County Improvement Ranking
Latest Year 2024
| Rank | County | Current Score | Prior Score | YoY Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County | 94 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 2 | Butte County | 82 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 3 | Minnehaha County | 81 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 4 | Turner County | 77 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 5 | Hand County | 77 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 6 | Sanborn County | 75 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 7 | Custer County | 75 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 8 | Union County | 74 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 9 | Pennington County | 72 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 10 | Deuel County | 70 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 11 | Codington County | 69 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 12 | Harding County | 68 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 13 | Lawrence County | 68 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 14 | Douglas County | 68 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 15 | Stanley County | 67 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 16 | Sully County | 67 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 17 | Kingsbury County | 67 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 18 | Hyde County | 67 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 19 | Meade County | 67 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 20 | McCook County | 65 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 21 | Brule County | 64 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 22 | Hamlin County | 62 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 23 | Campbell County | 61 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 24 | Moody County | 60 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 25 | Aurora County | 59 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 26 | Edmunds County | 59 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 27 | Grant County | 59 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 28 | Roberts County | 58 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 29 | Miner County | 58 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 30 | Perkins County | 57 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 31 | Clark County | 55 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 32 | Gregory County | 55 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 33 | Hanson County | 55 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 34 | Potter County | 55 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 35 | Beadle County | 54 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 36 | Haakon County | 53 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 37 | Day County | 53 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 38 | Hutchinson County | 52 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 39 | Buffalo County | 52 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 40 | Yankton County | 50 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 41 | Tripp County | 46 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 42 | Bon Homme County | 45 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 43 | Clay County | 45 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 44 | Fall River County | 42 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 45 | Mellette County | 41 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 46 | McPherson County | 35 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 47 | Lyman County | 34 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 48 | Faulk County | 33 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 49 | Jones County | 30 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 50 | Dewey County | 24 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
| 51 | Todd County | 15 | N/A | N/A | Improving |
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