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EDITION 2026.08 /8,821 RECORDS / PUBLIC DOMAIN

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County / FIPS 46135

Yankton County

South Dakota

Yankton County runs 10 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.

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At a glance

Public schools

10schools

Hospitals

2facilities

With a star rating

1facilities

Land area

521sq mi

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Yankton County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

23,414people

1714th of 3,222

Median household income

$72,821

986th of 3,222

Poverty rate

11.9%

± 2.6% — wide margin, not ranked

Unemployment rate

Not published

Sample too small here — the margin exceeds the figure by too much to report.

Median home value

$225,900

1123rd of 3,222

Median gross rent

$781

2254th of 3,222, tied with 5

Bachelor's degree or higher

31.4%

659th of 3,222

One figure is withheld above. The Census Bureau publishes them, but with a margin of error wider than 30% of the value — which for a place this size means the survey sampled too few households to say. They are left out rather than shown with a caveat nobody reads.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Yankton County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$186.6M

1693rd of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$8,0072020 population

Change since FY2021

+14%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Yankton County, FY2021–FY2025
$140M$160M$180M$200M
$187M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$163M
2022$180M
2023$143M
2024$159M
2025$187M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Yankton County ranks 1693rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Yankton County

Hospitals in Yankton County
HospitalCityCMS rating
Avera Sacred Heart HospitalYankton
South Dakota Human Services CenterYanktonNot rated
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Public schools in Yankton County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Yankton County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Beadle Elementary - 03Yankton School District 63-3Yankton404
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02Gayville-Volin School District 63-1Gayville144
Gayville-Volin High School - 01Gayville-Volin School District 63-1Gayville82
Gayville-Volin Middle School - 03Gayville-Volin School District 63-1Gayville63
Lincoln Elementary - 04Yankton School District 63-3Yankton410
Stewart Elementary - 05Yankton School District 63-3Yankton278
Webster Elementary - 06Yankton School District 63-3Yankton396
Yankton High School - 01Yankton School District 63-3Yankton942
Yankton Middle School - 02Yankton School District 63-3Yankton606
Jamesville Colony Elementary - 03Menno School District 33-2Menno20
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