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 | CAERI | Nat'l band | State rank | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | McCook | 66.3 | Top 10% | 2 | Medium |
| 183 | Union | 66.0 | Top 10% | 1 | Medium |
| 209 | Stanley | 65.5 | Top 10% | 3 | Low |
| 324 | Lyman | 63.1 | 75th–90th | 4 | Low |
| 417 | Oglala Lakota | 61.7 | 75th–90th | 11 | Medium |
| 493 | Dewey | 60.8 | 75th–90th | 8 | Low |
| 634 | Clay | 59.0 | 75th–90th | 9 | Low |
| 687 | Lincoln | 58.4 | 75th–90th | 6 | Medium |
| 701 | Charles Mix | 58.2 | 75th–90th | 12 | Low |
| 725 | Hughes | 58.0 | 75th–90th | 7 | Medium |
| 745 | Minnehaha | 57.8 | 75th–90th | 5 | High |
| 806 | Todd | 57.1 | 50th–75th | 15 | Low |
| 845 | Corson | 56.7 | 50th–75th | 13 | Low |
| 863 | Bon Homme | 56.5 | 50th–75th | 18 | Medium |
| 887 | Lake | 56.2 | 50th–75th | 10 | Medium |
| 1010 | Davison | 55.0 | 50th–75th | 14 | Medium |
| 1019 | Faulk | 55.0 | 50th–75th | 17 | Low |
| 1100 | Pennington | 54.1 | 50th–75th | 16 | High |
| 1139 | Jerauld | 53.7 | 50th–75th | 20 | Low |
| 1217 | Hanson | 52.8 | 50th–75th | 19 | Low |
| 1218 | Hutchinson | 52.8 | 50th–75th | 22 | Low |
| 1273 | Sanborn | 52.3 | 50th–75th | 25 | Low |
| 1293 | Hand | 52.1 | 50th–75th | 21 | Low |
| 1312 | Sully | 52.0 | 50th–75th | 24 | Low |
| 1407 | Edmunds | 51.2 | 50th–75th | 31 | Low |
| 1427 | Custer | 51.0 | 50th–75th | 27 | Low |
| 1471 | Grant | 50.6 | 50th–75th | 28 | Medium |
| 1480 | Jackson | 50.6 | 50th–75th | 36 | Low |
| 1500 | Day | 50.4 | 50th–75th | 26 | Low |
| 1573 | Brookings | 49.9 | 25th–50th | 23 | Medium |
| 1616 | Hyde | 49.4 | 25th–50th | 29 | Low |
| 1648 | Walworth | 49.0 | 25th–50th | 30 | Low |
| 1679 | Campbell | 48.8 | 25th–50th | 33 | Low |
| 1890 | Brule | 46.8 | 25th–50th | 34 | Low |
| 1918 | Ziebach | 46.6 | 25th–50th | 43 | Low |
| 1964 | Bennett | 46.2 | 25th–50th | 41 | Low |
| 2002 | Haakon | 45.9 | 25th–50th | 35 | Low |
| 2034 | Perkins | 45.6 | 25th–50th | 47 | Low |
| 2063 | Hamlin | 45.3 | 25th–50th | 49 | Medium |
| 2137 | Brown | 44.6 | 25th–50th | 42 | Medium |
| 2143 | Codington | 44.5 | 25th–50th | 32 | Medium |
| 2144 | Meade | 44.5 | 25th–50th | 37 | Medium |
| 2163 | Deuel | 44.4 | 25th–50th | 45 | Low |
| 2166 | Gregory | 44.4 | 25th–50th | 38 | Medium |
| 2217 | Tripp | 43.9 | 25th–50th | 39 | Medium |
| 2223 | Roberts | 43.8 | 25th–50th | 51 | Low |
| 2228 | Miner | 43.7 | 25th–50th | 44 | Low |
| 2264 | Turner | 43.4 | 25th–50th | 52 | Medium |
| 2269 | Spink | 43.3 | 25th–50th | 55 | Low |
| 2316 | Butte | 42.8 | 25th–50th | 40 | Medium |
| 2323 | Jones | 42.8 | 25th–50th | 50 | Low |
| 2374 | Yankton | 42.3 | Bottom 25% | 46 | Medium |
| 2379 | Lawrence | 42.3 | Bottom 25% | 48 | High |
| 2593 | Beadle | 40.2 | Bottom 25% | 54 | Medium |
| 2630 | Potter | 39.7 | Bottom 25% | 53 | Low |
| 2710 | Buffalo | 38.7 | Bottom 25% | 57 | Low |
| 2737 | Fall River | 38.3 | Bottom 25% | 56 | Low |
| 2852 | Clark | 36.6 | Bottom 25% | 62 | Medium |
| 2888 | Moody | 36.0 | Bottom 25% | 59 | Medium |
| 2926 | Marshall | 35.3 | Bottom 25% | 63 | Low |
| 2939 | Kingsbury | 35.1 | Bottom 25% | 60 | Medium |
| 2943 | Mellette | 35.0 | Bottom 25% | 61 | Low |
| 2969 | Harding | 34.6 | Bottom 25% | 64 | Low |
| 2997 | Aurora | 33.7 | Bottom 25% | 58 | Low |
| 3118 | McPherson | 29.4 | Bottom 25% | 65 | Low |
| 3119 | Douglas | 29.3 | Bottom 25% | 66 | Low |