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WIC in South Dakota

60.9% coverage

South Dakota's WIC program reaches 60.9% of eligible residents — an estimated 14,000 participants out of 23,000 who qualify. That leaves 9,000 pregnant women, infants, and young children eligible but not receiving WIC's food package or nutrition counseling.

23K

WIC eligibles

14K

Participants (FY2024 avg)

9K

Unserved eligibles

66

Counties

South Dakota by county

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Note: USDA does not publish sub-state WIC participation, so every county in South Dakota inherits the state's 60.9% coverage rate. County-level eligibles are allocated from state totals in proportion to the county's share of low-income children under 6 (ACS B17024). See methodology.

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South Dakota at a glance

Coverage rate

60.9%

Participants ÷ eligibles

Participation gap

39.1%

1 − coverage

Eligibles

23K

USDA FNS FY2022

Participants

14K

Monthly avg FY2024

Unserved

9K

Eligibles − participants

Kids < 6 low-income

24K

34.8% of universe

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 66 counties in South Dakota.

Most WIC eligibles

Estimated eligible population

  1. 1 Minnehaha 5K
  2. 2 Pennington 2K
  3. 3 Oglala Lakota 1K
  4. 4 Todd 1K
  5. 5 Brookings 958

Largest unserved gap

Eligibles not receiving WIC

  1. 1 Minnehaha 2K
  2. 2 Pennington 908
  3. 3 Oglala Lakota 453
  4. 4 Todd 400
  5. 5 Brookings 375

Highest child-poverty share

Children < 6 at ≤185% FPL

  1. 1 Todd 87.6%
  2. 2 Buffalo 84.1%
  3. 3 Jackson 83.0%
  4. 4 Mellette 83.0%
  5. 5 Oglala Lakota 79.9%

Every county in South Dakota

All 66 counties with WIC eligibility estimates, unserved gap, and ACS child-poverty context.

County Eligibles est. Participants est. Unserved est. Kids < 6 low-income Poverty share
Aurora 64 39 25 67 36.6%
Beadle 827 504 323 864 44.7%
Bennett 259 158 101 271 72.5%
Bon Homme 181 110 71 189 44.2%
Brookings 958 583 375 1,001 40.7%
Brown 650 396 254 679 26.7%
Brule 103 63 40 108 30.2%
Buffalo 177 108 69 185 84.1%
Butte 212 129 83 221 26.8%
Campbell 46 28 18 48 44.4%
Charles Mix 395 241 154 413 46.9%
Clark 126 77 49 132 35.1%
Clay 326 199 127 341 38.1%
Codington 578 352 226 604 31.1%
Corson 303 184 119 316 73.3%
Custer 111 68 43 116 30.9%
Davison 588 358 230 614 39.3%
Day 117 71 46 122 37.6%
Deuel 94 57 37 98 33.0%
Dewey 424 258 166 443 68.3%
Douglas 91 55 36 95 37.0%
Edmunds 75 45 30 78 22.8%
Fall River 250 152 98 261 75.0%
Faulk 38 23 15 40 33.3%
Grant 103 63 40 108 23.1%
Gregory 81 50 31 85 27.5%
Haakon 71 43 28 74 60.2%
Hamlin 261 159 102 273 35.9%
Hand 17 10 7 18 9.3%
Hanson 86 52 34 90 29.2%
Harding 15 9 6 16 21.6%
Hughes 323 196 127 337 30.5%
Hutchinson 163 99 64 170 23.6%
Hyde 34 20 14 35 30.4%
Jackson 230 140 90 240 83.0%
Jerauld 48 29 19 50 40.3%
Jones 103 63 40 108 71.5%
Kingsbury 84 51 33 88 21.9%
Lake 231 140 91 241 43.5%
Lawrence 348 212 136 364 30.7%
Lincoln 694 423 271 725 13.7%
Lyman 221 135 86 231 56.8%
Marshall 86 52 34 90 24.2%
McCook 67 41 26 70 12.6%
McPherson 25 15 10 26 15.0%
Meade 639 389 250 667 33.6%
Mellette 145 88 57 151 83.0%
Miner 26 16 10 27 25.0%
Minnehaha 5,386 3,279 2,107 5,626 33.2%
Moody 157 96 61 164 30.9%
Oglala Lakota 1,158 705 453 1,209 79.9%
Pennington 2,319 1,411 908 2,422 30.6%
Perkins 70 43 27 73 29.7%
Potter 94 57 37 98 50.5%
Roberts 415 252 163 433 48.6%
Sanborn 20 12 8 21 9.9%
Spink 163 99 64 170 32.6%
Stanley 2 1 1 2 1.4%
Sully 8 5 3 8 8.4%
Todd 1,024 624 400 1,070 87.6%
Tripp 193 118 75 202 50.5%
Turner 184 112 72 192 29.7%
Union 133 81 52 139 12.4%
Walworth 178 108 70 186 39.7%
Yankton 270 164 106 282 19.1%
Ziebach 130 79 51 136 61.3%

Apply for WIC in South Dakota

Income limits, food-package rules, clinic locator, and application instructions specific to South Dakota's WIC agency.

South Dakota WIC guide

Families with children

Our population-specific guide: WIC, SNAP, school meals, Summer EBT, and pantry programs for families with kids in South Dakota.

Families guide

South Dakota SNAP

SNAP recipients are automatically income-eligible for WIC through adjunctive eligibility — often the fastest path to enrollment.

South Dakota SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search South Dakota's verified pantries — many partner with WIC clinics and distribute infant formula, baby food, and diapers.

South Dakota food pantries

WIC methodology

How we estimated county-level eligibles, why state coverage rates can't be disaggregated, and which data sources we used.

Full methodology