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Highest labor force participation, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of adults 16+ in the civilian labor force (2024 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020

01Lincoln County, SDSD77,14575.6%+1%

02Harding County, SDSD1,33175.2%+6%

03Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69174.1%−1%

04Hanson County, SDSD3,45670.2%+1%

05Hamlin County, SDSD6,90070.0%+2%

06Jerauld County, SDSD1,65469.8%+17%

07Butte County, SDSD10,85669.4%+4%

08McCook County, SDSD5,96469.4%−1%

09Sully County, SDSD1,47969.3%+5%

10Meade County, SDSD30,71169.1%−4%

11Grant County, SDSD7,53469.1%+6%

12Turner County, SDSD9,31469.1%+3%

13Brookings County, SDSD37,63569.0%−1%

14Sanborn County, SDSD2,38868.8%−3%

15Douglas County, SDSD2,88868.6%+9%

16Union County, SDSD17,40268.4%−1%

17Davison County, SDSD20,06968.3%+0%

18Codington County, SDSD29,56268.2%−3%

19Brown County, SDSD37,56168.1%−2%

20Hand County, SDSD3,12167.8%+2%

21Beadle County, SDSD19,62467.6%+3%

22Clay County, SDSD15,03167.5%−2%

23Stanley County, SDSD3,01867.3%−9%

24Aurora County, SDSD2,80166.7%−5%

25Perkins County, SDSD2,85366.6%−6%

26Moody County, SDSD6,63265.9%−3%

27Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41365.6%−2%

28Lake County, SDSD10,99365.4%−5%

29Hughes County, SDSD17,57065.0%−4%

30Gregory County, SDSD4,03764.7%+7%

31Jones County, SDSD91364.5%−1%

32Pennington County, SDSD116,79264.4%−2%

33Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28464.3%−2%

34Campbell County, SDSD1,37764.2%−2%

35Marshall County, SDSD4,42663.8%−8%

36Lawrence County, SDSD29,45963.7%−0%

37Deuel County, SDSD4,40863.3%−7%

38Brule County, SDSD5,27863.3%−12%

39Miner County, SDSD2,28163.3%−0%

40Hyde County, SDSD1,19163.2%−4%

41Ziebach County, SDSD2,38963.2%−7%

42Yankton County, SDSD23,63561.9%−5%

43Dewey County, SDSD5,41961.7%−8%

44Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30361.6%−1%

45Haakon County, SDSD1,80261.6%+8%

46Walworth County, SDSD5,21761.5%−6%

47Potter County, SDSD2,37761.5%+2%

48Spink County, SDSD6,15560.7%−1%

49Edmunds County, SDSD4,02260.5%−4%

50Faulk County, SDSD2,17860.2%+5%

51Roberts County, SDSD10,25560.2%−5%

52Tripp County, SDSD5,70859.6%−11%

53Clark County, SDSD4,03159.4%−10%

54Mellette County, SDSD2,13758.7%+33%

55Day County, SDSD5,48457.5%−3%

56Lyman County, SDSD3,69457.3%−11%

57McPherson County, SDSD2,34756.5%−4%

58Corson County, SDSD3,78156.4%−7%

59Custer County, SDSD9,43155.2%+3%

60Buffalo County, SDSD1,80254.7%−5%

61Fall River County, SDSD7,46752.6%−1%

62Bennett County, SDSD3,30750.2%−13%

63Todd County, SDSD8,86350.1%+27%

64Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24448.2%−2%

65Jackson County, SDSD2,66643.3%−6%

66Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33833.8%−27%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES