PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
South Dakota
South Dakota's senior poverty rate is 9.3%, and 28.7% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 66 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
9.3%
Senior poverty (65+)
28.7%
Seniors living alone
33.4%
Senior SNAP take-up
$53,671
Senior median income
South Dakota by county
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South Dakota at a glance
Seniors in poverty
14K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
9.3%
Ages 65+
Living alone
28.7%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
33.4%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$53,671
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.39
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 66 counties in South Dakota.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Oglala Lakota 50.1%
- 2 Jackson 41.9%
- 3 Ziebach 25.2%
- 4 Dewey 24.7%
- 5 Todd 24.6%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Davison 38.4%
- 2 Brule 37.8%
- 3 Hand 37.1%
- 4 Marshall 36.1%
- 5 Hughes 34.4%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 Minnehaha 26K
- 2 Pennington 21K
- 3 Lincoln 10K
- 4 Brown 6K
- 5 Lawrence 6K
Every county in South Dakota
All 66 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 5.8% | 30.6% | 38.5% | $50,625 | 497 | 0.35 |
| Beadle | 11.8% | 29.8% | 22.7% | $43,479 | 3,317 | 0.47 |
| Bennett | 18.4% | 19.1% | 25.8% | $34,079 | 479 | 0.38 |
| Bon Homme | 10.7% | 26.8% | 24.2% | $38,056 | 1,291 | 0.38 |
| Brookings | 9.0% | 31.3% | 38.2% | $54,958 | 4,528 | 0.44 |
| Brown | 10.6% | 34.2% | 39.7% | $51,765 | 6,316 | 0.54 |
| Brule | 13.0% | 37.8% | 43.8% | $50,625 | 964 | 0.68 |
| Buffalo | 11.0% | 24.4% | 26.1% | $66,319 | 164 | 0.33 |
| Butte | 10.0% | 28.7% | 39.3% | $44,085 | 1,980 | 0.40 |
| Campbell | 11.7% | 27.4% | 35.0% | $47,500 | 420 | 0.41 |
| Charles Mix | 13.9% | 23.5% | 39.8% | $52,069 | 1,542 | 0.37 |
| Clark | 9.6% | 24.7% | 71.0% | $53,125 | 845 | 0.30 |
| Clay | 7.9% | 27.3% | 30.9% | $64,792 | 1,637 | 0.32 |
| Codington | 8.9% | 33.0% | 34.7% | $47,343 | 5,166 | 0.47 |
| Corson | 20.5% | 18.3% | 40.7% | $33,281 | 497 | 0.40 |
| Custer | 9.7% | 23.3% | 34.3% | $64,242 | 2,729 | 0.27 |
| Davison | 9.3% | 38.4% | 40.4% | $49,135 | 3,850 | 0.61 |
| Day | 11.4% | 30.4% | 47.5% | $47,958 | 1,336 | 0.47 |
| Deuel | 5.1% | 29.0% | 39.1% | $58,977 | 904 | 0.30 |
| Dewey | 24.7% | 27.2% | 48.6% | $42,083 | 518 | 0.70 |
| Douglas | 10.8% | 22.4% | 60.9% | $45,833 | 564 | 0.28 |
| Edmunds | 8.9% | 22.8% | 64.6% | $63,523 | 816 | 0.24 |
| Fall River | 10.3% | 26.9% | 31.8% | $50,398 | 2,033 | 0.37 |
| Faulk | 12.6% | 33.5% | 75.0% | $47,917 | 469 | 0.57 |
| Grant | 8.3% | 27.8% | 13.9% | $40,170 | 1,629 | 0.34 |
| Gregory | 8.0% | 27.1% | 62.1% | $44,554 | 968 | 0.32 |
| Haakon | 11.5% | 17.1% | 15.6% | $51,625 | 451 | 0.19 |
| Hamlin | 5.7% | 16.4% | 33.3% | $55,833 | 740 | 0.06 |
| Hand | 11.1% | 37.1% | 72.7% | $50,956 | 700 | 0.62 |
| Hanson | 11.6% | 14.9% | 38.1% | $70,625 | 552 | 0.20 |
| Harding | 11.9% | 19.2% | 66.7% | $64,135 | 219 | 0.23 |
| Hughes | 7.7% | 34.4% | 14.4% | $47,500 | 2,940 | 0.48 |
| Hutchinson | 13.1% | 26.7% | 36.9% | $50,313 | 1,424 | 0.43 |
| Hyde | 7.1% | 20.8% | 70.6% | $65,000 | 310 | 0.16 |
| Jackson | 41.9% | 24.1% | 24.4% | $19,934 | 310 | 0.64 |
| Jerauld | 9.7% | 32.8% | 30.4% | $48,897 | 496 | 0.49 |
| Jones | 16.6% | 28.7% | 100.0% | $49,583 | 223 | 0.55 |
| Kingsbury | 13.0% | 26.5% | 55.2% | $51,250 | 1,100 | 0.42 |
| Lake | 4.3% | 20.0% | 31.9% | $55,532 | 2,455 | 0.07 |
| Lawrence | 9.2% | 30.1% | 35.2% | $57,417 | 6,285 | 0.42 |
| Lincoln | 4.8% | 21.6% | 16.8% | $69,694 | 9,502 | 0.12 |
| Lyman | 14.1% | 28.7% | 41.0% | $49,792 | 666 | 0.50 |
| Marshall | 7.2% | 36.1% | 33.3% | $52,813 | 932 | 0.51 |
| McCook | 12.1% | 21.9% | 45.1% | $59,286 | 940 | 0.29 |
| McPherson | 17.6% | 22.0% | 31.6% | $39,145 | 609 | 0.42 |
| Meade | 8.8% | 26.8% | 42.5% | $53,591 | 4,797 | 0.33 |
| Mellette | 23.6% | 24.2% | 43.1% | $51,875 | 284 | 0.61 |
| Miner | 8.8% | 27.3% | 46.8% | $61,875 | 523 | 0.34 |
| Minnehaha | 7.0% | 32.2% | 26.5% | $57,904 | 26,358 | 0.41 |
| Moody | 10.2% | 32.5% | 51.9% | $51,413 | 1,211 | 0.49 |
| Oglala Lakota | 50.1% | 9.8% | 36.5% | $29,352 | 943 | 0.50 |
| Pennington | 8.7% | 27.9% | 37.9% | $55,618 | 21,222 | 0.35 |
| Perkins | 9.0% | 27.3% | 43.0% | $55,536 | 759 | 0.35 |
| Potter | 6.6% | 26.6% | 43.5% | $56,719 | 609 | 0.28 |
| Roberts | 12.9% | 22.8% | 42.5% | $51,955 | 1,996 | 0.33 |
| Sanborn | 15.6% | 30.7% | 49.1% | $54,063 | 424 | 0.58 |
| Spink | 6.6% | 26.3% | 52.5% | $54,907 | 1,400 | 0.27 |
| Stanley | 2.5% | 22.7% | 71.4% | $56,406 | 675 | 0.11 |
| Sully | 13.6% | 28.3% | 66.7% | $71,250 | 353 | 0.48 |
| Todd | 24.6% | 19.9% | 20.9% | $52,045 | 724 | 0.53 |
| Tripp | 6.5% | 30.6% | 49.4% | $47,270 | 1,249 | 0.36 |
| Turner | 9.2% | 27.0% | 39.4% | $42,566 | 1,640 | 0.34 |
| Union | 11.2% | 25.8% | 30.4% | $52,563 | 3,119 | 0.36 |
| Walworth | 10.4% | 24.7% | 37.2% | $38,594 | 1,151 | 0.32 |
| Yankton | 9.2% | 33.2% | 41.8% | $52,060 | 4,510 | 0.49 |
| Ziebach | 25.2% | 20.7% | 25.6% | $48,000 | 266 | 0.56 |
Senior food help in South Dakota
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