South Dakota Unemployment Rate Report

South Dakota Unemployment by County

South Dakota Current Unemployment 2.4%

South Dakota Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in South Dakota has ranged from 2.0% in October 2000 to 11.0% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for South Dakota is 2.4% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

SD Highest Unemployment by County

Dewey, SD unemployment rate

10.5%

Buffalo, SD unemployment rate

6.1%

Ziebach, SD unemployment rate

5.6%

Mellette, SD unemployment rate

5.5%

Corson, SD unemployment rate

4.7%

Todd, SD unemployment rate

4.7%

Walworth, SD unemployment rate

3.7%

McPherson, SD unemployment rate

3.5%

Bennett, SD unemployment rate

3.5%

Roberts, SD unemployment rate

3.4%

SD Unemployment City Links

Sioux Falls, SD Unemployment Report

Rapid City, SD Unemployment Report

Aberdeen, SD Unemployment Report

Brookings, SD Unemployment Report

Watertown, SD Unemployment Report

Mitchell, SD Unemployment Report

Yankton, SD Unemployment Report

Pierre, SD Unemployment Report

Huron, SD Unemployment Report

Vermillion, SD Unemployment Report

SD Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 SD Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2022	2.8%	4.0%
2/2022	2.9%	3.8%
3/2022	2.6%	3.6%
4/2022	2.2%	3.6%
5/2022	2.1%	3.6%
5/2022	2.1%	3.6%
6/2022	2.4%	3.6%
7/2022	2.1%	3.5%
8/2022	2.4%	3.7%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2021	3.3%	6.3%
2/2021	3.6%	6.2%
3/2021	3.3%	6.0%
4/2021	3.0%	6.1%
5/2021	2.9%	5.8%
6/2021	3.3%	5.9%
7/2021	2.9%	5.4%
8/2021	3.2%	5.2%
9/2021	2.5%	4.7%
10/2021	2.6%	4.6%
11/2021	2.5%	4.2%
12/2021	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2020	3.8%	3.6%
2/2020	3.6%	3.5%
3/2020	3.4%	4.4%
4/2020	11.0%	14.7%
5/2020	9.2%	13.3%
6/2020	7.1%	11.1%
7/2020	6.1%	10.2%
8/2020	4.7%	8.4%
9/2020	3.8%	7.9%
10/2020	3.3%	6.9%
11/2020	3.3%	6.7%
12/2020	3.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2019	3.5%	4.0%
2/2019	3.6%	3.8%
3/2019	3.6%	3.8%
4/2019	3.3%	3.6%
5/2019	3.1%	3.6%
6/2019	3.2%	3.7%
7/2019	3.0%	3.7%
8/2019	3.3%	3.7%
9/2019	3.0%	3.5%
10/2019	3.0%	3.6%
11/2019	3.3%	3.5%
12/2019	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2018	3.6%	4.1%
2/2018	3.6%	4.1%
3/2018	3.4%	4.0%
4/2018	3.3%	3.9%
5/2018	2.8%	3.8%
6/2018	3.0%	4.0%
7/2018	2.7%	3.9%
8/2018	2.9%	3.8%
9/2018	2.7%	3.7%
10/2018	2.7%	3.8%
11/2018	2.9%	3.7%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2017	3.7%	4.7%
2/2017	3.7%	4.7%
3/2017	3.5%	4.4%
4/2017	3.2%	4.4%
5/2017	3.0%	4.4%
6/2017	3.1%	4.3%
7/2017	3.0%	4.3%
8/2017	3.2%	4.4%
9/2017	2.9%	4.2%
10/2017	2.8%	4.1%
11/2017	3.1%	4.2%
12/2017	3.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2016	3.3%	4.9%
2/2016	3.4%	4.9%
3/2016	3.2%	5.0%
4/2016	2.9%	5.0%
5/2016	2.7%	4.8%
6/2016	2.9%	4.9%
7/2016	2.7%	4.8%
8/2016	3.0%	4.9%
9/2016	2.7%	5.0%
10/2016	2.7%	4.9%
11/2016	2.9%	4.7%
12/2016	3.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2015	3.8%	5.7%
2/2015	3.8%	5.5%
3/2015	3.6%	5.4%
4/2015	3.2%	5.4%
5/2015	3.1%	5.6%
6/2015	3.1%	5.3%
7/2015	2.8%	5.2%
8/2015	2.9%	5.1%
9/2015	2.6%	5.0%
10/2015	2.5%	5.0%
11/2015	2.8%	5.1%
12/2015	3.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2014	4.2%	6.6%
2/2014	4.1%	6.7%
3/2014	4.1%	6.7%
4/2014	3.5%	6.2%
5/2014	3.3%	6.3%
6/2014	3.2%	6.1%
7/2014	3.0%	6.2%
8/2014	3.1%	6.1%
9/2014	3.0%	5.9%
10/2014	2.8%	5.7%
11/2014	3.3%	5.8%
12/2014	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2013	4.6%	8.0%
2/2013	4.6%	7.7%
3/2013	4.4%	7.5%
4/2013	3.9%	7.6%
5/2013	3.6%	7.5%
6/2013	3.6%	7.5%
7/2013	3.4%	7.3%
8/2013	3.5%	7.2%
9/2013	3.4%	7.2%
10/2013	3.2%	7.2%
11/2013	3.5%	6.9%
12/2013	3.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2012	5.1%	8.3%
2/2012	5.0%	8.3%
3/2012	5.0%	8.2%
4/2012	4.2%	8.2%
5/2012	4.2%	8.2%
6/2012	4.2%	8.2%
7/2012	4.1%	8.2%
8/2012	4.1%	8.1%
9/2012	3.9%	7.8%
10/2012	3.7%	7.8%
11/2012	3.9%	7.7%
12/2012	4.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2011	5.8%	9.1%
2/2011	5.8%	9.0%
3/2011	5.8%	9.0%
4/2011	4.9%	9.1%
5/2011	4.6%	9.0%
6/2011	4.6%	9.1%
7/2011	4.3%	9.0%
8/2011	4.4%	9.0%
9/2011	4.1%	9.0%
10/2011	3.9%	8.8%
11/2011	4.2%	8.6%
12/2011	4.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2010	5.9%	9.8%
2/2010	5.9%	9.8%
3/2010	5.9%	9.9%
4/2010	4.9%	9.9%
5/2010	4.8%	9.6%
6/2010	4.7%	9.4%
7/2010	4.6%	9.4%
8/2010	4.7%	9.5%
9/2010	4.4%	9.5%
10/2010	4.3%	9.4%
11/2010	4.6%	9.8%
12/2010	5.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2009	5.0%	7.8%
2/2009	5.2%	8.3%
3/2009	5.6%	8.7%
4/2009	5.2%	9.0%
5/2009	4.9%	9.4%
6/2009	4.9%	9.5%
7/2009	4.7%	9.5%
8/2009	4.7%	9.6%
9/2009	4.4%	9.8%
10/2009	4.5%	10.0%
11/2009	4.7%	9.9%
12/2009	5.3%	9.9%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2008	3.1%	5.0%
2/2008	3.1%	4.9%
3/2008	3.1%	5.1%
4/2008	2.8%	5.0%
5/2008	2.7%	5.4%
6/2008	2.8%	5.6%
7/2008	2.8%	5.8%
8/2008	3.0%	6.1%
9/2008	2.9%	6.1%
10/2008	3.0%	6.5%
11/2008	3.4%	6.8%
12/2008	3.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2007	3.6%	4.6%
2/2007	3.5%	4.5%
3/2007	3.4%	4.4%
4/2007	2.9%	4.5%
5/2007	2.7%	4.4%
6/2007	2.7%	4.6%
7/2007	2.6%	4.7%
8/2007	2.6%	4.6%
9/2007	2.5%	4.7%
10/2007	2.4%	4.7%
11/2007	2.5%	4.7%
12/2007	2.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2006	3.7%	4.7%
2/2006	3.6%	4.8%
3/2006	3.5%	4.7%
4/2006	2.9%	4.7%
5/2006	2.9%	4.6%
6/2006	3.0%	4.6%
7/2006	3.0%	4.7%
8/2006	3.0%	4.7%
9/2006	2.9%	4.5%
10/2006	2.8%	4.4%
11/2006	2.9%	4.5%
12/2006	3.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2005	4.6%	5.3%
2/2005	4.6%	5.4%
3/2005	4.5%	5.2%
4/2005	3.9%	5.2%
5/2005	3.9%	5.1%
6/2005	3.8%	5.0%
7/2005	3.6%	5.0%
8/2005	3.6%	4.9%
9/2005	3.3%	5.0%
10/2005	3.2%	5.0%
11/2005	3.3%	5.0%
12/2005	3.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2004	4.2%	5.7%
2/2004	4.1%	5.6%
3/2004	4.2%	5.8%
4/2004	3.5%	5.6%
5/2004	3.5%	5.6%
6/2004	3.7%	5.6%
7/2004	3.6%	5.5%
8/2004	3.6%	5.4%
9/2004	3.4%	5.4%
10/2004	3.4%	5.5%
11/2004	3.6%	5.4%
12/2004	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2003	4.0%	5.8%
2/2003	4.0%	5.9%
3/2003	4.0%	5.9%
4/2003	3.4%	6.0%
5/2003	3.3%	6.1%
6/2003	3.5%	6.3%
7/2003	3.4%	6.2%
8/2003	3.4%	6.1%
9/2003	3.2%	6.1%
10/2003	3.1%	6.0%
11/2003	3.4%	5.8%
12/2003	3.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2002	4.0%	5.7%
2/2002	3.9%	5.7%
3/2002	4.0%	5.7%
4/2002	3.3%	5.9%
5/2002	2.9%	5.8%
6/2002	2.9%	5.8%
7/2002	2.8%	5.8%
8/2002	2.9%	5.7%
9/2002	2.6%	5.7%
10/2002	2.7%	5.7%
11/2002	3.0%	5.9%
12/2002	3.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2001	3.2%	4.2%
2/2001	3.3%	4.2%
3/2001	3.4%	4.3%
4/2001	3.0%	4.4%
5/2001	2.9%	4.3%
6/2001	3.0%	4.5%
7/2001	3.0%	4.6%
8/2001	3.0%	4.9%
9/2001	2.8%	5.0%
10/2001	2.9%	5.3%
11/2001	3.1%	5.5%
12/2001	3.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/2000	3.1%	4.0%
2/2000	2.9%	4.1%
3/2000	2.8%	4.0%
4/2000	2.2%	3.8%
5/2000	2.3%	4.0%
6/2000	2.4%	4.0%
7/2000	2.2%	4.0%
8/2000	2.3%	4.1%
9/2000	2.1%	3.9%
10/2000	2.0%	3.9%
11/2000	2.6%	3.9%
12/2000	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1999	3.4%	4.3%
2/1999	3.2%	4.4%
3/1999	3.3%	4.2%
4/1999	2.6%	4.3%
5/1999	2.6%	4.2%
6/1999	2.7%	4.3%
7/1999	2.6%	4.3%
8/1999	2.7%	4.2%
9/1999	2.4%	4.2%
10/1999	2.2%	4.1%
11/1999	2.5%	4.1%
12/1999	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1998	3.6%	4.6%
2/1998	3.3%	4.6%
3/1998	3.4%	4.7%
4/1998	2.7%	4.3%
5/1998	2.6%	4.4%
6/1998	2.8%	4.5%
7/1998	2.6%	4.5%
8/1998	2.5%	4.5%
9/1998	2.3%	4.6%
10/1998	2.3%	4.5%
11/1998	2.7%	4.4%
12/1998	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1997	3.8%	5.3%
2/1997	3.4%	5.2%
3/1997	3.5%	5.2%
4/1997	2.9%	5.1%
5/1997	2.8%	4.9%
6/1997	2.9%	5.0%
7/1997	2.7%	4.9%
8/1997	2.8%	4.8%
9/1997	2.5%	4.9%
10/1997	2.4%	4.7%
11/1997	2.7%	4.6%
12/1997	2.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1996	3.8%	5.6%
2/1996	3.7%	5.5%
3/1996	3.8%	5.5%
4/1996	3.1%	5.6%
5/1996	3.1%	5.6%
6/1996	3.1%	5.3%
7/1996	3.0%	5.5%
8/1996	2.9%	5.1%
9/1996	2.7%	5.2%
10/1996	2.6%	5.2%
11/1996	2.9%	5.4%
12/1996	3.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1995	3.8%	5.6%
2/1995	3.5%	5.4%
3/1995	3.4%	5.4%
4/1995	3.0%	5.8%
5/1995	2.9%	5.6%
6/1995	2.9%	5.6%
7/1995	2.9%	5.7%
8/1995	2.9%	5.7%
9/1995	2.7%	5.6%
10/1995	2.6%	5.5%
11/1995	2.9%	5.6%
12/1995	3.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1994	3.9%	6.6%
2/1994	3.8%	6.6%
3/1994	3.9%	6.5%
4/1994	3.1%	6.4%
5/1994	3.1%	6.1%
6/1994	3.2%	6.1%
7/1994	3.0%	6.1%
8/1994	3.1%	6.0%
9/1994	3.0%	5.9%
10/1994	2.8%	5.8%
11/1994	3.0%	5.6%
12/1994	3.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1993	4.2%	7.3%
2/1993	4.0%	7.1%
3/1993	4.1%	7.0%
4/1993	3.3%	7.1%
5/1993	3.1%	7.1%
6/1993	3.3%	7.0%
7/1993	3.1%	6.9%
8/1993	3.2%	6.8%
9/1993	3.0%	6.7%
10/1993	2.8%	6.8%
11/1993	3.1%	6.6%
12/1993	3.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1992	4.0%	7.3%
2/1992	3.8%	7.4%
3/1992	3.9%	7.4%
4/1992	3.1%	7.4%
5/1992	3.3%	7.6%
6/1992	3.4%	7.8%
7/1992	3.1%	7.7%
8/1992	3.2%	7.6%
9/1992	2.9%	7.6%
10/1992	2.7%	7.3%
11/1992	3.1%	7.4%
12/1992	3.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1991	4.3%	6.4%
2/1991	4.1%	6.6%
3/1991	4.2%	6.8%
4/1991	3.4%	6.7%
5/1991	3.4%	6.9%
6/1991	3.5%	6.9%
7/1991	3.2%	6.8%
8/1991	3.3%	6.9%
9/1991	3.1%	6.9%
10/1991	2.9%	7.0%
11/1991	3.3%	7.0%
12/1991	3.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	SD %	National %
1/1990	4.6%	5.4%
2/1990	4.4%	5.3%
3/1990	4.4%	5.2%
4/1990	3.8%	5.4%
5/1990	3.8%	5.4%
6/1990	3.8%	5.2%
7/1990	3.5%	5.5%
8/1990	3.6%	5.7%
9/1990	3.3%	5.9%
10/1990	3.2%	5.9%
11/1990	3.4%	6.2%
12/1990	3.5%	6.3%