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South Dakota Counties by Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate is the share of the labor force that is jobless and actively seeking work — the standard measure of labor market health.

All 66 counties ranked by Unemployment Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs
# Counties Unemployment Rate ↑
1 Sully County, South Dakota 0.0%
2 Stanley County, South Dakota 0.0%
3 Edmunds County, South Dakota 0.0%
4 Union County, South Dakota 0.0%
5 Turner County, South Dakota 0.0%
6 Deuel County, South Dakota 0.0%
7 Hamlin County, South Dakota 0.2%
8 McPherson County, South Dakota 0.6%
9 Perkins County, South Dakota 0.6%
10 Aurora County, South Dakota 0.7%
11 Miner County, South Dakota 0.8%
12 Douglas County, South Dakota 0.8%
13 Marshall County, South Dakota 1.1%
14 Jerauld County, South Dakota 1.1%
15 Hand County, South Dakota 1.2%
16 Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota 1.3%
17 Yankton County, South Dakota 1.5%
18 Lincoln County, South Dakota 1.6%
19 Brule County, South Dakota 1.6%
20 Hanson County, South Dakota 1.6%
21 McCook County, South Dakota 1.7%
22 Codington County, South Dakota 2.0%
23 Hutchinson County, South Dakota 2.0%
24 Jones County, South Dakota 2.1%
25 Bon Homme County, South Dakota 2.2%
26 Minnehaha County, South Dakota 2.3%
27 Lawrence County, South Dakota 2.3%
28 Custer County, South Dakota 2.4%
29 Haakon County, South Dakota 2.4%
30 Lake County, South Dakota 2.4%
31 Beadle County, South Dakota 2.5%
32 Day County, South Dakota 2.7%
33 Pennington County, South Dakota 2.7%
34 Tripp County, South Dakota 2.7%
35 Grant County, South Dakota 3.0%
36 Gregory County, South Dakota 3.0%
37 Moody County, South Dakota 3.1%
38 Dewey County, South Dakota 3.2%
39 Todd County, South Dakota 3.3%
40 Kingsbury County, South Dakota 3.4%
41 Campbell County, South Dakota 3.4%
42 Davison County, South Dakota 3.5%
43 Fall River County, South Dakota 3.5%
44 Meade County, South Dakota 3.5%
45 Lyman County, South Dakota 3.7%
46 Walworth County, South Dakota 3.7%
47 Clark County, South Dakota 4.0%
48 Butte County, South Dakota 4.1%
49 Sanborn County, South Dakota 4.5%
50 Corson County, South Dakota 4.5%
51 Hughes County, South Dakota 4.6%
52 Potter County, South Dakota 4.6%
53 Jackson County, South Dakota 4.7%
54 Buffalo County, South Dakota 4.8%
55 Faulk County, South Dakota 4.9%
56 Hyde County, South Dakota 5.0%
57 Charles Mix County, South Dakota 5.9%
58 Spink County, South Dakota 6.2%
59 Roberts County, South Dakota 6.2%
60 Brown County, South Dakota 6.6%
61 Brookings County, South Dakota 7.0%
62 Clay County, South Dakota 8.4%
63 Bennett County, South Dakota 9.9%
64 Harding County, South Dakota 11.0%
65 Mellette County, South Dakota 14.7%
66 Ziebach County, South Dakota 24.2%