Recent internal data records about $501 million in land and rural property for sale in the Coyote State. This represents a total of 249,903 acres of land for sale in the state. Of the 66 counties in South Dakota, Lawrence County had the most land and rural real estate for sale. The most expensive property listed for sale in South Dakota on Lands of America recently was $15 million, while the average price of land and ranches for sale in South Dakota was $1 million. There were 17,314 acres of sold land in South Dakota recorded in October 2018 through the Lands of America sales program. The total value of this sold land and rural real estate was $130 million. Lawrence County had 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 elk, turkey, whitetail deer, mule deer, quail, grouse, and geese, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in South Dakota. Anglers will enjoy casting for species like trout on 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 its size, South Dakota is the country's 17th-largest state, covering an area of 77,121 square miles (49 million acres). Of its total landmass, 75,811 square miles (98 percent) is made up of land, while the remaining 1,305 square miles is made up of water.