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Lowest unemployment, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the lowest 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

01Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.0%–

02Sully County, SDSD1,4790.0%–

03Miner County, SDSD2,2810.3%–

04Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.3%–

05Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.5%–

06Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.5%–

07Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.5%–

08Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.6%–

09Hand County, SDSD3,1210.8%–

10Davison County, SDSD20,0690.9%–

11Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%–

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.0%–

13Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%–

14McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.1%–

15Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%–

16Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.2%–

17Spink County, SDSD6,1551.3%–

18Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.4%–

19Brule County, SDSD5,2781.5%–

20Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.6%–

21Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.7%–

22Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.7%–

23Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.7%–

24Butte County, SDSD10,8561.8%–

25Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.8%–

26Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.8%–

27McCook County, SDSD5,9641.8%–

28Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.9%–

29Codington County, SDSD29,5621.9%–

30Day County, SDSD5,4842.1%–

31Jones County, SDSD9132.1%–

32Deuel County, SDSD4,4082.1%–

33Turner County, SDSD9,3142.2%–

34Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442.2%–

35Custer County, SDSD9,4312.3%–

36Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.3%–

37Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.5%–

38Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.5%–

39Potter County, SDSD2,3772.6%–

40Grant County, SDSD7,5342.7%–

41Moody County, SDSD6,6322.8%–

42Lake County, SDSD10,9933.0%–

43Union County, SDSD17,4023.0%–

44Campbell County, SDSD1,3773.1%–

45Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.2%–

46Meade County, SDSD30,7113.2%–

47Brown County, SDSD37,5613.3%–

48Walworth County, SDSD5,2173.5%–

49Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.7%–

50Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.7%–

51Clark County, SDSD4,0314.0%–

52Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.0%–

53Perkins County, SDSD2,8534.9%–

54Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.3%–

55Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3035.8%–

56Roberts County, SDSD10,2556.0%–

57Clay County, SDSD15,0317.0%–

58Jackson County, SDSD2,6667.2%–

59Bennett County, SDSD3,30710.0%–

60Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.8%–

61Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%–

62Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%–

63Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.4%–

64Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%–

65Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%–

66Corson County, SDSD3,78123.5%–

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