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South Dakota Library Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 77
Median expenditures $111K
25th–75th percentile $57K  –  $276K
Total spend $31.5M
  1. #1
    Siouxland Libraries
    FY 2023 pop. 250,551
    Expenditures $10.4M
    Revenue $10.4M
  2. #2
    Rapid CITY Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 111,430
    Expenditures $3.9M
    Revenue $4.1M
  3. #3
    K.O. LEE Aberdeen Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 38,301
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.4M
  4. #4
    Watertown Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 23,019
    Expenditures $1.1M
    Revenue $1.3M
  5. #5
    Brookings Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 23,993
    Expenditures $1.0M
    Revenue $1.5M
  6. #6
    Huron Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 14,462
    Expenditures $978K
    Revenue $1.1M
  7. #7
    R. E. Rawlins Municipal Library
    FY 2023 pop. 16,111
    Expenditures $830K
    Revenue $830K
  8. #8
    Mitchell Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 15,659
    Expenditures $813K
    Revenue $858K
  9. #9
    Yankton Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 15,534
    Expenditures $812K
    Revenue $881K
  10. #10
    Edith B Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,915
    Expenditures $753K
    Revenue $793K
  11. #11
    Grace Balloch Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 20,035
    Expenditures $595K
    Revenue $549K
  12. #12
    Madison Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,097
    Expenditures $593K
    Revenue $674K
  13. #13
    Oglala Lakota College Woksape TIPI Academic & Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,157
    Expenditures $407K
    Revenue $336K
  14. #14
    Sturgis Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 19,400
    Expenditures $399K
    Revenue $427K
  15. #15
    Grant County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,463
    Expenditures $332K
    Revenue $435K
  16. #16
    Sinte Gleska University Library
    FY 2023 pop. 21,045
    Expenditures $330K
    Revenue $330K
  17. #17
    HOT Springs Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,590
    Expenditures $319K
    Revenue $319K
  18. #18
    DELL Rapids Carnegie Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,931
    Expenditures $298K
    Revenue $304K
  19. #19
    Belle Fourche Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 5,848
    Expenditures $291K
    Revenue $291K
  20. #20
    Custer County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,006
    Expenditures $276K
    Revenue $315K
  21. #21
    Beresford Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,129
    Expenditures $260K
    Revenue $274K
  22. #22
    North Sioux CITY Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,042
    Expenditures $255K
    Revenue $271K
  23. #23
    Phoebe Apperson Hearst FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,286
    Expenditures $243K
    Revenue $282K
  24. #24
    Britton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,228
    Expenditures $210K
    Revenue $207K
  25. #25
    Canton Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,065
    Expenditures $204K
    Revenue $226K
  26. #26
    Redfield Carnegie Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,167
    Expenditures $201K
    Revenue $201K
  27. #27
    Moody County Resource Center
    FY 2023 pop. 6,349
    Expenditures $189K
    Revenue $188K
  28. #28
    Freeman Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,312
    Expenditures $183K
    Revenue $183K
  29. #29
    Sisseton Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,412
    Expenditures $172K
    Revenue $184K
  30. #30
    Tripp County Library - Grossenburg Memorial
    FY 2023 pop. 5,565
    Expenditures $170K
    Revenue $174K
  31. #31
    Potter County FREE Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,438
    Expenditures $168K
    Revenue $173K
  32. #32
    Cozard Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,883
    Expenditures $168K
    Revenue $168K
  33. #33
    Deadwood Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,783
    Expenditures $168K
    Revenue $170K
  34. #34
    HILL CITY Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,553
    Expenditures $152K
    Revenue $152K
  35. #35
    A. H. Brown Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,228
    Expenditures $150K
    Revenue $154K
  36. #36
    Lennox Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,343
    Expenditures $135K
    Revenue $121K
  37. #37
    Alcester Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,386
    Expenditures $123K
    Revenue $138K
  38. #38
    Centerville Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,603
    Expenditures $111K
    Revenue $117K
  39. #39
    HAND County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,140
    Expenditures $111K
    Revenue $119K
  40. #40
    Faulk County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,126
    Expenditures $111K
    Revenue $116K
  41. #41
    Hamlin-codington Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 12,054
    Expenditures $110K
    Revenue $113K
  42. #42
    Ihanktonwan Community/college Library
    FY 2023 pop. 6,898
    Expenditures $108K
    Revenue $30K
  43. #43
    Harrisburg Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 8,451
    Expenditures $103K
    Revenue $133K
  44. #44
    Parker Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,121
    Expenditures $97K
    Revenue $99K
  45. #45
    Parkston Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,535
    Expenditures $93K
    Revenue $114K
  46. #46
    Wagner Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,436
    Expenditures $88K
    Revenue $89K
  47. #47
    Piedmont Valley Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,417
    Expenditures $85K
    Revenue $101K
  48. #48
    Webster Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,714
    Expenditures $84K
    Revenue $86K
  49. #49
    Hazel L. Meyer Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,061
    Expenditures $82K
    Revenue $93K
  50. #50
    Clear LAKE CITY Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,224
    Expenditures $78K
    Revenue $87K
  51. #51
    HYDE County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,184
    Expenditures $76K
    Revenue $87K
  52. #52
    Gregory Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,212
    Expenditures $76K
    Revenue $76K
  53. #53
    Whitewood Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,099
    Expenditures $76K
    Revenue $96K
  54. #54
    TEA Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 9,295
    Expenditures $74K
    Revenue $94K
  55. #55
    Lemmon Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,144
    Expenditures $66K
    Revenue $70K
  56. #56
    Haakon County Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,826
    Expenditures $62K
    Revenue $67K
  57. #57
    Woonsocket Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,216
    Expenditures $59K
    Revenue $60K
  58. #58
    Tyndall Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,072
    Expenditures $57K
    Revenue $57K
  59. #59
    ELK Point-jefferson Community/school Library
    FY 2023 pop. 4,399
    Expenditures $57K
    Revenue $165K
  60. #60
    Menno Community-school Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,615
    Expenditures $56K
    Revenue $39K
  61. #61
    Dewey County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 5,140
    Expenditures $52K
    Revenue $64K
  62. #62
    Northwest Regional Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,330
    Expenditures $50K
    Revenue $55K
  63. #63
    Bennett County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 3,336
    Expenditures $50K
    Revenue $41K
  64. #64
    WALL Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,065
    Expenditures $45K
    Revenue $40K
  65. #65
    Jackson County Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,821
    Expenditures $45K
    Revenue $44K
  66. #66
    Irene School/community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,029
    Expenditures $45K
    Revenue $48K
  67. #67
    Sully AREA Library
    FY 2023 pop. 2,013
    Expenditures $43K
    Revenue $43K
  68. #68
    Scotland Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,726
    Expenditures $35K
    Revenue $53K
  69. #69
    Lower Brule Community College Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,747
    Expenditures $34K
    Revenue $24K
  70. #70
    Faith Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,881
    Expenditures $32K
    Revenue $39K
  71. #71
    Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library
    FY 2023 pop. 11,409
    Expenditures $29K
    Revenue $55K
  72. #72
    Elkton School/community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,525
    Expenditures $27K
    Revenue $35K
  73. #73
    Platte Public Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,252
    Expenditures $25K
    Revenue $27K
  74. #74
    EMIL M. Larson Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,159
    Expenditures $25K
    Revenue $28K
  75. #75
    Dakota CLUB Library
    FY 2023 pop. 7,032
    Expenditures $17K
    Revenue $17K
  76. #76
    Plankinton Community Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,313
    Expenditures $10K
    Revenue $12K
  77. #77
    WAGE Memorial Library
    FY 2023 pop. 1,376
    Expenditures $9K
    Revenue $9K