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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.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.0%−1.5 pts

02Sully County, SDSD1,4790.0%−0.6 pts

03Miner County, SDSD2,2810.3%−0.9 pts

04Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.3%−2.3 pts

05Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.5%−0.1 pts

06Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.5%+0.5 pts

07Hamlin County, SDSD6,9000.5%−1.8 pts

08Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.6%−1.0 pts

09Hand County, SDSD3,1210.8%+0.8 pts

10Davison County, SDSD20,0690.9%−1.3 pts

11Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%−0.0 pts

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.0%−0.8 pts

13Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%−0.0 pts

14McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.1%−0.7 pts

15Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%−0.6 pts

16Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.2%+0.9 pts

17Spink County, SDSD6,1551.3%−1.4 pts

18Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.4%−0.9 pts

19Brule County, SDSD5,2781.5%−0.2 pts

20Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.6%−0.6 pts

21Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.7%−1.0 pts

22Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.7%+1.4 pts

23Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.7%−0.9 pts

24Butte County, SDSD10,8561.8%−4.0 pts

25Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.8%−0.5 pts

26Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.8%−3.4 pts

27McCook County, SDSD5,9641.8%−0.6 pts

28Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.9%−0.4 pts

29Codington County, SDSD29,5621.9%−0.7 pts

30Day County, SDSD5,4842.1%+0.5 pts

31Jones County, SDSD9132.1%−0.3 pts

32Deuel County, SDSD4,4082.1%+0.8 pts

33Turner County, SDSD9,3142.2%−0.2 pts

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

35Custer County, SDSD9,4312.3%−3.2 pts

36Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.3%+0.0 pts

37Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.5%−0.1 pts

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

39Potter County, SDSD2,3772.6%+1.6 pts

40Grant County, SDSD7,5342.7%+0.5 pts

41Moody County, SDSD6,6322.8%+0.3 pts

42Lake County, SDSD10,9933.0%−0.3 pts

43Union County, SDSD17,4023.0%+0.7 pts

44Campbell County, SDSD1,3773.1%+2.4 pts

45Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.2%−0.9 pts

46Meade County, SDSD30,7113.2%+0.7 pts

47Brown County, SDSD37,5613.3%+1.1 pts

48Walworth County, SDSD5,2173.5%−1.4 pts

49Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.7%+3.2 pts

50Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.7%−0.2 pts

51Clark County, SDSD4,0314.0%+0.5 pts

52Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.0%−2.2 pts

53Perkins County, SDSD2,8534.9%+3.5 pts

54Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.3%+0.1 pts

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

56Roberts 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

60Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.8%−11.2 pts

61Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%+2.4 pts

62Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%−7.5 pts

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

64Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%+7.9 pts

65Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%−6.9 pts

66Corson County, SDSD3,78123.5%−0.6 pts

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