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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.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Corson County, SDSD3,78123.5%−3%

02Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%−23%

03Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%+74%

04Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.4%+1%

05Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%−35%

06Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%+24%

07Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.8%−51%

08Bennett County, SDSD3,30710.0%+6%

09Jackson County, SDSD2,6667.2%−23%

10Clay County, SDSD15,0317.0%−18%

11Roberts County, SDSD10,2556.0%+2%

12Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3035.8%−31%

13Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.3%+2%

14Perkins County, SDSD2,8534.9%+247%

15Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.0%−35%

16Clark County, SDSD4,0314.0%+13%

17Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.7%−4%

18Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.7%+627%

19Walworth County, SDSD5,2173.5%−29%

20Brown County, SDSD37,5613.3%+49%

21Meade County, SDSD30,7113.2%+27%

22Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.2%−22%

23Campbell County, SDSD1,3773.1%+308%

24Union County, SDSD17,4023.0%+31%

25Lake County, SDSD10,9933.0%−9%

26Moody County, SDSD6,6322.8%+10%

27Grant County, SDSD7,5342.7%+23%

28Potter County, SDSD2,3772.6%+163%

29Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.5%+9%

30Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.5%−5%

31Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.3%+1%

32Custer County, SDSD9,4312.3%−58%

33Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442.2%−48%

34Turner County, SDSD9,3142.2%−8%

35Deuel County, SDSD4,4082.1%+65%

36Jones County, SDSD9132.1%−13%

37Day County, SDSD5,4842.1%+31%

38Codington County, SDSD29,5621.9%−27%

39Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.9%−17%

40McCook County, SDSD5,9641.8%−25%

41Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.8%−65%

42Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.8%−22%

43Butte County, SDSD10,8561.8%−69%

44Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.7%−35%

45Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.7%+460%

46Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.7%−37%

47Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.6%−27%

48Brule County, SDSD5,2781.5%−10%

49Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.4%−39%

50Spink County, SDSD6,1551.3%−50%

51Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.2%+271%

52Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%−35%

53McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.1%−38%

54Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%−1%

55Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.0%−47%

56Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%−1%

57Davison County, SDSD20,0690.9%−59%

58Hand County, SDSD3,1210.8%–

59Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.6%−64%

60Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.5%−78%

61Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.5%–

62Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.5%−15%

63Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.3%−88%

64Miner County, SDSD2,2810.3%−78%

65Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.0%−100%

66Sully County, SDSD1,4790.0%−100%

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