HomeCountiesArticlesMethodologyContactEvery one of South Dakota's 66 counties is scored on the Community AI Exposure & Resilience Index, built entirely from public federal data. Click any county — on the map or in the table — for its full profile. County pages carry a neutral, data-only fiscal summary; a researched state-specific fiscal analysis is part of the subscription.
| US rank | County / equivalent | CAERI | Nat'l band | State rank | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Oglala Lakota | 68.8 | Top 10% | 3 | Low |
| 146 | Stanley | 67.1 | Top 10% | 2 | Low |
| 202 | Union | 65.7 | Top 10% | 1 | Medium |
| 558 | Charles Mix | 60.1 | 75th–90th | 8 | Low |
| 608 | Hughes | 59.4 | 75th–90th | 4 | Medium |
| 618 | McCook | 59.3 | 75th–90th | 13 | Medium |
| 629 | Corson | 59.2 | 75th–90th | 10 | Low |
| 678 | Dewey | 58.6 | 75th–90th | 12 | Low |
| 705 | Haakon | 58.3 | 75th–90th | 9 | Low |
| 747 | Sully | 57.7 | 75th–90th | 11 | Low |
| 757 | Minnehaha | 57.6 | 75th–90th | 6 | High |
| 763 | Lincoln | 57.5 | 75th–90th | 5 | Medium |
| 913 | Lake | 56.0 | 50th–75th | 7 | Medium |
| 977 | Perkins | 55.3 | 50th–75th | 15 | Low |
| 998 | Edmunds | 55.1 | 50th–75th | 21 | Low |
| 1109 | Davison | 54.1 | 50th–75th | 14 | High |
| 1147 | Sanborn | 53.7 | 50th–75th | 20 | Low |
| 1179 | Clay | 53.4 | 50th–75th | 19 | Medium |
| 1214 | Faulk | 53.1 | 50th–75th | 23 | Low |
| 1232 | Hand | 52.9 | 50th–75th | 22 | Low |
| 1296 | Bon Homme | 52.2 | 50th–75th | 27 | Medium |
| 1302 | Jerauld | 52.1 | 50th–75th | 28 | Low |
| 1326 | Hutchinson | 51.9 | 50th–75th | 24 | Low |
| 1368 | Hanson | 51.5 | 50th–75th | 17 | Low |
| 1389 | Campbell | 51.4 | 50th–75th | 33 | Low |
| 1426 | Tripp | 51.1 | 50th–75th | 16 | Low |
| 1527 | Pennington | 50.1 | 50th–75th | 18 | High |
| 1545 | Todd | 50.0 | 50th–75th | 26 | Low |
| 1571 | Hyde | 49.8 | 50th–75th | 32 | Low |
| 1652 | Brookings | 49.0 | 25th–50th | 25 | Medium |
| 1754 | Jackson | 48.0 | 25th–50th | 37 | Low |
| 1842 | Custer | 47.2 | 25th–50th | 31 | Low |
| 1900 | Day | 46.7 | 25th–50th | 30 | Low |
| 1933 | Grant | 46.4 | 25th–50th | 38 | Medium |
| 1958 | Lyman | 46.2 | 25th–50th | 40 | Low |
| 2023 | Gregory | 45.6 | 25th–50th | 29 | Medium |
| 2052 | Yankton | 45.4 | 25th–50th | 34 | Medium |
| 2070 | Ziebach | 45.3 | 25th–50th | 43 | Low |
| 2307 | Meade | 43.0 | 25th–50th | 36 | Medium |
| 2320 | Codington | 42.9 | 25th–50th | 35 | Medium |
| 2322 | Lawrence | 42.9 | 25th–50th | 41 | High |
| 2397 | Butte | 42.0 | Bottom 25% | 39 | Medium |
| 2452 | Beadle | 41.5 | Bottom 25% | 42 | Medium |
| 2476 | Hamlin | 41.2 | Bottom 25% | 50 | Medium |
| 2488 | Walworth | 41.1 | Bottom 25% | 44 | Low |
| 2537 | Roberts | 40.5 | Bottom 25% | 46 | Low |
| 2561 | Harding | 40.2 | Bottom 25% | 51 | Low |
| 2593 | Miner | 39.8 | Bottom 25% | 53 | Low |
| 2629 | Bennett | 39.5 | Bottom 25% | 54 | Low |
| 2636 | Fall River | 39.4 | Bottom 25% | 45 | Low |
| 2645 | Spink | 39.2 | Bottom 25% | 58 | Medium |
| 2654 | Deuel | 39.1 | Bottom 25% | 48 | Low |
| 2669 | Brown | 38.9 | Bottom 25% | 47 | Medium |
| 2771 | Turner | 37.7 | Bottom 25% | 55 | Medium |
| 2804 | Brule | 37.2 | Bottom 25% | 49 | Low |
| 2834 | Potter | 36.7 | Bottom 25% | 52 | Low |
| 2874 | Clark | 35.9 | Bottom 25% | 61 | Medium |
| 2877 | McPherson | 35.8 | Bottom 25% | 57 | Low |
| 2907 | Marshall | 35.4 | Bottom 25% | 59 | Medium |
| 2911 | Jones | 35.4 | Bottom 25% | 60 | Low |
| 2944 | Buffalo | 34.9 | Bottom 25% | 62 | Low |
| 2982 | Aurora | 34.0 | Bottom 25% | 56 | Low |
| 3042 | Mellette | 32.6 | Bottom 25% | 64 | Low |
| 3067 | Kingsbury | 31.7 | Bottom 25% | 63 | Medium |
| 3071 | Moody | 31.6 | Bottom 25% | 65 | Low |
| 3132 | Douglas | 27.0 | Bottom 25% | 66 | Low |