South Dakota Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020
Updated on April 6, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, the unemployment rate of South Dakota was 6.6% (sa) in May, 2020. Among all South Dakota counties, these 3 were among those with high unemployment rates (nsa): Buffalo (14.6%), Lawrence (10.6%), and Mellette (8.8%).

On the hand, the following three counties were among those with low unemployment rates (nsa): Haakon (2.6%), Douglas (2.7%), and Jerauld (2.9%).

The chart and table below shows the unemployment rate (nsa) for each county.

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South Dakota Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020
South Dakota Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Aurora 4.2
Beadle 4.5
Bennett 5.1
Bon Homme 5
Brookings 6
Brown 6.4
Brule 7.1
Buffalo 14.6
Butte 7.4
Campbell 3.8
Charles Mix 8.7
Clark 5.1
Clay 7.7
Codington 6.5
Corson 4.8
Custer 8
Davison 5.6
Day 6.4
Deuel 5.7
Dewey 5.8
Douglas 2.7
Edmunds 3.3
Fall River 7.9
Faulk 3.7
Grant 4.5
Gregory 4.8
Haakon 2.6
Hamlin 4.2
Hand 2.9
Hanson 5.9
Harding 4.3
Hughes 4.8
Hutchinson 4.5
Hyde 3.7
Jackson 3.8
Jerauld 2.9
Jones 5.3
Kingsbury 4.3
Lake 4.3
Lawrence 10.6
Lincoln 5.6
Lyman 7.8
McCook 5.6
McPherson 6.2
Marshall 5.2
Meade 7.5
Mellette 8.8
Miner 3.9
Minnehaha 7.3
Moody 8.6
Oglala Lakota 7.3
Pennington 7.9
Perkins 4.1
Potter 3.7
Roberts 7
Sanborn 5
Spink 4.4
Stanley 5.5
Sully 3.3
Todd 6.7
Tripp 4.2
Turner 5.9
Union 7.9
Walworth 6.4
Yankton 6.1
Ziebach 4.3