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Lowest unemployment, South Dakota counties · 2020

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

01Hand County, SDSD3,1210.0%–

02Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.0%–

03Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.3%–

04Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.3%–

05Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.5%–

06Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.6%–

07Sully County, SDSD1,4790.6%–

08Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.8%–

09Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%–

10Potter County, SDSD2,3771.0%–

11Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.0%–

12Miner County, SDSD2,2811.2%–

13Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.3%–

14Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.4%–

15Haakon County, SDSD1,8021.5%–

16Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.6%–

17Day County, SDSD5,4841.6%–

18Brule County, SDSD5,2781.6%–

19Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.7%–

20McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.7%–

21Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.8%–

22Davison County, SDSD20,0692.1%–

23Brown County, SDSD37,5612.2%–

24Grant County, SDSD7,5342.2%–

25Yankton County, SDSD23,6352.2%–

26Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4132.3%–

27Union County, SDSD17,4022.3%–

28Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.3%–

29Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.3%–

30Beadle County, SDSD19,6242.3%–

31Hanson County, SDSD3,4562.3%–

32Hamlin County, SDSD6,9002.3%–

33Turner County, SDSD9,3142.4%–

34Jones County, SDSD9132.4%–

35McCook County, SDSD5,9642.5%–

36Meade County, SDSD30,7112.5%–

37Moody County, SDSD6,6322.5%–

38Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.6%–

39Codington County, SDSD29,5622.6%–

40Marshall County, SDSD4,4262.6%–

41Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452.7%–

42Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592.7%–

43Spink County, SDSD6,1552.7%–

44Lake County, SDSD10,9933.3%–

45Clark County, SDSD4,0313.5%–

46Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.9%–

47Pennington County, SDSD116,7924.1%–

48Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2444.2%–

49Walworth County, SDSD5,2174.9%–

50Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.1%–

51Tripp County, SDSD5,7085.2%–

52Custer County, SDSD9,4315.4%–

53Butte County, SDSD10,8565.8%–

54Roberts County, SDSD10,2555.9%–

55Lyman County, SDSD3,6946.2%–

56Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3038.4%–

57Clay County, SDSD15,0318.5%–

58Jackson County, SDSD2,6669.3%–

59Bennett County, SDSD3,3079.4%–

60Mellette County, SDSD2,13710.1%–

61Todd County, SDSD8,86310.7%–

62Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.3%–

63Dewey County, SDSD5,41921.4%–

64Buffalo County, SDSD1,80222.0%–

65Corson County, SDSD3,78124.2%–

66Ziebach County, SDSD2,38930.4%–

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