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Highest unemployment, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2023 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 2000

01Ziebach County, SDSD2,38930.4%–

02Corson County, SDSD3,78124.2%–

03Buffalo County, SDSD1,80222.0%–

04Dewey County, SDSD5,41921.4%–

05Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.3%–

06Todd County, SDSD8,86310.7%–

07Mellette County, SDSD2,13710.1%–

08Bennett County, SDSD3,3079.4%–

09Jackson County, SDSD2,6669.3%–

10Clay County, SDSD15,0318.5%–

11Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3038.4%–

12Lyman County, SDSD3,6946.2%–

13Roberts County, SDSD10,2555.9%–

14Butte County, SDSD10,8565.8%–

15Custer County, SDSD9,4315.4%–

16Tripp County, SDSD5,7085.2%–

17Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.1%–

18Walworth County, SDSD5,2174.9%–

19Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2444.2%–

20Pennington County, SDSD116,7924.1%–

21Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.9%–

22Clark County, SDSD4,0313.5%–

23Lake County, SDSD10,9933.3%–

24Spink County, SDSD6,1552.7%–

25Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592.7%–

26Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452.7%–

27Marshall County, SDSD4,4262.6%–

28Codington County, SDSD29,5622.6%–

29Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.6%–

30Moody County, SDSD6,6322.5%–

31Meade County, SDSD30,7112.5%–

32McCook County, SDSD5,9642.5%–

33Jones County, SDSD9132.4%–

34Turner County, SDSD9,3142.4%–

35Hamlin County, SDSD6,9002.3%–

36Hanson County, SDSD3,4562.3%–

37Beadle County, SDSD19,6242.3%–

38Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.3%–

39Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.3%–

40Union County, SDSD17,4022.3%–

41Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4132.3%–

42Yankton County, SDSD23,6352.2%–

43Grant County, SDSD7,5342.2%–

44Brown County, SDSD37,5612.2%–

45Davison County, SDSD20,0692.1%–

46Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.8%–

47McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.7%–

48Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.7%–

49Brule County, SDSD5,2781.6%–

50Day County, SDSD5,4841.6%–

51Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.6%–

52Haakon County, SDSD1,8021.5%–

53Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.4%–

54Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.3%–

55Miner County, SDSD2,2811.2%–

56Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%–

57Potter County, SDSD2,3771.0%–

58Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%–

59Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.8%–

60Sully County, SDSD1,4790.6%–

61Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.6%–

62Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.5%–

63Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.3%–

64Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.3%–

65Hand County, SDSD3,1210.0%–

66Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.0%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES