Ziebach County, South Dakota: public records at a glance

How Ziebach County compares — against the other counties in South Dakota

• 2,418 — people: 52nd highest of 66 South Dakota counties.
• $23,284 — spending per student in its school districts: 2nd highest of 65 South Dakota counties.
• 65.8 years — life expectancy: 54th highest of 61 South Dakota counties.
• 11.9% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 21st highest of 66 South Dakota counties.
• 55.7% — child poverty: the highest of 66 South Dakota counties.
• 77.8% — households with broadband internet: 56th highest of 66 South Dakota counties.
• $42,254 — median household income: 65th highest of 66 South Dakota counties.
• 10.0% — share of bridges rated poor: 46th highest of 66 South Dakota counties.
• $2,784 — federal grant dollars per resident: 21st highest of 66 South Dakota counties.
• $4.5 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 48th highest of 66 South Dakota counties.

“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Ziebach County

2 active community water systems list Ziebach County in the area they serve, reporting 2,715 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 110 people were held in Ziebach County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 6,351 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 60.

Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

2 school districts have their office in Ziebach County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.

Health, money and internet at home — Ziebach County beside South Dakota

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Ziebach County about $4.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.

The costliest hazards here

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

30 bridges in Ziebach County: 7 in good condition, 20 fair, and 3 poor (10.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.

Busiest bridges rated poor

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $6.7 million of work in Ziebach County in fiscal 2025, about $2,784 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.

Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.

Voting

Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for South Dakota are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Ziebach County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Ziebach County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

More of South Dakota: the state government and every county in South Dakota.

Nearby counties: Dewey County (42 mi) · Haakon County (49 mi) · Perkins County (52 mi) · Corson County (53 mi) · Meade County (58 mi) · Stanley County (60 mi).