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Counties with the highest air toxics cancer risk in South Dakota
Among 66 South Dakota counties with published values, the counties with the highest air toxics cancer risk are Aurora County, SD (20, 0.67 times the U.S. county median of 30), Beadle County, SD (20, 0.67 times the U.S. county median of 30) and Bon Homme County, SD (20, 0.67 times the U.S. county median of 30). Values are in a million (EPA AirToxScreen).
Source: EPA AirToxScreen. These are county-level figures, compared with the U.S. county median. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely.
All South Dakota counties, highest first
Air toxics cancer risk, in a million (EPA AirToxScreen).
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. county median | Times reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aurora County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 2 | Beadle County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 3 | Bon Homme County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 4 | Brookings County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 5 | Brown County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 6 | Brule County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 7 | Buffalo County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 8 | Butte County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 9 | Campbell County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 10 | Charles Mix County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 11 | Clark County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 12 | Clay County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 13 | Codington County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 14 | Davison County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 15 | Day County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 16 | Deuel County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 17 | Douglas County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 18 | Edmunds County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 19 | Fall River County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 20 | Faulk County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 21 | Grant County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 22 | Gregory County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 23 | Hamlin County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 24 | Hand County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 25 | Hanson County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 26 | Hughes County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 27 | Hutchinson County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 28 | Hyde County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 29 | Jerauld County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 30 | Jones County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 31 | Kingsbury County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 32 | Lake County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 33 | Lawrence County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 34 | Lincoln County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 35 | Lyman County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 36 | Marshall County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 37 | McCook County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 38 | McPherson County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 39 | Meade County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 40 | Miner County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 41 | Minnehaha County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 42 | Moody County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 43 | Oglala Lakota County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 44 | Pennington County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 45 | Potter County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 46 | Roberts County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 47 | Sanborn County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 48 | Spink County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 49 | Stanley County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 50 | Sully County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 51 | Todd County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 52 | Tripp County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 53 | Turner County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 54 | Union County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 55 | Walworth County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 56 | Yankton County | SD | 20 | 30 | 0.67x |
| 57 | Bennett County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 58 | Corson County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 59 | Custer County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 60 | Dewey County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 61 | Haakon County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 62 | Harding County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 63 | Jackson County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 64 | Mellette County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 65 | Perkins County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |
| 66 | Ziebach County | SD | 10 | 30 | 0.33x |