# South Dakota Senior Housing & Health Data
South Dakota has 353 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 7,529 elderly units, of which 338 are rural and 273 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 353
- Elderly units: 7,529
- HUD Section 202: 67 properties (2,248 units)
- USDA Section 515: 253 properties (5,035 units)
- Rural properties: 338 across 66 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 273 (5,595 units)
- Population 65+: 158,103 (est. 58,060 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/SD