The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Jan 1976    
 
 
    Apr 2026
Persons
Name Apr 2026 Mar 2026 Apr 2025
South Dakota
479,016 475,671 480,834
Aurora County
1,474 1,544 1,509
Beadle County
8,674 8,658 8,792
Bennett County
1,272 1,300 1,271
Bon Homme County
2,510 2,522 2,561
Brookings County
19,891 19,707 19,820
Brown County
19,712 19,634 19,810
Brule County
2,909 2,974 2,904
Buffalo County
594 601 610
Butte County
5,406 5,473 5,394
Campbell County
632 661 634
Charles Mix County
3,933 3,971 3,873
Clark County
1,842 1,908 1,825
Clay County
8,395 8,359 8,439
Codington County
16,291 16,216 16,181
Corson County
1,105 1,182 1,109
Custer County
4,456 4,438 4,416
Davison County
10,664 10,590 10,910
Day County
2,687 2,692 2,726
Deuel County
2,392 2,408 2,420
Dewey County
2,003 2,033 2,053
Douglas County
1,385 1,423 1,368
Edmunds County
1,893 1,949 1,899
Fall River County
3,098 3,098 3,179
Faulk County
1,051 1,102 1,058
Grant County
3,870 3,868 3,911
Gregory County
1,901 1,936 1,940
Haakon County
891 942 871
Hamlin County
3,643 3,656 3,591
Hand County
1,783 1,891 1,846
Hanson County
1,702 1,713 1,727
Harding County
815 894 833
Hughes County
9,075 9,063 9,239
Hutchinson County
3,969 4,059 3,976
Hyde County
674 708 702
Jackson County
801 783 803
Jerauld County
872 897 862
Jones County
390 391 404
Kingsbury County
2,512 2,544 2,500
Lake County
6,566 6,584 6,550
Lawrence County
15,335 15,195 15,324
Lincoln County
42,893 42,145 43,140
Lyman County
1,603 1,640 1,611
Marshall County
2,307 2,353 2,363
McCook County
3,048 3,066 3,064
McPherson County
1,095 1,158 1,114
Meade County
15,955 15,791 15,800
Mellette County
736 755 719
Miner County
1,086 1,118 1,088
Minnehaha County
117,927 115,679 118,613
Moody County
3,311 3,300 3,374
Oglala Lakota County
3,589 3,583 3,658
Pennington County
58,319 57,157 57,732
Perkins County
1,493 1,592 1,552
Potter County
1,173 1,218 1,174
Roberts County
4,406 4,472 4,503
Sanborn County
1,378 1,400 1,427
Spink County
3,031 3,100 3,009
Stanley County
1,766 1,764 1,792
Sully County
785 834 800
Todd County
2,107 2,121 2,098
Tripp County
2,893 2,959 2,934
Turner County
4,831 4,855 4,855
Union County
9,037 8,952 9,118
Walworth County
2,324 2,314 2,274
Yankton County
11,905 11,764 12,218
Ziebach County
950 1,012 973
   

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