South Dakota county websites: botability rankings

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Botability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 54 South Dakota county government websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

Sites: 54
Last scan: 9/20/2026

Showing South Dakota county sites. All U.S. county sites

B 82

Average botability score of 51 fully scanned South Dakota county sites

4th

of 48 states, ranked by average botability score

51 of 54

Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 3, so they're listed without grades

C 76

U.S. county average botability score, 2435 fully scanned sites

South Dakota's state site, sd.gov, ranks 18th of 51 state sites with a C. State rankings.

How South Dakota county botability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 51 fully scanned South Dakota county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

South Dakota average
U.S. county average

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How South Dakota county botability scores are distributed
Score range	Sites
0 to 9	0
10 to 19	0
20 to 29	0
30 to 39	0
40 to 49	0
50 to 59	1
60 to 69	8
70 to 79	6
80 to 89	9
90 to 100	27

South Dakota counties by botability grade, compared with all U.S. counties

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. South Dakota: 51 sites. U.S.: 2435 sites.

South DakotaA (90 to 100): 53% (27 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 29% (15 sites)D to F (below 70): 18% (9 sites)
All U.S. countiesA (90 to 100): 20% (488 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 47% (1,135 sites)D to F (below 70): 33% (812 sites)

A (90 to 100)
B to C (70 to 89)
D to F (below 70)

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South Dakota counties by botability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Group	A (90 to 100)	B to C (70 to 89)	D to F (below 70)
South Dakota	53% (27)	29% (15)	18% (9)
All U.S. counties	20% (488)	47% (1,135)	33% (812)

Top 3 South Dakota county sites by botability score

#1 in South Dakota · U.S. rank 2

Buffalo County, SD

A 90 botability

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security B
Usability F

#1 in South Dakota · U.S. rank 2

Charles Mix County, SD

A 90 botability

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security A
Usability C

#1 in South Dakota · U.S. rank 2

Clark County, SD

A 90 botability

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security B
Usability C

Most common botability failures among South Dakota county sites

Share of the 51 fully scanned South Dakota county sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to its standard and how to fix it.

GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type100% (51 of 51 sites)
Sitemap in robots.txt20% (10 of 51 sites)
Link text18% (9 of 51 sites)
Robots valid16% (8 of 51 sites)
Sitemap status16% (8 of 51 sites)

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Most common botability failures among South Dakota county sites
Check	Share failing	Sites failing
GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type	100%	51
Sitemap in robots.txt	20%	10
Link text	18%	9
Robots valid	16%	8
Sitemap status	16%	8

What each check means

GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type. Homepage is marked up as an official government organization. Systems cannot verify you are an official government site.
Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
Robots valid. The site has a robots.txt file that guides search engines. Search engines ignore your instructions.
Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.

All South Dakota county sites by botability score

South Dakota county sites ranked by botability score
Rank	Site	Checks passed	Grade
1	buffalo.sdcounties.org Buffalo County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	charlesmixcounty.gov Charles Mix County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	clark.sdcounties.org Clark County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	corsoncountysd.gov Corson County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	custercountysd.com Custer County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	davisoncounty.org Davison County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	day.sdcounties.org Day County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	deuelcountysd.com Deuel County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	dewey.sdcounties.org Dewey County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	douglas.sdcounties.org Douglas County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	edmunds.sdcounties.org Edmunds County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	fallrivercountysd.gov Fall River County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	hamlinco.us Hamlin County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	hansoncountysd.gov Hanson County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	jerauldcountysd.com Jerauld County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	lymancounty.org Lyman County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	marshall.sdcounties.org Marshall County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	meadecounty.org Meade County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	mellette.sdcounty.gov Mellette County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	moodycounty.net Moody County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	oglalalakotacountysd.gov Oglala Lakota County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	perkinscounty.org Perkins County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	robertscosd.gov Roberts County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	stanleycountysd.gov Stanley County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	unioncountysd.gov Union County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	walworthco.org Walworth County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
1	ziebachcounty.org Ziebach County, SD U.S. rank 2	10 of 11 checks pass	A
2	buttesd.gov Butte County, SD U.S. rank 3	7 of 8 checks pass	B
2	gregory.sdcounty.gov Gregory County, SD U.S. rank 3	7 of 8 checks pass	B
2	hughescounty.org Hughes County, SD U.S. rank 3	7 of 8 checks pass	B
2	hutchinsoncountysd.gov Hutchinson County, SD U.S. rank 3	7 of 8 checks pass	B
3	codington.sdcounty.gov Codington County, SD U.S. rank 4	9 of 11 checks pass	B
3	handcountysd.gov Hand County, SD U.S. rank 4	9 of 11 checks pass	B
3	mccookcountysd.gov McCook County, SD U.S. rank 4	9 of 11 checks pass	B
3	mcpherson.sdcounty.gov McPherson County, SD U.S. rank 4	9 of 11 checks pass	B
3	turner.sdcounties.org Turner County, SD U.S. rank 4	9 of 11 checks pass	B
4	pennco.org Pennington County, SD U.S. rank 6	6 of 8 checks pass	C
5	grantcounty.sd.gov Grant County, SD U.S. rank 7	8 of 11 checks pass	C
5	lake.sd.gov Lake County, SD U.S. rank 7	8 of 11 checks pass	C
5	miner.sdcounty.gov Miner County, SD U.S. rank 7	8 of 11 checks pass	C
5	sully.sdcounty.gov Sully County, SD U.S. rank 7	8 of 11 checks pass	C
5	trippcounty.us Tripp County, SD U.S. rank 7	8 of 11 checks pass	C
6	beadlesd.org Beadle County, SD U.S. rank 9	7 of 11 checks pass	D
6	brookingscountysd.gov Brookings County, SD U.S. rank 9	7 of 11 checks pass	D
6	brown.sd.us Brown County, SD U.S. rank 9	7 of 11 checks pass	D
6	brulecounty.gov Brule County, SD U.S. rank 9	7 of 11 checks pass	D
6	claycountysd.org Clay County, SD U.S. rank 9	7 of 11 checks pass	D
6	lawrence.sd.us Lawrence County, SD U.S. rank 9	7 of 11 checks pass	D
6	lincolncountysd.gov Lincoln County, SD U.S. rank 9	7 of 11 checks pass	D
6	co.yankton.sd.us Yankton County, SD U.S. rank 9	7 of 11 checks pass	D
7	spinkcounty-sd.org Spink County, SD U.S. rank 11	6 of 11 checks pass	F
	hardingsd.net Harding County, SD	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	mccookcountysd.com McCook County, SD	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 408	-
	minnehahacounty.gov Minnehaha County, SD	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996	-

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About botability

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About this data

ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in South Dakota. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 8/18/2026 and 9/18/2026; each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage returned successfully and sent the scanner its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We weren't able to fully scan 3 sites because they did not respond, blocked the scanner, or returned no page content. They appear in the table without grades, each with its scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale, and rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, including every county's raw results, is published in the ScanGov data repository.