Central South Dakota News

Leola ranked 66th in South Dakota for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 26 Leola households (16 percent) who received food stamps. Leola's population was 435 in 2020.

The cities with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Allen, Wounded Knee and Manderson-White Horse Creek. In these cities, 100 percent of households received food stamps - 84 percent more than Leola.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Ethan, which had one of 144 households receiving food stamps, 15.3 percent less than Leola. In 2020 the population of Ethan was 328.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	Allen	67	67	100
1	Wounded Knee	90	90	100
1	Manderson-White Horse Creek	96	96	100
4	Corn Creek	28	25	89.3
5	Two Strike	113	99	87.6
6	Little Eagle	59	50	84.7
7	La Plant	50	42	84
8	Bullhead	61	45	73.8
9	Kyle	205	144	70.2
10	Porcupine	260	180	69.2
11	Long Hollow	99	68	68.7
12	Wanblee	91	60	65.9
13	Norris	34	22	64.7
14	Antelope	210	133	63.3
15	Oglala	389	243	62.5
16	Lower Brule	214	122	57
17	Marty	68	38	55.9
18	Lebanon	20	11	55
18	Pine Ridge	555	305	55
20	Fort Thompson	330	178	53.9
21	Soldier Creek	84	45	53.6
22	North Eagle Butte	441	217	49.2
23	Parmelee	100	48	48
24	Rosebud	410	196	47.8
25	St. Francis	168	74	44
26	Richland	45	19	42.2
27	Dolton	31	13	41.9
28	Eagle Butte	400	162	40.5
29	White Horse	54	19	35.2
30	Mission	404	138	34.2
31	Lake Andes	251	82	32.7
32	Peever	77	25	32.5
33	Whitehorse	37	12	32.4
34	Canova	39	12	30.8
35	Dupree	147	43	29.3
36	McLaughlin	176	51	29
37	Dallas	49	14	28.6
38	Nisland	72	20	27.8
39	Irene	203	56	27.6
40	Olivet	37	10	27
41	Wood	39	10	25.6
42	Delmont	80	20	25
43	New Effington	108	24	22.2
44	Hot Springs	1,695	373	22
45	Aurora Center	23	5	21.7
46	Keystone	161	34	21.1
47	Chancellor	131	27	20.6
48	Edgemont	332	68	20.5
49	Stockholm	54	11	20.4
50	Sisseton	1,054	211	20
51	Belle Fourche	2,356	462	19.6
52	Mission Hill	77	15	19.5
53	Wagner	566	109	19.3
54	Dimock	43	8	18.6
55	Agar	54	10	18.5
55	Canistota	298	55	18.5
57	Strandburg	39	7	17.9
58	Langford	171	30	17.5
58	Pringle	63	11	17.5
60	Badger	46	8	17.4
61	Draper	35	6	17.1
62	Tabor	188	32	17
63	Monroe	113	19	16.8
64	New Underwood	194	32	16.5
65	Summit	117	19	16.2
66	Flandreau	991	159	16
66	Leola	162	26	16
66	North Sioux	1,335	213	16
66	Tripp	282	45	16
70	Java	57	9	15.8
71	Faith	127	20	15.7
71	Wakonda	102	16	15.7
73	Veblen	188	29	15.4
74	Stratford	20	3	15
75	Woonsocket	323	48	14.9
76	Egan	142	21	14.8
76	Wessington	115	17	14.8
78	Bonesteel	147	21	14.3
78	Oelrichs	49	7	14.3
78	Pukwana	133	19	14.3
78	Seneca	21	3	14.3
82	Artesian	71	10	14.1
82	Conde	85	12	14.1
84	Chamberlain	1,059	147	13.9
85	Howard	363	50	13.8
85	South Shore	116	16	13.8
87	Montrose	227	31	13.7
88	Waubay	243	33	13.6
89	Wolsey	238	32	13.4
90	Avon	301	40	13.3
90	Belvidere	30	4	13.3
92	Forestburg	38	5	13.2
92	Timber Lake	234	31	13.2
94	White River	214	28	13.1
95	Huron	5,559	723	13
96	Blackhawk	1,267	164	12.9
96	Martin	433	56	12.9
96	Parker	394	51	12.9
99	Hazel	47	6	12.8
99	Vermillion	3,932	504	12.8