Turner County
$73.4M in FY2025 federal spending, $8,464 per capita.
South Dakota · FIPS 46125
In FY2025, Turner County in South Dakota received $73.4M in federal spending - $8,464 per capita for a population of 8,673. This is 45.9% below the national average and 34.6% below the South Dakota average. By per-capita federal spending, it ranks #55 of 66 South Dakota counties.
- Total spending
- $73.4M
- Per capita
- $8,464
- vs. national avg
- -45.9%
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
The verdict
Turner County posts above-median federal per-capita spending nationally.
- National per-capita rank
- Top 44%
- of 3,232 US counties
- Per-capita spending
- $8,464
- South Dakota rank
- #55 of 66
How Turner County Compares
Per-capita federal spending: Turner County vs. South Dakota and the nation
Population: 8,673 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) - the denominator behind the per-capita figures above.
How Turner County Ranks Nationally
Per-capita federal spending vs. all US counties
All 3,232 US counties, FY2025
$8,464 Top 44% higher than 56% of 3,224 US counties
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Source USASpending.gov FY2025 + U.S. Census Bureau population estimates
Turner County Among South Dakota's Largest Counties
Population vs. per-capita spending: South Dakota's biggest counties
Read the chart as a table
| County | Population | Per capita | Total spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha County | 197,214 | $8,232 | $1.6B |
| Pennington County | 109,222 | $11,308 | $1.2B |
| Lincoln County | 65,161 | $6,414 | $418.0M |
| Brown County | 38,301 | $7,602 | $291.2M |
| Brookings County | 34,375 | $6,805 | $233.9M |
| Meade County | 29,852 | $12,098 | $361.1M |
| Codington County | 28,325 | $7,324 | $207.5M |
| Lawrence County | 25,768 | $11,168 | $287.8M |
| Yankton County | 23,310 | $8,007 | $186.6M |
| Davison County | 19,956 | $6,820 | $136.1M |
| Beadle County | 19,149 | $7,558 | $144.7M |
| Hughes County | 17,765 | $22,396 | $397.9M |
| Union County | 16,811 | $14,158 | $238.0M |
| Clay County | 14,967 | $7,186 | $107.6M |
| Oglala Lakota County | 13,672 | $27,398 | $374.6M |
| Turner County (this county) | 8,673 | $8,464 | $73.4M |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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