State Rollup · SD
South Dakota.
66 counties scored. Ranked by the Scout composite resilience index, which combines climate stability, water and food, social stability, infrastructure, and self-sufficiency.
MIN 40│MEDIAN 59│MAX 68
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Highest Scout composite scores in the state.Top 20 counties
- #1Hanson CountyFIPS 46061·POP 3,461·#32 US68excellent
- #2Miner CountyFIPS 46097·POP 2,298·#84 US67excellent
- #3Hand CountyFIPS 46059·POP 3,140·#129 US66excellent
- #4Jerauld CountyFIPS 46073·POP 1,663·#137 US66excellent
- #5Campbell CountyFIPS 46021·POP 1,375·#148 US66excellent
- #6Bon Homme CountyFIPS 46009·POP 6,996·#169 US65excellent
- #7Sully CountyFIPS 46119·POP 1,446·#225 US64excellent
- #8Potter CountyFIPS 46107·POP 2,466·#236 US64excellent
- #9Edmunds CountyFIPS 46045·POP 3,952·#247 US64excellent
- #10Aurora CountyFIPS 46003·POP 2,747·#324 US63excellent
- #11Sanborn CountyFIPS 46111·POP 2,329·#368 US63excellent
- #12Faulk CountyFIPS 46049·POP 2,125·#406 US62excellent
- #13Douglas CountyFIPS 46043·POP 2,834·#407 US62excellent
- #14Kingsbury CountyFIPS 46077·POP 5,183·#416 US62excellent
- #15Lake CountyFIPS 46079·POP 11,059·#434 US62excellent
- #16Hutchinson CountyFIPS 46067·POP 7,420·#448 US62excellent
- #17Union CountyFIPS 46127·POP 16,799·#453 US62excellent
- #18McPherson CountyFIPS 46089·POP 2,411·#503 US61excellent
- #19Marshall CountyFIPS 46091·POP 4,275·#553 US61excellent
- #20Davison CountyFIPS 46035·POP 19,950·#570 US61excellent
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Lowest composite scores. Included for transparency, not alarm.Bottom 10 counties
- #57Oglala Lakota CountyFIPS 46102·POP 13,666·#2,989 US40poor
- #58Todd CountyFIPS 46121·POP 9,304·#2,837 US43poor
- #59Pennington CountyFIPS 46103·POP 109,015·#2,818 US43poor
- #60Dewey CountyFIPS 46041·POP 5,228·#2,495 US48fair
- #61Meade CountyFIPS 46093·POP 29,730·#2,455 US48fair
- #62Custer CountyFIPS 46033·POP 8,303·#2,435 US48fair
- #63Butte CountyFIPS 46019·POP 10,241·#2,331 US49fair
- #64Fall River CountyFIPS 46047·POP 6,903·#2,211 US50fair
- #65Minnehaha CountyFIPS 46099·POP 196,891·#2,192 US50fair
- #66Lawrence CountyFIPS 46081·POP 25,743·#2,193 US50fair
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Alphabetical · 66Every county
- Aurora County63
- Beadle County58
- Bennett County51
- Bon Homme County65
- Brookings County58
- Brown County56
- Brule County59
- Buffalo County54
- Butte County49
- Campbell County66
- Charles Mix County56
- Clark County59
- Clay County59
- Codington County54
- Corson County53
- Custer County48
- Davison County61
- Day County60
- Deuel County59
- Dewey County48
- Douglas County62
- Edmunds County64
- Fall River County50
- Faulk County62
- Grant County59
- Gregory County58
- Haakon County58
- Hamlin County60
- Hand County66
- Hanson County68
- Harding County53
- Hughes County59
- Hutchinson County62
- Hyde County61
- Jackson County50
- Jerauld County66
- Jones County60
- Kingsbury County62
- Lake County62
- Lawrence County50
- Lincoln County56
- Lyman County57
- Marshall County61
- McCook County58
- McPherson County61
- Meade County48
- Mellette County51
- Miner County67
- Minnehaha County50
- Moody County59
- Oglala Lakota County40
- Pennington County43
- Perkins County51
- Potter County64
- Roberts County55
- Sanborn County63
- Spink County58
- Stanley County57
- Sully County64
- Todd County43
- Tripp County55
- Turner County59
- Union County62
- Walworth County59
- Yankton County60
- Ziebach County50
Scout composite resilience index · Get Ready
Composite combines five sub-scores using a weighted average. Source datasets: FEMA National Risk Index, NOAA temperature anomaly, NOAA precipitation normals, IRS county-to-county migration, CDC Social Vulnerability Index, USDA Rural-Urban Continuum Codes. Open Scout map.