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Most unemployed people, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties with the most unemployed people in the civilian labor force, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the unemployment rate. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYED RESIDENTSVS 2020

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912,855−0%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7921,808−23%

03Brookings County, SDSD37,635742−5%

04Lincoln County, SDSD77,145685−21%

05Brown County, SDSD37,561674+44%

06Clay County, SDSD15,031602−13%

07Todd County, SDSD8,863556+102%

08Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338508−30%

09Meade County, SDSD30,711499+32%

10Corson County, SDSD3,781352−14%

11Codington County, SDSD29,562301−26%

12Dewey County, SDSD5,419291−48%

13Ziebach County, SDSD2,389277−35%

14Roberts County, SDSD10,255275−5%

15Union County, SDSD17,402273+44%

16Lawrence County, SDSD29,459261−30%

17Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303243−33%

18Beadle County, SDSD19,624184−12%

19Lake County, SDSD10,993174−24%

20Yankton County, SDSD23,635163−40%

21Bennett County, SDSD3,307118−9%

22Grant County, SDSD7,534116+38%

23Mellette County, SDSD2,137108+61%

24Butte County, SDSD10,856104−67%

25Turner County, SDSD9,314102−2%

26Custer County, SDSD9,43197−57%

27Davison County, SDSD20,06993−59%

28Moody County, SDSD6,63290+5%

29Walworth County, SDSD5,21789−36%

30Hughes County, SDSD17,57086−49%

31Fall River County, SDSD7,46781+19%

32Perkins County, SDSD2,85377+221%

33Buffalo County, SDSD1,80270−59%

34Clark County, SDSD4,03167+5%

35Lyman County, SDSD3,69464−44%

36Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24462−47%

37Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41361−29%

38Jackson County, SDSD2,66661−38%

39McCook County, SDSD5,96455−24%

40Day County, SDSD5,48453+26%

41Faulk County, SDSD2,17853−4%

42Tripp County, SDSD5,70848−68%

43Deuel County, SDSD4,40846+53%

44Gregory County, SDSD4,03746+2%

45Spink County, SDSD6,15541−52%

46Brule County, SDSD5,27839−19%

47Hanson County, SDSD3,45633−18%

48Potter County, SDSD2,37731+182%

49Campbell County, SDSD1,37726+333%

50Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28426+0%

51Hyde County, SDSD1,19124+500%

52Edmunds County, SDSD4,02221−34%

53Aurora County, SDSD2,80117+240%

54Jerauld County, SDSD1,65417+467%

55Hamlin County, SDSD6,90016−77%

56Hand County, SDSD3,12113–

57McPherson County, SDSD2,34711−42%

58Jones County, SDSD91310−9%

59Stanley County, SDSD3,0188–

60Douglas County, SDSD2,8887−13%

61Marshall County, SDSD4,4267−90%

62Sanborn County, SDSD2,3887−67%

63Harding County, SDSD1,3316+0%

64Miner County, SDSD2,2813−77%

65Haakon County, SDSD1,8020−100%

66Sully County, SDSD1,4790−100%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES