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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%−0.6 pts

02Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%−6.9 pts

03Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%+7.9 pts

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

05Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%−7.5 pts

06Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%+2.4 pts

07Buffalo 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

11Roberts County, SDSD10,2556.0%+0.1 pts

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

13Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.3%+0.1 pts

14Perkins County, SDSD2,8534.9%+3.5 pts

15Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.0%−2.2 pts

16Clark County, SDSD4,0314.0%+0.5 pts

17Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.7%−0.2 pts

18Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.7%+3.2 pts

19Walworth County, SDSD5,2173.5%−1.4 pts

20Brown County, SDSD37,5613.3%+1.1 pts

21Meade County, SDSD30,7113.2%+0.7 pts

22Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.2%−0.9 pts

23Campbell County, SDSD1,3773.1%+2.4 pts

24Union County, SDSD17,4023.0%+0.7 pts

25Lake County, SDSD10,9933.0%−0.3 pts

26Moody County, SDSD6,6322.8%+0.3 pts

27Grant County, SDSD7,5342.7%+0.5 pts

28Potter County, SDSD2,3772.6%+1.6 pts

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

30Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.5%−0.1 pts

31Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.3%+0.0 pts

32Custer County, SDSD9,4312.3%−3.2 pts

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

34Turner County, SDSD9,3142.2%−0.2 pts

35Deuel County, SDSD4,4082.1%+0.8 pts

36Jones County, SDSD9132.1%−0.3 pts

37Day County, SDSD5,4842.1%+0.5 pts

38Codington County, SDSD29,5621.9%−0.7 pts

39Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.9%−0.4 pts

40McCook County, SDSD5,9641.8%−0.6 pts

41Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.8%−3.4 pts

42Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.8%−0.5 pts

43Butte County, SDSD10,8561.8%−4.0 pts

44Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.7%−0.9 pts

45Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.7%+1.4 pts

46Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.7%−1.0 pts

47Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.6%−0.6 pts

48Brule County, SDSD5,2781.5%−0.2 pts

49Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.4%−0.9 pts

50Spink County, SDSD6,1551.3%−1.4 pts

51Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.2%+0.9 pts

52Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%−0.6 pts

53McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.1%−0.7 pts

54Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%−0.0 pts

55Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.0%−0.8 pts

56Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%−0.0 pts

57Davison County, SDSD20,0690.9%−1.3 pts

58Hand County, SDSD3,1210.8%+0.8 pts

59Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.6%−1.0 pts

60Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.5%−1.8 pts

61Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.5%+0.5 pts

62Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.5%−0.1 pts

63Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.3%−2.3 pts

64Miner County, SDSD2,2810.3%−0.9 pts

65Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.0%−1.5 pts

66Sully County, SDSD1,4790.0%−0.6 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES