Lands of America recently had $507 million in land, homesites and other rural acreage for sale for sale in South Dakota. This represents 177,466 acres of South Dakota land for sale. Of the 66 counties in South Dakota, Lawrence County had the most land and acreage for sale. The most expensive piece of land listed for sale in South Dakota on Lands of America recently was $123 million, though the median price for farms, ranches and other land for sale in South Dakota came in at $748,844. The average price of land and rural real estate for sale in South Dakota was $2 million. There was 1,312 acres of sold land in South Dakota recorded last month through the Lands of America sales program. This reflects an increase in sales activity over data from July 2018. The total value of this sold land and rural real estate was $4.2 million. Lawrence County recorded the most land sales recently in the state. Although 80 percent of land in South Dakota is privately owned, there's still room for over five million acres of state-managed land. The state boasts some of the nation's best pheasant hunting, with annual pheasant harvests regularly topping one million birds each year. With numerous opportunities to hunt species including deer, boar and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in South Dakota. WalletHub, a personal finance website, has ranked the state among the ten best states for retirees based on factors including affordability, quality of life and health care. In terms of size, South Dakota is the country's 17th-largest state, covering an area of 77,121 square miles (49 million acres). In its entirety, 75,811 square miles (98 percent) is land, while the remaining 1,305 square miles is made up of water.