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Unemployment Rate in South Dakota, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in South Dakota, ranked. The highest is Corson County at 23.5% and the lowest is Sully County at 0.0%.

South Dakota: 2.9% · United States: 5.2% · median county in South Dakota: 2.2%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Corson County23.5%
2Ziebach County23.5%
3Todd County18.7%
4Oglala Lakota County16.4%
5Dewey County13.9%
6Mellette County12.5%
7Buffalo County10.8%
8Bennett County10.0%
9Jackson County7.2%
10Clay County7.0%
11Roberts County6.0%
12Charles Mix County5.8%
13Faulk County5.3%
14Perkins County4.9%
15Clark County4.0%
16Lyman County4.0%
17Brookings County3.7%
18Hyde County3.7%
19Walworth County3.5%
20Brown County3.3%
21Meade County3.2%
22Pennington County3.2%
23Campbell County3.1%
24Lake County3.0%
25Union County3.0%
26Moody County2.8%
27Grant County2.7%
28Potter County2.6%
29Fall River County2.5%
30Minnehaha County2.5%
31Custer County2.3%
32Gregory County2.3%
33Bon Homme County2.2%
34Turner County2.2%
35Day County2.1%
36Deuel County2.1%
37Jones County2.1%
38Beadle County1.9%
39Codington County1.9%
40Butte County1.8%
41Hanson County1.8%
42McCook County1.8%
43Tripp County1.8%
44Jerauld County1.7%
45Lawrence County1.7%
46Lincoln County1.7%
47Hutchinson County1.6%
48Brule County1.5%
49Yankton County1.4%
50Spink County1.3%
51Aurora County1.2%
52Edmunds County1.1%
53McPherson County1.1%
54Hughes County1.0%
55Kingsbury County1.0%
56Davison County0.9%
57Harding County0.9%
58Hand County0.8%
59Sanborn County0.6%
60Douglas County0.5%
61Hamlin County0.5%
62Stanley County0.5%
63Marshall County0.3%
64Miner County0.3%
65Haakon County0.0%
66Sully County0.0%

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

South Dakota ranks 51st of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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