
| Edmunds
| $24,268
| $47,026
| $56,599
| 4,071
| 1,607
|-
|
| South Dakota
| $24,110
| $46,369
| $58,958
| 814,180
| 322,282
|-
| 22
| Potter
| $23,986
| $42,422
| $53,214
| 2,329
| 1,062
|-
| 23
| Clark
| $23,909
| $43,894
| $55,575
| 3,691
| 1,445
|-
| 24
| Brown
| $23,878
| $45,615
| $58,683
| 36,531
| 15,489
|-
| 25
| Walworth
| $23,716
| $39,517
| $51,250
| 5,438
| 2,392
|-
| 26
| Beadle
| $23,409
| $40,716
| $56,288
| 17,398
| 7,276
|-
| 27
| Hand
| $23,238
| $45,895
| $52,407
| 3,431
| 1,494
|-
| 28
| Hyde
| $22,995
| $41,196
| $61,161
| 1,420
| 600
|-
| 29
| Grant
| $22,887
| $42,625
| $56,250
| 7,356
| 3,089
|-
| 30
| Turner
| $22,871
| $48,068
| $57,881
| 8,347
| 3,452
|-
| 31
| Davison
| $22,794
| $41,867
| $54,677
| 19,504
| 8,296
|-
| 32
| Lake
| $22,447
| $45,606
| $57,753
| 11,200
| 4,483
|-
| 33
| McPherson
| $22,441
| $41,023
| $56,544
| 2,459
| 1,025
|-
| 34
| Campbell
| $22,338
| $42,833
| $48,864
| 1,466
| 694
|-
| 35
| Deuel
| $22,276
| $47,000
| $55,439
| 4,364
| 1,819
|-
| 36
| Douglas
| $22,200
| $42,794
| $53,750
| 3,002
| 1,210
|-
| 37
| Meade
| $22,045
| $46,180
| $54,200
| 25,434
| 9,903
|-
| 38
| Harding
| $22,004
| $34,792
| $46,111
| 1,255
| 539
|-
| 39
| Hutchinson
| $21,944
| $39,310
| $52,390
| 7,343
| 2,930
|-
| 40
| Faulk
| $21,898
| $38,203
| $55,234
| 2,364
| 869
|-
| 41
| Fall River
| $21,574
| $35,833
| $53,750
| 7,094
| 3,272
|-
| 42
| Hamlin
| $21,558
| $44,439
| $54,483
| 5,903
| 2,108
|-
| 43
| Hanson
| $21,391
| $46,556
| $52,425
| 3,331
| 1,045
|-
| 44
| Gregory
| $21,311
| $33,940
| $44,333
| 4,271
| 1,936
|-
| 45
| Aurora
| $21,291
| $45,230
| $55,588
| 2,710
| 1,102
|-
| 46
| Tripp
| $21,192
| $40,221
| $49,570
| 5,644
| 2,419
|-
| 47
| Sanborn
| $21,055
| $44,732
| $56,304
| 2,355
| 975
|-
| 48
| Brookings
| $20,995
| $45,134
| $63,338
| 31,965
| 12,029
|-
| 49
| Day
| $20,542
| $36,818
| $47,949
| 5,710
| 2,504
|-
| 50
| Butte
| $20,418
| $39,041
| $52,829
| 10,110
| 4,160
|-
| 51
| Bon Homme
| $19,825
| $37,708
| $46,146
| 10,149
| 3,823
|-
| 52
| Roberts
| $19,825
| $37,708
| $46,146
| 10,149
| 3,823
|-
| 53
| Brule
| $19,779
| $48,277
| $58,363
| 5,255
| 2,136
|-
| 54
| Clay
| $19,518
| $37,198
| $61,159
| 13,864
| 5,110
|-
| 55
| McCook
| $19,255
| $31,923
| $47,500
| 5,618
| 2,168
|-
| 56
| Charles Mix
| $17,403
| $35,808
| $46,962
| 9,129
| 3,249
|-
| 57
| Mellette
| $16,971
| $34,055
| $35,781
| 2,048
| 693
|-
| 58
| Lyman
| $16,930
| $36,323
| $45,045
| 3,755
| 1,392
|-
| 59
| Bennett
| $16,153
| $32,841
| $38,487
| 3,431
| 1,090
|-
| 60
| Dewey
| $15,632
| $33,255
| $40,500
| 5,301
| 1,730
|-
| 61
| Jackson
| $14,568
| $36,354
| $41,838
| 3,031
| 996
|-
| 62
| Corson
| $13,359
| $30,877
| $36,500
| 4,050
| 1,260
|-
| 63
| Buffalo
| $11,410
| $27,926
| $28,333
| 1,912
| 532
|-
| 64
| Ziebach
| $11,069
| $27,578
| $22,857
| 2,801
| 836
|-
| 65
| Todd
| $11,010
| $25,196
| $29,010
| 9,612
| 2,780
|-
| 66
| Oglala Lakota
| $7,772
| $24,392
| $25,224
| 13,586
| 3,144
|-
|}
South Dakota county subdivisions by per capita income
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Number!! Town !! Amount
|-
| 1|| Cottonwood, South Dakota|| $79,000
|-
| 2|| Naples, South Dakota|| $78,450
|-
| 3|| Camp Crook, South Dakota|| $30,178
|-
| 4|| Olivet, South Dakota|| $27,454
|-
| 5|| Interior, South Dakota|| $27,247
|-
| 6|| Tolstoy, South Dakota|| $25,402
|-
| 7|| Woonsocket, South Dakota|| $24,035
|-
| 8|| Virgil, South Dakota|| $23,226
|-
| 9|| Hayti, South Dakota || $23,169
|-
| 10|| Wessington Springs, South Dakota|| $23,108
|-
| 11|| White Rock, South Dakota|| $22,883
|-
|12|| Brentford, South Dakota||$21,921
|-
|13||Agar, South Dakota||$21,812
|-
|14||North Sioux City, South Dakota||$21,416
|-
|15||Sioux Falls, South Dakota||$21,374
|-
|16||South Shore, South Dakota||$21,341
|-
|17||Wall, South Dakota||$20,848
|-
|18 ||Fairburn, South Dakota ||$20,832
|-
|19||Kennebec, South Dakota ||$20,815
|-
|20 ||Hartford, South Dakota ||$20,726
|-
|21 ||Fort Pierre, South Dakota ||$20,478
|-
|22 ||Pierre, South Dakota ||$20,462
|-
|23 ||Ipswich, South Dakota ||$19,890
|-
|24 ||Brandon, South Dakota ||$19,869
|-
|25||Bison, South Dakota||$19,856
|-
|26 ||Salem, South Dakota||$19,596
|-
|27 ||Faulkton, South Dakota||$19,504
|-
|28 ||Rapid City, South Dakota||$19,445
|-
|29 ||Big Stone City, South Dakota||$19,297
|-
|30 ||Langford, South Dakota ||$19,062
|-
|31 ||Watertown, South Dakota ||$18,994
|-
|32 || Turton, South Dakota||$18,519
|-
|33 ||Miller, South Dakota ||$18,401
|-
|34 ||Britton, South Dakota ||$18,327
|-
|35 ||Tulare, South Dakota ||$18,303
|-
|36 ||Huron, South Dakota||$18,275
|-
|37 ||Volga, South Dakota ||$18,237
|-
|38 ||Elk Point, South Dakota ||$18,153
|-
|39 ||Yankton, South Dakota ||$17,954
|-
|40 || Aberdeen, South Dakota||$17,923
|-
|41 || Beresford, South Dakota||$17,903
|-
|42 ||Mitchell, South Dakota ||$17,888
|-
|43 || Arlington, South Dakota||$17,858
|-
|44 ||Dell Rapids, South Dakota ||$17,731
|-
|45 ||Tea, South Dakota ||$17,719
|-
|46 ||Castlewood, South Dakota ||$17,682
|-
|47 ||Deadwood, South Dakota ||$17,673
|-
|48 ||Hitchcock, South Dakota || $17,640
|-
|49 ||Milbank, South Dakota ||$17,446
|-
|50 ||Doland, South Dakota ||$17,437
|-
|51 ||Highmore, South Dakota ||$17,309
|-
|52 ||Groton, South Dakota ||$17,248
|}