County health data
Health data for South Dakota counties
CDC PLACES estimates for 66 counties in South Dakota. Statewide, 11.8% of adults have diagnosed diabetes (CDC BRFSS). The highest county rate is Mellette County at 21.1%. HRSA lists a shortage area designation in 66 of 66.
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Counties in South Dakota
- Aurora Countydiabetes 12.2%, 1 shortage area
- Beadle Countydiabetes 13.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Bennett Countydiabetes 18.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Bon Homme Countydiabetes 12.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Brookings Countydiabetes 8.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Brown Countydiabetes 11.2%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Brule Countydiabetes 13.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Buffalo Countydiabetes 17.5%, 3 shortage areas
- Butte Countydiabetes 12.5%, 2 shortage areas
- Campbell Countydiabetes 13.8%, 3 shortage areas
- Charles Mix Countydiabetes 15.3%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Clark Countydiabetes 13.1%, 3 shortage areas
- Clay Countydiabetes 8.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Codington Countydiabetes 12.1%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Corson Countydiabetes 19.9%, 3 shortage areas
- Custer Countydiabetes 13.9%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Davison Countydiabetes 12.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Day Countydiabetes 14.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Deuel Countydiabetes 11.9%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Dewey Countydiabetes 18.0%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Douglas Countydiabetes 13.6%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Edmunds Countydiabetes 12.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Fall River Countydiabetes 16.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Faulk Countydiabetes 14.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Grant Countydiabetes 12.8%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Gregory Countydiabetes 14.1%, 2 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Haakon Countydiabetes 13.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hamlin Countydiabetes 10.1%, 1 shortage area
- Hand Countydiabetes 11.9%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hanson Countydiabetes 12.1%, 1 shortage area
- Harding Countydiabetes 11.2%, 3 shortage areas
- Hughes Countydiabetes 10.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hutchinson Countydiabetes 12.1%, 1 shortage area, 2 hospitals
- Hyde Countydiabetes 13.6%, 3 shortage areas
- Jackson Countydiabetes 18.6%, 3 shortage areas
- Jerauld Countydiabetes 13.8%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Jones Countydiabetes 14.7%, 3 shortage areas
- Kingsbury Countydiabetes 12.1%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Lake Countydiabetes 12.0%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Lawrence Countydiabetes 11.4%, 1 shortage area, 2 hospitals
- Lincoln Countydiabetes 8.8%, 1 shortage area, 2 hospitals
- Lyman Countydiabetes 15.8%, 3 shortage areas
- Marshall Countydiabetes 12.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- McCook Countydiabetes 11.0%, 1 shortage area
- McPherson Countydiabetes 14.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Meade Countydiabetes 9.5%, 2 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Mellette Countydiabetes 21.1%, 3 shortage areas
- Miner Countydiabetes 13.3%, 2 shortage areas
- Minnehaha Countydiabetes 10.6%, 2 shortage areas, 5 hospitals
- Moody Countydiabetes 12.1%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Oglala Lakota Countydiabetes 21.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Pennington Countydiabetes 12.1%, 2 shortage areas, 3 hospitals
- Perkins Countydiabetes 14.3%, 3 shortage areas
- Potter Countydiabetes 13.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Roberts Countydiabetes 16.3%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Sanborn Countydiabetes 12.6%, 2 shortage areas
- Spink Countydiabetes 12.9%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Stanley Countydiabetes 11.1%, 2 shortage areas
- Sully Countydiabetes 12.5%, 2 shortage areas
- Todd Countydiabetes 20.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Tripp Countydiabetes 15.3%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Turner Countydiabetes 11.8%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Union Countydiabetes 10.6%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Walworth Countydiabetes 13.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Yankton Countydiabetes 11.8%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Ziebach Countydiabetes 18.7%, 3 shortage areas
Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page
South Dakota rural health plan
South Dakota Rural Health Transformation Plan
Initiatives, as the state's abstract names them (page 62):
- Connecting Technology & Data
- Advancing the Rural Workforce
- Keeping Healthcare Local and Strong
- Transforming Systems for Sustainability
CMS says the abstract budgets are illustrative and are not award amounts, so none are shown.
Source: CMS Rural Health Transformation Program state project abstracts, as of December 2025. Publisher page
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About this data
County rates are CDC PLACES model-based estimates of adults, built from the CDC BRFSS survey and Census population data. State and US figures are BRFSS survey results for the same year. They are not averages of counties, and small differences may not be meaningful.
Shortage rows are HRSA designations with status Designated. Scores run from 0 to 25 (0 to 26 for dental); a higher score means greater need. Hospitals are acute care and critical access hospitals CMS lists in the county, with 30-day rates of unplanned readmission. Health centers are active HRSA-funded and look-alike sites.
Rural health plan initiatives are copied as the state wrote them. Nothing here is medical advice.
Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page