South Dakota Farm Subsidies by County
All 112 South Dakota counties ranked by total USDA farm subsidy payments. Hughes County leads with $1,299M.
Which county in South Dakota receives the most farm subsidies?
Hughes County leads South Dakota with $1,299M in total USDA farm subsidy payments. View Hughes County details →
How are county subsidy totals calculated?
County totals are aggregated from individual payment records in USASpending.gov where a county is listed on the transaction. Totals include all USDA financial assistance award types — direct payments, conservation, commodity support, and disaster programs.
Does the per-capita figure reflect farm population only?
No. Per-capita figures divide total subsidy dollars by the county's total Census Bureau population, not just farm households. This provides a consistent basis for comparison across counties regardless of farm density.
| Rank | County | Total Payments | Avg $/Capita/Year | Records | Recipients | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hughes County | $1,299M | $4,601.69 | 20,631 | 753 | 2010–2025 |
| 2 | Brown County | $550M | $903.38 | 56,002 | 1,515 | 2010–2025 |
| 3 | Minnehaha County | $266M | $86.25 | 35,181 | 2,444 | 2010–2025 |
| 4 | Charles Mix County | $227M | $1,532.70 | 41,624 | 748 | 2010–2025 |
| 5 | Sully County | $218M | $9,443.04 | 24,040 | 651 | 2010–2025 |
| 6 | Moody County | $212M | $2,067.04 | 25,370 | 420 | 2010–2025 |
| 7 | Spink County | $212M | $2,070.24 | 24,609 | 860 | 2010–2025 |
| 8 | Beadle County | $205M | $683.26 | 21,970 | 752 | 2010–2025 |
| 9 | Faulk County | $193M | $5,561.73 | 27,769 | 287 | 2010–2025 |
| 10 | Dewey County | $191M | $2,248.97 | 20,174 | 215 | 2010–2025 |
| 11 | Hutchinson County | $186M | $1,585.21 | 22,609 | 856 | 2010–2025 |
| 12 | Roberts County | $181M | $1,108.12 | 27,600 | 641 | 2010–2025 |
| 13 | Marshall County | $178M | $2,444.13 | 25,429 | 586 | 2010–2025 |
| 14 | Perkins County | $177M | $3,852.25 | 21,089 | 307 | 2010–2025 |
| 15 | Edmunds County | $174M | $2,716.16 | 17,785 | 332 | 2010–2025 |
| 16 | Lyman County | $174M | $2,891.61 | 26,180 | 410 | 2010–2025 |
| 17 | Lincoln County | $163M | $164.02 | 23,268 | 973 | 2010–2025 |
| 18 | Yankton County | $161M | $434.95 | 23,428 | 701 | 2010–2025 |
| 19 | Meade County | $158M | $347.89 | 13,099 | 384 | 2010–2025 |
| 20 | Aurora County | $156M | $3,523.94 | 23,787 | 201 | 2010–2025 |
| 21 | Brookings County | $155M | $281.20 | 21,514 | 1,173 | 2010–2025 |
| 22 | Day County | $154M | $1,749.60 | 15,474 | 442 | 2010–2025 |
| 23 | Sanborn County | $150M | $3,941.66 | 18,699 | 161 | 2010–2025 |
| 24 | Hand County | $148M | $2,904.31 | 19,089 | 599 | 2010–2025 |
| 25 | Miner County | $147M | $4,017.91 | 21,835 | 225 | 2010–2025 |
| 26 | Davison County | $146M | $458.85 | 21,352 | 645 | 2010–2025 |
| 27 | Clark County | $144M | $2,349.55 | 29,576 | 370 | 2010–2025 |
| 28 | Lake County | $144M | $784.46 | 18,839 | 468 | 2010–2025 |
| 29 | Codington County | $142M | $314.77 | 25,547 | 713 | 2010–2025 |
| 30 | Kingsbury County | $142M | $1,722.32 | 18,779 | 440 | 2010–2025 |
| 31 | Haakon County | $133M | $4,445.57 | 14,732 | 137 | 2010–2025 |
| 32 | Tripp County | $131M | $1,473.24 | 22,181 | 512 | 2010–2025 |
| 33 | Deuel County | $130M | $1,880.51 | 22,007 | 401 | 2010–2025 |
| 34 | Turner County | $127M | $928.82 | 17,674 | 506 | 2010–2025 |
| 35 | Bon Homme County | $127M | $1,130.43 | 22,586 | 211 | 2010–2025 |
| 36 | Pennington County | $125M | $71.42 | 10,800 | 792 | 2010–2025 |
| 37 | Walworth County | $121M | $1,497.75 | 16,239 | 386 | 2010–2025 |
| 38 | Mellette County | $121M | $3,946.34 | 21,612 | 127 | 2010–2025 |
| 39 | Union County | $119M | $462.45 | 17,905 | 498 | 2010–2025 |
| 40 | Douglas County | $117M | $2,563.63 | 19,837 | 375 | 2010–2025 |
| 41 | Hamlin County | $116M | $1,165.89 | 17,027 | 383 | 2010–2025 |
| 42 | Mccook County | $113M | $1,256.61 | 16,979 | 481 | 2010–2025 |
| 43 | Mcpherson County | $109M | $2,839.55 | 14,291 | 306 | 2010–2025 |
| 44 | Clay County | $106M | $449.39 | 17,666 | 344 | 2010–2025 |
| 45 | Bennett County | $102M | $1,883.33 | 13,733 | 182 | 2010–2025 |
| 46 | Brule County | $97M | $1,150.75 | 14,515 | 323 | 2010–2025 |
| 47 | Corson County | $95M | $1,504.22 | 11,371 | 126 | 2010–2025 |
| 48 | Gregory County | $90M | $1,378.88 | 19,493 | 349 | 2010–2025 |
| 49 | Lawrence County | $88M | $206.62 | 10,163 | 257 | 2010–2025 |
| 50 | Grant County | $88M | $740.91 | 14,589 | 355 | 2010–2025 |
| 51 | Campbell County | $87M | $3,973.78 | 11,071 | 258 | 2010–2025 |
| 52 | Buffalo County | $83M | $2,735.51 | 8,150 | 67 | 2010–2025 |
| 53 | Potter County | $77M | $2,084.15 | 10,302 | 664 | 2010–2025 |
| 54 | Butte County | $70M | $421.05 | 6,569 | 271 | 2010–2025 |
| 55 | Jerauld County | $70M | $2,491.42 | 6,581 | 328 | 2010–2025 |
| 56 | Hanson County | $70M | $1,262.13 | 9,146 | 188 | 2010–2025 |
| 57 | Ziebach County | $67M | $1,613.89 | 5,461 | 148 | 2010–2025 |
| 58 | Harding County | $65M | $3,566.30 | 6,451 | 200 | 2010–2025 |
| 59 | Hyde County | $62M | $3,293.18 | 7,709 | 298 | 2010–2025 |
| 60 | Jones County | $59M | $4,065.48 | 8,879 | 222 | 2010–2025 |
| 61 | Todd County | $56M | $366.93 | 3,073 | 109 | 2010–2025 |
| 62 | Jackson County | $53M | $1,179.16 | 3,671 | 121 | 2010–2025 |
| 63 | Custer County | $50M | $353.55 | 6,432 | 140 | 2010–2025 |
| 64 | Stanley County | $44M | $1,456.15 | 2,305 | 295 | 2010–2025 |
| 65 | Fall River County | $33M | $294.03 | 2,785 | 169 | 2010–2025 |
| 66 | Oglala Lakota County | $14M | $63.04 | 1,071 | 67 | 2010–2025 |
| 67 | Shannon County | $13M | — | 167 | 17 | 2010–2017 |
| 68 | Madison County | $4M | — | 20 | 18 | 2010–2024 |
| 69 | Johnson County | $2M | — | 17 | 13 | 2010–2025 |
| 70 | Richardson County | $1M | — | 17 | 15 | 2010–2024 |
| 71 | Nemaha County | $1M | — | 16 | 13 | 2010–2025 |
| 72 | Morrill County | $1M | — | 13 | 13 | 2010–2025 |
| 73 | Seward County | $1M | — | 21 | 16 | 2010–2025 |
| 74 | Sioux County | $1M | — | 19 | 4 | 2011–2012 |
| 75 | Platte County | $1M | — | 14 | 10 | 2010–2022 |
| 76 | Holt County | $1M | — | 12 | 12 | 2010–2024 |
| 77 | Knox County | $1M | — | 22 | 12 | 2010–2025 |
| 78 | Dawes County | $0M | — | 4 | 3 | 2017–2021 |
| 79 | Cedar County | $0M | — | 21 | 14 | 2010–2023 |
| 80 | Saunders County | $0M | — | 29 | 13 | 2010–2025 |
| 81 | Adams County | $0M | — | 16 | 4 | 2010–2012 |
| 82 | Sheridan County | $0M | — | 5 | 5 | 2011–2023 |
| 83 | Boone County | $0M | — | 5 | 2 | 2017–2018 |
| 84 | Crook County | $0M | — | 4 | 4 | 2010–2012 |
| 85 | Logan County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 86 | Ramsey County | $0M | — | 5 | 2 | 2017–2018 |
| 87 | Lyon County | $0M | — | 17 | 6 | 2011–2023 |
| 88 | Yellow Medicine County | $0M | — | 5 | 4 | 2012–2021 |
| 89 | Wabaunsee County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2010–2010 |
| 90 | Weston County | $0M | — | 7 | 6 | 2010–2012 |
| 91 | Niobrara County | $0M | — | 3 | 3 | 2010–2012 |
| 92 | Kearny County | $0M | — | 2 | 2 | 2010–2011 |
| 93 | Sullivan County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 94 | King County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2017–2017 |
| 95 | Harper County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 96 | El Paso County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 97 | Rock County | $0M | — | 6 | 3 | 2012–2019 |
| 98 | Hettinger County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 99 | Emmons County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2010–2010 |
| 100 | Hawaii County | $0M | — | 2 | 1 | 2012–2012 |
| 101 | Divide County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 102 | Boyd County | $0M | — | 2 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 103 | Murray County | $0M | — | 18 | 2 | 2016–2017 |
| 104 | Hidalgo County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2012–2012 |
| 105 | Walsh County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 106 | Cherry County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2012–2012 |
| 107 | Pipestone County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2012–2012 |
| 108 | Shelby County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2012–2012 |
| 109 | Plymouth County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2012–2012 |
| 110 | Mcintosh County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2012–2012 |
| 111 | Dickey County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2011–2011 |
| 112 | Hubbard County | $0M | — | 1 | 1 | 2012–2012 |