Collected and spent
In fiscal year 2024, Minnehaha County collected $77.6M in taxes and spent $132.0M.
Collected
$77.6M
Fiscal year 2024 · taxes
Spent
$132.0M
Fiscal year 2024
Where the money comes from
One tax.
Property tax
$0.297 per $100 of value
Source · South Dakota certified 2024-pay-2025 levy documents, Minnehaha 2024 property tax. Read on July 23, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha 2024 property tax — county-government levy 2.970 per $1,000 taxable (General 2.450 + Building 0.207 + Debt Redemption 0.313) for a municipal address — printed on the Minnehaha County Auditor's 2024-pay-2025 levy sheet, summing identically in the SD DOR 2024 Recap, the county's own 2025 adopted budget, and the City of Brandon's tax page. The 0.256 library and 0.117 rural-fire levies apply only outside cities with their own. SD levies apply per $1,000 of taxable value = full-and-true (market) value × the county equalization factor (Minnehaha non-ag 0.942 for pay-2025, stated on the auditor sheet); school levies are class-specific and the owner-occupied class is sealedWhere it goes
Eleven service lines.
Corrections
$28.5M
Public works · Capital Outlay, all funds
$24.1M
General government
$19.9M
Police
$15.3M
Courts
$14.9M
Debt service · past obligation
$9.4M
Public works · Highways, Roads and Bridges
$9.0M
Health and human services
$5.9M
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Parks and recreation
$2.2M
Library
$1.5M
Fire
$1.5M
Bars in both tables share one scale. Hatched lines pay for past obligations, not current services.
Source · Minnehaha County, South Dakota — Audit Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024. Read on June 22, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha County, South Dakota — Audit Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 — Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances, Governmental Funds — Total Governmental Funds column — FY ending December 31, 2024 — amounts in actual dollars (not thousands)Who decides
Five part-time people sit on the Minnehaha County board. They pass budgets and make rules. They also run the county offices. The board has 5 seats. All voters pick them.
Gerald Beninga
Commissioner, at large
Next election
November 3, 2026
Jen Bleyenberg
Commissioner, at large
Next election
November 3, 2026
Cole Heisey
Commissioner, at large
Next election
November 7, 2028
Dean Karsky
Commissioner, at large
Next election
November 7, 2028
Joe Kippley
Commissioner, at large
Next election
November 3, 2026
Source · Minnehaha County, Minnehaha County Commission Office page. Read on October 10, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha County Commission Office page (read 2026-10-10)When decisions happen
State law sets the county year. The board must adopt the budget by resolution before October 1, before it fixes tax levies for the next year.
Each yearThe county budget year runs January 1 to December 31.
November 3, 2026Election for 3 seats
How to reach it
Minnehaha County Commission Office
Phone
Minnehaha County Commission Office, 415 N. Dakota Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Mailing address
Source · State of South Dakota, SDCL 7-21-1. Read on October 10, 2026.
Details
SDCL 7-21-1 (fiscal year) and 7-21-12 (budget before October 1) (read 2026-10-10)Also on this tax bill
A Minnehaha County address pays these governments too. Which school districts and cities apply depends on the address.
On every bill in Minnehaha County
On some bills, depending on the address
School districts: 10
West Central School District 49-7Not in Who Taxes Me yet
Tri-Valley School District 49-6Not in Who Taxes Me yet
Brandon Valley School District 49-2School districtDell Rapids School District 49-3Not in Who Taxes Me yet
Garretson School District 49-4Not in Who Taxes Me yet
Sioux Falls School District 49-5School districtBaltic School District 49-1Not in Who Taxes Me yet
Parker School District 60-4Not in Who Taxes Me yet
Chester School District 39-1Not in Who Taxes Me yet
Montrose School District 43-2Not in Who Taxes Me yet
Cities: 2
Sioux FallsCity
BrandonNot in Who Taxes Me yet
Sources
Collected
Minnehaha County, South Dakota — Audit Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024. Read on June 22, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha County, South Dakota — Audit Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 — Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances, Governmental Funds — Total Governmental Funds column — FY ending December 31, 2024 — amounts in actual dollars (not thousands)Spent
Minnehaha County, South Dakota — Audit Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024. Read on June 22, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha County, South Dakota — Audit Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 — Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances, Governmental Funds — Total Governmental Funds column — FY ending December 31, 2024 — amounts in actual dollars (not thousands)Taxes
South Dakota certified 2024-pay-2025 levy documents, Minnehaha 2024 property tax. Read on July 23, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha 2024 property tax — county-government levy 2.970 per $1,000 taxable (General 2.450 + Building 0.207 + Debt Redemption 0.313) for a municipal address — printed on the Minnehaha County Auditor's 2024-pay-2025 levy sheet, summing identically in the SD DOR 2024 Recap, the county's own 2025 adopted budget, and the City of Brandon's tax page. The 0.256 library and 0.117 rural-fire levies apply only outside cities with their own. SD levies apply per $1,000 of taxable value = full-and-true (market) value × the county equalization factor (Minnehaha non-ag 0.942 for pay-2025, stated on the auditor sheet); school levies are class-specific and the owner-occupied class is sealedWho decides
Minnehaha County, Minnehaha County Commission Office page. Read on October 10, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha County Commission Office page (read 2026-10-10)When decisions happen
State of South Dakota, SDCL 7-21-1. Read on October 10, 2026.
Details
SDCL 7-21-1 (fiscal year) and 7-21-12 (budget before October 1) (read 2026-10-10)How to reach it
Minnehaha County, Minnehaha County Commission Office page. Read on October 10, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha County Commission Office page (read 2026-10-10)What it does
Minnehaha County, South Dakota — Audit Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024. Read on June 22, 2026.
Details
Minnehaha County, South Dakota — Audit Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 — Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances, Governmental Funds — Total Governmental Funds column — FY ending December 31, 2024 — amounts in actual dollars (not thousands)To act on what you have read
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