Unemployed people in South Dakota

as of September, 2021:

13,460

Note: Seasonally adjusted value

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Unemployment Rate

2.9%

Labor Force

471,059

Employment

457,599

Employment-Population Ratio

66.7%

Labor Force Participation Rate

68.7%

Employment Indicators by County

County Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate Labor Force
Aurora 1,454 27 1.8 1,481
Beadle 8,986 198 2.2 9,184
Bennett 1,013 32 3.1 1,045
Bon Homme 2,757 61 2.2 2,818
Brookings 17,808 395 2.2 18,203
Brown 20,081 467 2.3 20,548
Brule 2,485 51 2.0 2,536
Buffalo 670 20 2.9 690
Butte 4,912 123 2.4 5,035
Campbell 783 21 2.6 804
Charles Mix 3,652 98 2.6 3,750
Clark 1,936 46 2.3 1,982
Clay 7,098 147 2.0 7,245
Codington 15,122 334 2.2 15,456
Corson 1,284 47 3.5 1,331
Custer 4,068 116 2.8 4,184
Davison 10,741 219 2.0 10,960
Day 2,632 70 2.6 2,702
Deuel 2,335 64 2.7 2,399
Dewey 2,268 103 4.3 2,371
Douglas 1,515 29 1.9 1,544
Edmunds 1,977 41 2.0 2,018
Fall River 3,008 82 2.7 3,090
Faulk 1,007 24 2.3 1,031
Grant 4,290 85 1.9 4,375
Gregory 2,020 42 2.0 2,062
Haakon 1,019 22 2.1 1,041
Hamlin 3,435 55 1.6 3,490
Hand 1,720 35 2.0 1,755
Hanson 1,694 40 2.3 1,734
Harding 697 16 2.2 713
Hughes 9,940 172 1.7 10,112
Hutchinson 3,495 75 2.1 3,570
Hyde 634 15 2.3 649
Jackson 1,242 37 2.9 1,279
Jerauld 1,337 25 1.8 1,362
Jones 508 14 2.7 522
Kingsbury 2,674 59 2.2 2,733
Lake 6,381 141 2.2 6,522
Lawrence 13,777 304 2.2 14,081
Lincoln 35,909 638 1.7 36,547
Lyman 1,598 52 3.2 1,650
Marshall 2,389 56 2.3 2,445
McCook 3,088 57 1.8 3,145
McPherson 934 26 2.7 960
Meade 14,082 318 2.2 14,400
Mellette 691 21 2.9 712
Miner 1,100 25 2.2 1,125
Minnehaha 112,712 2,197 1.9 114,909
Moody 3,979 80 2.0 4,059
Oglala Lakota 3,530 252 6.7 3,782
Pennington 57,491 1,320 2.2 58,811
Perkins 1,359 32 2.3 1,391
Potter 1,016 24 2.3 1,040
Roberts 4,679 131 2.7 4,810
Sanborn 1,162 27 2.3 1,189
Spink 2,942 71 2.4 3,013
Stanley 1,881 39 2.0 1,920
Sully 792 17 2.1 809
Todd 2,826 98 3.4 2,924
Tripp 2,951 51 1.7 3,002
Turner 4,674 81 1.7 4,755
Union 8,207 211 2.5 8,418
Walworth 2,091 70 3.2 2,161
Yankton 11,230 223 1.9 11,453
Ziebach 975 30 3.0 1,005