Best counties in South Dakota

Ranked by composite score — 66 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Harding County	80.9	76	89.9	32.2
2	Sully County	78.5	78.2	80.2	29.2
3	Jerauld County	78.1	75.4	87.4	32.6
4	Jones County	78	69.7	85.9	25.6
5	Deuel County	77.6	79.2	84.6	35.3
6	Hand County	77.6	76.9	87.2	30.4
7	Haakon County	76.5	78.5	86.1	22.1
8	Miner County	76.4	71.1	88.4	30.8
9	Clark County	76.1	74.7	84.4	24.4
10	Faulk County	76.1	80.8	85.5	21.3
11	Marshall County	75.9	76.7	84	30.7
12	Grant County	75.7	78.3	83.3	31.6
13	Edmunds County	75.6	77.9	79.5	33.8
14	Kingsbury County	75.5	74.3	83.2	29.2
15	Campbell County	75.2	61.8	87	25.8
16	Hanson County	75.1	73.4	81.3	39.8
17	Hyde County	74.8	67.8	79.2	31.9
18	Perkins County	74.2	65	85.9	26.1
19	McPherson County	74	58.6	90	23.9
20	Sanborn County	73.6	66.7	84.2	29
21	Douglas County	73.4	69.3	82	34.4
22	Hamlin County	73.4	71.6	79.2	37.7
23	Potter County	73.4	63.7	82.7	30.2
24	Bon Homme County	73.2	67.2	86.1	23.4
25	Aurora County	73.1	71.9	83	31.8
26	Custer County	73.1	80.4	71.9	36.9
27	Turner County	73	73	80.6	32.5
28	Day County	72.7	73.3	85.4	24
29	Lake County	72.4	72.3	79	31.6
30	Spink County	72.4	65.4	84.8	31
31	Moody County	72.2	71.9	82.3	34
32	Hutchinson County	71.8	70.8	84.4	32
33	Gregory County	71.7	71.3	88.7	17.6
34	McCook County	71.6	74.7	80.4	36.2
35	Hughes County	71.4	70.1	74.4	34.9
36	Brule County	71.3	78.4	84.7	31.7
37	Lawrence County	70.8	78.1	77.8	27
38	Stanley County	70.8	62.2	76.6	33.6
39	Bennett County	70	73.4	88	12.5
40	Lyman County	70	73.9	88.1	23.3
41	Ziebach County	70	85.8	85.8	14.3
42	Butte County	69.9	72.5	76.3	27.6
43	Union County	69.8	71	70.1	38.3
44	Tripp County	69.3	76.9	82.8	21.8
45	Roberts County	69.2	72.7	86.2	25
46	Brookings County	69.1	70.4	75.1	27.3
47	Davison County	69.1	67.3	81.5	23.5
48	Buffalo County	69	80.3	94.1	14.1
49	Yankton County	68.9	70.6	79.3	31.6
50	Fall River County	68.8	72.3	79.9	23.2
51	Clay County	68.6	65.8	76.6	21.8
52	Beadle County	68.1	72.6	79.5	24.6
53	Charles Mix County	67.8	72	84.4	25.7
54	Codington County	67.7	72.5	77.2	25.9
55	Meade County	67.4	73.2	68.3	31.8
56	Oglala Lakota County	66.8	90	92.4	6.1
57	Jackson County	66.7	N/A	91.5	0.8
58	Brown County	66.6	68.5	77	29.2
59	Lincoln County	66.5	69	62.1	46.4
60	Walworth County	66.4	61.9	78.6	24.3
61	Corson County	64.8	64.7	91.9	12
62	Mellette County	64.7	59.3	87.1	16.9
63	Minnehaha County	64.1	69.7	71.6	33
64	Pennington County	63.3	70.6	70.2	29.6
65	Dewey County	58.2	64.6	86.3	21.2
66	Todd County	56.6	39.7	92.9	9