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Lowest unemployment, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the lowest 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: Marshall County, SD, up 36 places to #4.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲14Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.0%−1.5 pts

02▲5Sully County, SDSD1,4790.0%−0.6 pts

03▲9Miner County, SDSD2,2810.3%−0.9 pts

04▲36Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.3%−2.3 pts

05▲1Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.5%−0.1 pts

06▼4Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.5%+0.5 pts

07▲25Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.5%−1.8 pts

08▲8Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.6%−1.0 pts

09▼8Hand County, SDSD3,1210.8%+0.8 pts

10▲12Davison County, SDSD20,0690.9%−1.3 pts

11▼2Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%0.0 pts

12▲9Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.0%−0.8 pts

13▼2Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%0.0 pts

14▲6McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.1%−0.7 pts

15▲4Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%−0.6 pts

16▼12Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.2%+0.9 pts

17▲26Spink County, SDSD6,1551.3%−1.4 pts

18▲7Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.4%−0.9 pts

19▼1Brule County, SDSD5,2781.5%−0.2 pts

20▲6Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.6%−0.6 pts

21▲20Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.7%−1.0 pts

22▼19Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.7%+1.4 pts

23▲19Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.7%−0.9 pts

24▲29Butte County, SDSD10,8561.8%−4.0 pts

25▲6Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.8%−0.5 pts

26▲25Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.8%−3.4 pts

27▲8McCook County, SDSD5,9641.8%−0.6 pts

28▲2Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.9%−0.4 pts

29▲10Codington County, SDSD29,5621.9%−0.7 pts

30▼13Day County, SDSD5,4842.1%+0.5 pts

31▲3Jones County, SDSD9132.1%−0.3 pts

32▼19Deuel County, SDSD4,4082.1%+0.8 pts

33Turner County, SDSD9,3142.2%−0.2 pts

34▲14Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442.2%−2.0 pts

35▲17Custer County, SDSD9,4312.3%−3.2 pts

36▼7Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.3%0.0 pts

37▲1Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.5%−0.1 pts

38▼10Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.5%+0.2 pts

39▼29Potter County, SDSD2,3772.6%+1.6 pts

40▼16Grant County, SDSD7,5342.7%+0.5 pts

41▼4Moody County, SDSD6,6322.8%+0.3 pts

42▲2Lake County, SDSD10,9933.0%−0.3 pts

43▼16Union County, SDSD17,4023.0%+0.7 pts

44▼36Campbell County, SDSD1,3773.1%+2.4 pts

45▲2Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.2%−0.9 pts

46▼10Meade County, SDSD30,7113.2%+0.7 pts

47▼24Brown County, SDSD37,5613.3%+1.1 pts

48▲1Walworth County, SDSD5,2173.5%−1.4 pts

49▼44Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.7%+3.2 pts

50▼4Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.7%−0.2 pts

51▼6Clark County, SDSD4,0314.0%+0.5 pts

52▲3Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.0%−2.2 pts

53▼39Perkins County, SDSD2,8534.9%+3.5 pts

54▼4Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.3%+0.1 pts

55▲1Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3035.8%−2.6 pts

56▼2Roberts County, SDSD10,2556.0%+0.1 pts

57Clay County, SDSD15,0317.0%−1.5 pts

58Jackson County, SDSD2,6667.2%−2.1 pts

59Bennett County, SDSD3,30710.0%+0.6 pts

60▲4Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.8%−11.2 pts

61▼1Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%+2.4 pts

62▲1Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%−7.5 pts

63▼1Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.4%+0.1 pts

64▼3Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%+7.9 pts

65▲1Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%−6.9 pts

66▼1Corson County, SDSD3,78123.5%−0.6 pts

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