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Most unemployed people, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties with the most unemployed people in the civilian labor force, as of the 2020 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. The median across all 66 is 86.

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01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912,858–

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7922,341–

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,145869–

04Brookings County, SDSD37,635782–

05Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338728–

06Clay County, SDSD15,031695–

07Dewey County, SDSD5,419557–

08Brown County, SDSD37,561469–

09Ziebach County, SDSD2,389426–

10Codington County, SDSD29,562407–

11Corson County, SDSD3,781407–

12Meade County, SDSD30,711377–

13Lawrence County, SDSD29,459371–

14Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303363–

15Butte County, SDSD10,856311–

16Roberts County, SDSD10,255289–

17Todd County, SDSD8,863275–

18Yankton County, SDSD23,635270–

19Lake County, SDSD10,993230–

20Davison County, SDSD20,069227–

21Custer County, SDSD9,431224–

22Beadle County, SDSD19,624208–

23Union County, SDSD17,402190–

24Buffalo County, SDSD1,802169–

25Hughes County, SDSD17,570167–

26Tripp County, SDSD5,708151–

27Walworth County, SDSD5,217138–

28Bennett County, SDSD3,307130–

29Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244118–

30Lyman County, SDSD3,694114–

31Turner County, SDSD9,314104–

32Jackson County, SDSD2,66698–

33Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41386–

34Moody County, SDSD6,63286–

35Spink County, SDSD6,15585–

36Grant County, SDSD7,53484–

37McCook County, SDSD5,96472–

38Marshall County, SDSD4,42671–

39Hamlin County, SDSD6,90070–

40Fall River County, SDSD7,46768–

41Mellette County, SDSD2,13767–

42Clark County, SDSD4,03164–

43Faulk County, SDSD2,17855–

44Brule County, SDSD5,27848–

45Gregory County, SDSD4,03745–

46Day County, SDSD5,48442–

47Hanson County, SDSD3,45640–

48Edmunds County, SDSD4,02232–

49Deuel County, SDSD4,40830–

50Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28426–

51Perkins County, SDSD2,85324–

52Sanborn County, SDSD2,38821–

53McPherson County, SDSD2,34719–

54Miner County, SDSD2,28113–

55Haakon County, SDSD1,80212–

56Jones County, SDSD91311–

57Potter County, SDSD2,37711–

58Douglas County, SDSD2,8888–

59Campbell County, SDSD1,3776–

60Harding County, SDSD1,3316–

61Aurora County, SDSD2,8015–

62Hyde County, SDSD1,1914–

63Sully County, SDSD1,4794–

64Jerauld County, SDSD1,6543–

65Hand County, SDSD3,1210–

66Stanley County, SDSD3,0180–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS