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BLS Open Data · April 2026

South Dakota Unemployment Rate by County

Statewide rate: 2.2% (April 2026)

Unemployment Rate in South Dakota and Neighbouring States

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Unemployment Rate by County

Lawrence County, South Dakota: $1.5Minnehaha County, South Dakota: $1.8Turner County, South Dakota: $1.5Aurora County, South Dakota: $1.2Lake County, South Dakota: $1.5Hyde County, South Dakota: $1Bennett County, South Dakota: $2.3Buffalo County, South Dakota: $3.6Miner County, South Dakota: $1.8Clark County, South Dakota: $2Gregory County, South Dakota: $1.7Douglas County, South Dakota: $1.6Marshall County, South Dakota: $1.9Codington County, South Dakota: $1.6Hutchinson County, South Dakota: $1.4Butte County, South Dakota: $1.7Hand County, South Dakota: $1.2Kingsbury County, South Dakota: $1.6Davison County, South Dakota: $1.6Lyman County, South Dakota: $1.8Edmunds County, South Dakota: $1.8Fall River County, South Dakota: $2.5Potter County, South Dakota: $3.1Sanborn County, South Dakota: $1.1Todd County, South Dakota: $4.2Perkins County, South Dakota: $1.8Hughes County, South Dakota: $1.4Custer County, South Dakota: $1.8Brule County, South Dakota: $1.3Pennington County, South Dakota: $1.7Spink County, South Dakota: $1.6Union County, South Dakota: $1.6Bon Homme County, South Dakota: $1.5Clay County, South Dakota: $1.8Grant County, South Dakota: $2.8Dewey County, South Dakota: $3.1Yankton County, South Dakota: $1.5Jackson County, South Dakota: $3Lincoln County, South Dakota: $1.6Meade County, South Dakota: $1.7Walworth County, South Dakota: $2.1Jones County, South Dakota: $3.2Harding County, South Dakota: $1Corson County, South Dakota: $2.4Tripp County, South Dakota: $1.4Jerauld County, South Dakota: $1.1Moody County, South Dakota: $1.9Sully County, South Dakota: $1Faulk County, South Dakota: $1.4McCook County, South Dakota: $1.4Mellette County, South Dakota: $2Roberts County, South Dakota: $3.2Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota: $4Stanley County, South Dakota: $1.3Ziebach County, South Dakota: $2.6Campbell County, South Dakota: $1.6Brookings County, South Dakota: $1.7Haakon County, South Dakota: $1.3Beadle County, South Dakota: $1.5Hanson County, South Dakota: $2Hamlin County, South Dakota: $1.6Day County, South Dakota: $1.9McPherson County, South Dakota: $1.6Charles Mix County, South Dakota: $1.9Brown County, South Dakota: $1.7Deuel County, South Dakota: $2.6

How South Dakota Compares to Other States

Average county unemployment rate ranked against all states with BLS data.

Lower unemployment than 100% of states · 1st of 52

Lowest: North Dakota(2.4%)
Highest: Alaska(7.1%)
#StateValue
1South Dakota(you are here)1.9%
2Iowa2.4%
3North Dakota2.4%
… 46 more …
50California6.0%
51Puerto Rico6.5%
52Alaska7.1%

Highest & Lowest Unemployment Rate by County

#CountyValue
1Todd County4.2%
2Oglala Lakota County4.0%
3Buffalo County3.6%
64Harding County1.0%
65Hyde County1.0%
66Sully County1.0%

Counties in South Dakota (66)

CountyUnemployment Rate
Aurora County, South Dakota1.2%
Beadle County, South Dakota1.5%
Bennett County, South Dakota2.3%
Bon Homme County, South Dakota1.5%
Brookings County, South Dakota1.7%
Brown County, South Dakota1.7%
Brule County, South Dakota1.3%
Buffalo County, South Dakota3.6%
Butte County, South Dakota1.7%
Campbell County, South Dakota1.6%
Charles Mix County, South Dakota1.9%
Clark County, South Dakota2%
Clay County, South Dakota1.8%
Codington County, South Dakota1.6%
Corson County, South Dakota2.4%
Custer County, South Dakota1.8%
Davison County, South Dakota1.6%
Day County, South Dakota1.9%
Deuel County, South Dakota2.6%
Dewey County, South Dakota3.1%
Douglas County, South Dakota1.6%
Edmunds County, South Dakota1.8%
Fall River County, South Dakota2.5%
Faulk County, South Dakota1.4%
Grant County, South Dakota2.8%
Gregory County, South Dakota1.7%
Haakon County, South Dakota1.3%
Hamlin County, South Dakota1.6%
Hand County, South Dakota1.2%
Hanson County, South Dakota2%
Harding County, South Dakota1%
Hughes County, South Dakota1.4%
Hutchinson County, South Dakota1.4%
Hyde County, South Dakota1%
Jackson County, South Dakota3%
Jerauld County, South Dakota1.1%
Jones County, South Dakota3.2%
Kingsbury County, South Dakota1.6%
Lake County, South Dakota1.5%
Lawrence County, South Dakota1.5%
Lincoln County, South Dakota1.6%
Lyman County, South Dakota1.8%
Marshall County, South Dakota1.9%
McCook County, South Dakota1.4%
McPherson County, South Dakota1.6%
Meade County, South Dakota1.7%
Mellette County, South Dakota2%
Miner County, South Dakota1.8%
Minnehaha County, South Dakota1.8%
Moody County, South Dakota1.9%
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota4%
Pennington County, South Dakota1.7%
Perkins County, South Dakota1.8%
Potter County, South Dakota3.1%
Roberts County, South Dakota3.2%
Sanborn County, South Dakota1.1%
Spink County, South Dakota1.6%
Stanley County, South Dakota1.3%
Sully County, South Dakota1%
Todd County, South Dakota4.2%
Tripp County, South Dakota1.4%
Turner County, South Dakota1.5%
Union County, South Dakota1.6%
Walworth County, South Dakota2.1%
Yankton County, South Dakota1.5%
Ziebach County, South Dakota2.6%

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Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), public domain. Reference month: April 2026.