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Highest unemployment, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 2.2%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Hyde County, SD, up 44 places to #18.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲1Corson County, SDSD3,78123.5%−0.6 pts

02▼1Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%−6.9 pts

03▲3Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%+7.9 pts

04▲1Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.4%+0.1 pts

05▼1Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%−7.5 pts

06▲1Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%+2.4 pts

07▼4Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.8%−11.2 pts

08Bennett County, SDSD3,30710.0%+0.6 pts

09Jackson County, SDSD2,6667.2%−2.1 pts

10Clay County, SDSD15,0317.0%−1.5 pts

11▲2Roberts County, SDSD10,2556.0%+0.1 pts

12▼1Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3035.8%−2.6 pts

13▲4Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.3%+0.1 pts

14▲39Perkins County, SDSD2,8534.9%+3.5 pts

15▼3Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.0%−2.2 pts

16▲6Clark County, SDSD4,0314.0%+0.5 pts

17▲4Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.7%−0.2 pts

18▲44Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.7%+3.2 pts

19▼1Walworth County, SDSD5,2173.5%−1.4 pts

20▲24Brown County, SDSD37,5613.3%+1.1 pts

21▲10Meade County, SDSD30,7113.2%+0.7 pts

22▼2Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.2%−0.9 pts

23▲36Campbell County, SDSD1,3773.1%+2.4 pts

24▲16Union County, SDSD17,4023.0%+0.7 pts

25▼2Lake County, SDSD10,9933.0%−0.3 pts

26▲4Moody County, SDSD6,6322.8%+0.3 pts

27▲16Grant County, SDSD7,5342.7%+0.5 pts

28▲29Potter County, SDSD2,3772.6%+1.6 pts

29▲10Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.5%+0.2 pts

30▼1Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.5%−0.1 pts

31▲7Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.3%0.0 pts

32▼17Custer County, SDSD9,4312.3%−3.2 pts

33▼14Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442.2%−2.0 pts

34Turner County, SDSD9,3142.2%−0.2 pts

35▲19Deuel County, SDSD4,4082.1%+0.8 pts

36▼3Jones County, SDSD9132.1%−0.3 pts

37▲13Day County, SDSD5,4842.1%+0.5 pts

38▼10Codington County, SDSD29,5621.9%−0.7 pts

39▼2Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.9%−0.4 pts

40▼8McCook County, SDSD5,9641.8%−0.6 pts

41▼25Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.8%−3.4 pts

42▼6Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.8%−0.5 pts

43▼29Butte County, SDSD10,8561.8%−4.0 pts

44▼19Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.7%−0.9 pts

45▲19Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.7%+1.4 pts

46▼20Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.7%−1.0 pts

47▼6Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.6%−0.6 pts

48▲1Brule County, SDSD5,2781.5%−0.2 pts

49▼7Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.4%−0.9 pts

50▼26Spink County, SDSD6,1551.3%−1.4 pts

51▲12Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.2%+0.9 pts

52▼4Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%−0.6 pts

53▼6McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.1%−0.7 pts

54▲2Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%0.0 pts

55▼9Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.0%−0.8 pts

56▲2Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%0.0 pts

57▼12Davison County, SDSD20,0690.9%−1.3 pts

58▲7Hand County, SDSD3,1210.8%+0.8 pts

59▼8Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.6%−1.0 pts

60▼25Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.5%−1.8 pts

61▲5Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.5%+0.5 pts

62▼1Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.5%−0.1 pts

63▼36Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.3%−2.3 pts

64▼9Miner County, SDSD2,2810.3%−0.9 pts

65▼13Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.0%−1.5 pts

66▼6Sully County, SDSD1,4790.0%−0.6 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES