The median income of Perkins County residents was $29,757 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 1,284 households with a population of 2,897.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Lincoln County with $39,432 per year after adjusting for inflation – $9,675 more than Perkins County. It had 19,749 households with a population of 56,826.
The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Oglala Lakota County with $15,163 per year after adjusting for inflation – $14,594 less than Perkins County. It had 2,729 households with a population of 14,335.
South Dakota counties by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County | $39,432 |
| 2 | Hughes County | $37,626 |
| 3 | Union County | $37,384 |
| 4 | Sully County | $36,450 |
| 5 | Edmunds County | $36,104 |
| 6 | Stanley County | $36,029 |
| 7 | Aurora County | $35,781 |
| 8 | Hyde County | $34,196 |
| 9 | Minnehaha County | $33,737 |
| 10 | Kingsbury County | $33,683 |
| 11 | Harding County | $33,523 |
| 12 | Moody County | $32,692 |
| 13 | Hamlin County | $32,500 |
| 14 | Grant County | $32,478 |
| 15 | McCook County | $32,425 |
| 16 | Marshall County | $32,424 |
| 17 | Brown County | $32,380 |
| 18 | Deuel County | $32,314 |
| 19 | Campbell County | $31,790 |
| 20 | Hand County | $31,679 |
| 21 | Custer County | $31,570 |
| 22 | Turner County | $31,455 |
| 23 | Hanson County | $31,341 |
| 24 | Spink County | $31,111 |
| 25 | Walworth County | $31,106 |
| 26 | Codington County | $31,021 |
| 27 | Sanborn County | $30,921 |
| 28 | Davison County | $30,801 |
| 29 | Meade County | $30,410 |
| 30 | Hutchinson County | $30,145 |
| 31 | Yankton County | $30,126 |
| 32 | Jones County | $30,053 |
| 33 | Beadle County | $29,818 |
| 34 | Pennington County | $29,805 |
| 35 | Perkins County | $29,757 |
| 36 | Miner County | $29,577 |
| 37 | Faulk County | $29,184 |
| 38 | Tripp County | $28,905 |
| 39 | Brule County | $28,873 |
| 40 | Potter County | $28,774 |
| 41 | Jerauld County | $28,438 |
| 42 | Lake County | $28,121 |
| 43 | Douglas County | $27,436 |
| 44 | Lawrence County | $27,320 |
| 45 | Day County | $27,029 |
| 46 | Brookings County | $26,704 |
| 47 | Roberts County | $26,253 |
| 48 | Dewey County | $25,887 |
| 49 | Lyman County | $25,879 |
| 50 | Gregory County | $25,806 |
| 51 | Haakon County | $25,625 |
| 52 | McPherson County | $25,558 |
| 53 | Bon Homme County | $25,382 |
| 54 | Charles Mix County | $25,353 |
| 55 | Butte County | $25,160 |
| 56 | Bennett County | $24,988 |
| 57 | Clark County | $24,856 |
| 58 | Fall River County | $24,749 |
| 59 | Ziebach County | $21,181 |
| 60 | Corson County | $21,172 |
| 61 | Clay County | $20,563 |
| 62 | Todd County | $18,483 |
| 63 | Mellette County | $17,740 |
| 64 | Jackson County | $17,050 |
| 65 | Buffalo County | $15,181 |
| 66 | Oglala Lakota County | $15,163 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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