Spreadsheets for breakfast: from the CDC’s latest coronavirus data, as of June 1, here are all of South Dakota’s counties listed by percentage of adults fully vaccinated against coronavirus:
| County | People who are fully vaccinated as % of population – ages 18+ |
| Dewey | 67.0% |
| Kingsbury | 62.3% |
| Stanley | 59.2% |
| Yankton | 58.5% |
| Clay | 56.0% |
| Minnehaha | 55.4% |
| Roberts | 52.5% |
| Hughes | 52.4% |
| Brown | 52.2% |
| Clark | 51.8% |
| Miner | 51.0% |
| Day | 50.5% |
| Faulk | 50.4% |
| Lyman | 50.4% |
| Marshall | 50.3% |
| Buffalo | 50.2% |
| Charles Mix | 49.4% |
| Oglala Lakota | 49.3% |
| Bon Homme | 48.8% |
| Jones | 48.4% |
| Union | 47.8% |
| Todd | 47.7% |
| Potter | 47.3% |
| Moody | 45.9% |
| McCook | 45.6% |
| Jerauld | 44.4% |
| Aurora | 44.0% |
| Fall River | 43.7% |
| Lincoln | 43.3% |
| Hutchinson | 43.1% |
| Sanborn | 43.1% |
| Bennett | 43.1% |
| Hyde | 42.8% |
| Grant | 42.7% |
| Davison | 41.4% |
| Meade | 41.3% |
| Gregory | 41.3% |
| Codington | 41.1% |
| Beadle | 40.9% |
| Brookings | 39.6% |
| Lake | 39.1% |
| Spink | 38.9% |
| Douglas | 38.8% |
| Hand | 38.6% |
| Lawrence | 38.3% |
| Turner | 38.0% |
| Brule | 38.0% |
| Pennington | 37.6% |
| Hamlin | 37.4% |
| Deuel | 36.6% |
| Custer | 35.2% |
| Jackson | 35.0% |
| Hanson | 34.5% |
| Edmunds | 32.7% |
| Tripp | 32.3% |
| Walworth | 32.1% |
| Sully | 31.6% |
| Mellette | 31.5% |
| Corson | 30.0% |
| Butte | 28.9% |
| Haakon | 28.6% |
| Campbell | 27.0% |
| Perkins | 24.2% |
| Ziebach | 22.7% |
| Harding | 15.8% |
| McPherson | 11.4% |
…and for vaccination of the age 65+ subgroup:
| County | People who are fully vaccinated as % of population – ages 65+ |
| Clay | 99.9% |
| Dewey | 97.3% |
| Kingsbury | 93.2% |
| Miner | 85.8% |
| Yankton | 85.0% |
| Stanley | 84.0% |
| Jones | 80.9% |
| Minnehaha | 79.5% |
| Brown | 77.9% |
| Buffalo | 77.7% |
| Lyman | 73.2% |
| Clark | 72.5% |
| Marshall | 72.2% |
| Todd | 72.0% |
| Bennett | 71.6% |
| Faulk | 71.3% |
| Bon Homme | 71.0% |
| Charles Mix | 69.4% |
| Hanson | 67.5% |
| Potter | 67.4% |
| Oglala Lakota | 67.0% |
| Union | 65.8% |
| Moody | 65.6% |
| Grant | 65.5% |
| Fall River | 65.1% |
| Aurora | 65.0% |
| McCook | 64.3% |
| Day | 64.2% |
| Hamlin | 64.1% |
| Hutchinson | 63.8% |
| Gregory | 63.3% |
| Brookings | 62.9% |
| Hughes | 62.5% |
| Roberts | 62.2% |
| Sanborn | 62.0% |
| Hyde | 61.3% |
| Spink | 60.3% |
| Meade | 60.0% |
| Davison | 59.9% |
| Codington | 58.9% |
| Douglas | 58.5% |
| Jerauld | 58.2% |
| Beadle | 57.1% |
| Jackson | 56.5% |
| Lawrence | 56.3% |
| Hand | 55.2% |
| Pennington | 53.6% |
| Corson | 52.4% |
| Mellette | 52.1% |
| Deuel | 51.6% |
| Turner | 51.5% |
| Edmunds | 51.4% |
| Butte | 51.1% |
| Lincoln | 50.2% |
| Custer | 49.4% |
| Walworth | 48.2% |
| Tripp | 47.3% |
| Brule | 46.2% |
| Haakon | 46.2% |
| Lake | 44.1% |
| Campbell | 42.9% |
| Ziebach | 42.4% |
| Perkins | 42.2% |
| Sully | 38.8% |
| Harding | 38.6% |
| McPherson | 12.0% |
…and for vaccination of humans age 12–17:
| County | People who are fully vaccinated as % of population – 12-17 |
| Oglala Lakota | 13.7% |
| Clay | 12.7% |
| Dewey | 12.1% |
| Lyman | 11.6% |
| Yankton | 10.1% |
| Jackson | 9.0% |
| Minnehaha | 8.9% |
| Lincoln | 7.9% |
| Davison | 7.5% |
| Brookings | 7.2% |
| Hughes | 7.1% |
| Bennett | 7.1% |
| Pennington | 6.8% |
| Sully | 6.4% |
| Brown | 6.2% |
| Hutchinson | 6.2% |
| Day | 6.1% |
| Todd | 6.1% |
| Ziebach | 6.0% |
| Mellette | 5.7% |
| Lawrence | 5.6% |
| Jones | 5.2% |
| Roberts | 4.9% |
| Meade | 4.9% |
| Union | 4.8% |
| Hand | 4.8% |
| Turner | 4.7% |
| Stanley | 4.6% |
| Bon Homme | 4.6% |
| Grant | 4.5% |
| Lake | 4.3% |
| Moody | 3.6% |
| Codington | 3.6% |
| McCook | 3.5% |
| Gregory | 3.5% |
| Spink | 3.4% |
| Edmunds | 3.3% |
| Charles Mix | 3.1% |
| Custer | 2.9% |
| Kingsbury | 2.8% |
| Marshall | 2.8% |
| Aurora | 2.8% |
| Brule | 2.8% |
| Hanson | 2.7% |
| Douglas | 2.3% |
| Fall River | 2.1% |
| Hyde | 2.0% |
| Beadle | 2.0% |
| Butte | 1.8% |
| Faulk | 1.7% |
| Sanborn | 1.7% |
| Clark | 1.3% |
| Haakon | 1.3% |
| Potter | 1.2% |
| Deuel | 0.9% |
| Buffalo | 0.8% |
| Tripp | 0.7% |
| Corson | 0.6% |
| Walworth | 0.5% |
| McPherson | 0.5% |
| Hamlin | 0.3% |
| Miner | |
| Jerauld | |
| Campbell | |
| Perkins | |
| Harding |
The CDC spreadsheet is blank for those last five counties; either Miner, Jerauld, Campbell, Perkins, and Harding aren’t vaccinating any kids or haven’t reported any yet; either way, they need to pick up the pace.
And finally, here’s an alphabetical listing of all South Dakota counties with their coronavirus vaccination rates, plus a bonus column of my own making showing what percentage of South Dakota’s overall fully vaccinated cohort each county is producing:
| County | Population | Population as a percent of state | People who are fully vaccinated | Fully vaccinated residents as percentage of statewide fully vaccinated cohort | People who are fully vaccinated as % of total population | People who are fully vaccinated as % of population – 12-17 | People who are fully vaccinated as % of population – ages 18+ | People who are fully vaccinated as % of population – ages 65+ |
| Aurora | 2,751 | 0.3% | 918 | 0.24% | 33.4% | 2.8% | 44.0% | 65.0% |
| Beadle | 18,453 | 2.1% | 5,533 | 1.47% | 30.0% | 2.0% | 40.9% | 57.1% |
| Bennett | 3,365 | 0.4% | 986 | 0.26% | 29.3% | 7.1% | 43.1% | 71.6% |
| Bon Homme | 6,901 | 0.8% | 2,737 | 0.73% | 39.7% | 4.6% | 48.8% | 71.0% |
| Brookings | 35,077 | 4.0% | 11,190 | 2.98% | 31.9% | 7.2% | 39.6% | 62.9% |
| Brown | 38,839 | 4.4% | 15,652 | 4.16% | 40.3% | 6.2% | 52.2% | 77.9% |
| Brule | 5,297 | 0.6% | 1,509 | 0.40% | 28.5% | 2.8% | 38.0% | 46.2% |
| Buffalo | 1,962 | 0.2% | 606 | 0.16% | 30.9% | 0.8% | 50.2% | 77.7% |
| Butte | 10,429 | 1.2% | 2,285 | 0.61% | 21.9% | 1.8% | 28.9% | 51.1% |
| Campbell | 1,376 | 0.2% | 311 | 0.08% | 22.6% | 27.0% | 42.9% | |
| Charles Mix | 9,292 | 1.1% | 3,250 | 0.86% | 35.0% | 3.1% | 49.4% | 69.4% |
| Clark | 3,736 | 0.4% | 1,417 | 0.38% | 37.9% | 1.3% | 51.8% | 72.5% |
| Clay | 14,070 | 1.6% | 6,601 | 1.76% | 46.9% | 12.7% | 56.0% | 99.9% |
| Codington | 28,009 | 3.2% | 8,872 | 2.36% | 31.7% | 3.6% | 41.1% | 58.9% |
| Corson | 4,086 | 0.5% | 781 | 0.21% | 19.1% | 0.6% | 30.0% | 52.4% |
| Custer | 8,972 | 1.0% | 2,705 | 0.72% | 30.1% | 2.9% | 35.2% | 49.4% |
| Davison | 19,775 | 2.2% | 6,418 | 1.71% | 32.5% | 7.5% | 41.4% | 59.9% |
| Day | 5,424 | 0.6% | 2,153 | 0.57% | 39.7% | 6.1% | 50.5% | 64.2% |
| Deuel | 4,351 | 0.5% | 1,228 | 0.33% | 28.2% | 0.9% | 36.6% | 51.6% |
| Dewey | 5,892 | 0.7% | 2,526 | 0.67% | 42.9% | 12.1% | 67.0% | 97.3% |
| Douglas | 2,921 | 0.3% | 843 | 0.22% | 28.9% | 2.3% | 38.8% | 58.5% |
| Edmunds | 3,829 | 0.4% | 972 | 0.26% | 25.4% | 3.3% | 32.7% | 51.4% |
| Fall River | 6,713 | 0.8% | 2,452 | 0.65% | 36.5% | 2.1% | 43.7% | 65.1% |
| Faulk | 2,299 | 0.3% | 863 | 0.23% | 37.5% | 1.7% | 50.4% | 71.3% |
| Grant | 7,052 | 0.8% | 2,357 | 0.63% | 33.4% | 4.5% | 42.7% | 65.5% |
| Gregory | 4,185 | 0.5% | 1,330 | 0.35% | 31.8% | 3.5% | 41.3% | 63.3% |
| Haakon | 1,899 | 0.2% | 418 | 0.11% | 22.0% | 1.3% | 28.6% | 46.2% |
| Hamlin | 6,164 | 0.7% | 1,555 | 0.41% | 25.2% | 0.3% | 37.4% | 64.1% |
| Hand | 3,191 | 0.4% | 976 | 0.26% | 30.6% | 4.8% | 38.6% | 55.2% |
| Hanson | 3,453 | 0.4% | 841 | 0.22% | 24.4% | 2.7% | 34.5% | 67.5% |
| Harding | 1,298 | 0.2% | 156 | 0.04% | 12.0% | 15.8% | 38.6% | |
| Hughes | 17,526 | 2.0% | 7,058 | 1.88% | 40.3% | 7.1% | 52.4% | 62.5% |
| Hutchinson | 7,291 | 0.8% | 2,380 | 0.63% | 32.6% | 6.2% | 43.1% | 63.8% |
| Hyde | 1,301 | 0.2% | 439 | 0.12% | 33.7% | 2.0% | 42.8% | 61.3% |
| Jackson | 3,344 | 0.4% | 793 | 0.21% | 23.7% | 9.0% | 35.0% | 56.5% |
| Jerauld | 2,013 | 0.2% | 684 | 0.18% | 34.0% | 44.4% | 58.2% | |
| Jones | 903 | 0.1% | 346 | 0.09% | 38.3% | 5.2% | 48.4% | 80.9% |
| Kingsbury | 4,939 | 0.6% | 2,365 | 0.63% | 47.9% | 2.8% | 62.3% | 93.2% |
| Lake | 12,797 | 1.5% | 4,031 | 1.07% | 31.5% | 4.3% | 39.1% | 44.1% |
| Lawrence | 25,844 | 2.9% | 8,264 | 2.20% | 32.0% | 5.6% | 38.3% | 56.3% |
| Lincoln | 61,128 | 6.9% | 19,612 | 5.22% | 32.1% | 7.9% | 43.3% | 50.2% |
| Lyman | 3,781 | 0.4% | 1,388 | 0.37% | 36.7% | 11.6% | 50.4% | 73.2% |
| Marshall | 4,935 | 0.6% | 1,899 | 0.51% | 38.5% | 2.8% | 50.3% | 72.2% |
| McCook | 5,586 | 0.6% | 1,855 | 0.49% | 33.2% | 3.5% | 45.6% | 64.3% |
| McPherson | 2,379 | 0.3% | 205 | 0.05% | 8.6% | 0.5% | 11.4% | 12.0% |
| Meade | 28,332 | 3.2% | 9,189 | 2.44% | 32.4% | 4.9% | 41.3% | 60.0% |
| Mellette | 2,061 | 0.2% | 461 | 0.12% | 22.4% | 5.7% | 31.5% | 52.1% |
| Miner | 2,216 | 0.3% | 858 | 0.23% | 38.7% | 51.0% | 85.8% | |
| Minnehaha | 193,134 | 21.8% | 81,290 | 21.62% | 42.1% | 8.9% | 55.4% | 79.5% |
| Moody | 6,576 | 0.7% | 2,237 | 0.59% | 34.0% | 3.6% | 45.9% | 65.6% |
| Oglala Lakota | 14,177 | 1.6% | 4,650 | 1.24% | 32.8% | 13.7% | 49.3% | 67.0% |
| Pennington | 113,775 | 12.9% | 33,579 | 8.93% | 29.5% | 6.8% | 37.6% | 53.6% |
| Perkins | 2,865 | 0.3% | 549 | 0.15% | 19.2% | 24.2% | 42.2% | |
| Potter | 2,153 | 0.2% | 805 | 0.21% | 37.4% | 1.2% | 47.3% | 67.4% |
| Roberts | 10,394 | 1.2% | 3,900 | 1.04% | 37.5% | 4.9% | 52.5% | 62.2% |
| Sanborn | 2,344 | 0.3% | 762 | 0.20% | 32.5% | 1.7% | 43.1% | 62.0% |
| Spink | 6,376 | 0.7% | 1,927 | 0.51% | 30.2% | 3.4% | 38.9% | 60.3% |
| Stanley | 3,098 | 0.4% | 1,385 | 0.37% | 44.7% | 4.6% | 59.2% | 84.0% |
| Sully | 1,391 | 0.2% | 353 | 0.09% | 25.4% | 6.4% | 31.6% | 38.8% |
| Todd | 10,177 | 1.2% | 2,911 | 0.77% | 28.6% | 6.1% | 47.7% | 72.0% |
| Tripp | 5,441 | 0.6% | 1,347 | 0.36% | 24.8% | 0.7% | 32.3% | 47.3% |
| Turner | 8,384 | 1.0% | 2,440 | 0.65% | 29.1% | 4.7% | 38.0% | 51.5% |
| Union | 15,932 | 1.8% | 5,829 | 1.55% | 36.6% | 4.8% | 47.8% | 65.8% |
| Walworth | 5,435 | 0.6% | 1,341 | 0.36% | 24.7% | 0.5% | 32.1% | 48.2% |
| Yankton | 22,814 | 2.6% | 10,713 | 2.85% | 47.0% | 10.1% | 58.5% | 85.0% |
| Ziebach | 2,756 | 0.3% | 474 | 0.13% | 17.2% | 6.0% | 22.7% | 42.4% |
| Unallocated | 67,270 | 17.89% |
Note that the percentage of the statewide vaccinated population tracks pretty closely with each county’s share of the state’s total population. The large number of “unallocated” fully vaccinated South Dakotans, the 17.89% whose county of residence isn’t nailed down in these figures, depresses those percentages, but among the fully shot South Dakotans we can track to counties, only residents of Yankton, Clay, Kingsbury, and Stanley counties constitute a larger proportion of the vaccinated population than they do of the overall population.
As always, I invite your statistical analyses and observations.
McPherson County is lagging way behind.
Charlie Hoffman, what is going on? Is there an anti-vax enclave somewhere around Eureka or Leola?
Two people, one vaccinated, one not.
How to know which is vaccinated
Just ask ” who won the election for President”..
Well, for a former Lake County resident, that was thoroughly depressing. But as a current Minnehaha County resident, sounds good, could be better, but sounds good.
Its easy, just check what percentage of the vote trump got and you know that county hasn’t gotten their shots, holy Eureka, just past Leola Cory, its a dead zone out there.
MAGA-KOTAS don’t need no damn vaccines.
They got ’em some hydroxychloroquine pancake syrup.
MyPillows induce immunity, too.
well…I probably need to digest these numbers more but I’m puzzled. Faulk is at 50% and McPherson checks in with 11%. The counties are closely located and very similar demographically…what gives??? No doctor or county nurse in McPherson???Some wacko religious sect taken over McPherson County. ???It seems really odd to me. Custer County is also an outlier. Definite Trump country but has a hospital and medical community. Its a health issue…not a political or religious issue.Its about germs and their facility to kill people if left unchecked. Its getting weird out there.
Indeed, Nick, Charlie’s neighbors are doing the worst job of carrying out their simple patriotic duty. If they would all just stay home and order all their buckshot and canned goods from Amazon, we’d be fine, I guess.
Mr Nemec, you must be one of the most admired individuals in the state. Might you run for office? Rep Jamie Raskin has too shown us profound conscience despite the enormous headwinds of personal loss.
Cory, does the 1st column exclude the 65+ Age group? Thx