Poverty Rate in Brown County, SD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
11.7%
Rank #1,197/3,222 · #41 in SD
63th
Brown 11.7%
SD 11.9% -1.8%
US 12.6% -7.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Brown County's poverty rate of 11.7% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Brown County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,194 | Boone County, AR | 11.7% |
| #1,195 | Galveston County, TX | 11.7% |
| #1,196 | Griggs County, ND | 11.7% |
| #1,197 | Brown County, SD | 11.7% |
| #1,198 | Tioga County, PA | 11.7% |
| #1,199 | Caledonia County, VT | 11.7% |
| #1,200 | Schoharie County, NY | 11.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Brown County, South Dakota has a poverty rate of 11.7%, ranking #1,197 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.0% below the national value of 12.6%. Within South Dakota, it ranks #41 of 66. This places it in the 63th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.