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Which counties in South Dakota are adding jobs fastest?

Hamlin County (+53.9%), Lincoln County (+42.1%) and Corson County (+37.6%) added private-sector jobs fastest in South Dakota between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated

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All 65 ranked South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by private-sector job growth
RankCountyChange 2018–23Private jobs 2023Residents
1Hamlin County+53.9%1,7256,900
2Lincoln County+42.1%29,28377,145
3Corson County+37.6%2893,781
4Dewey County+32.3%7785,419
5Hanson County+28.2%4553,456
6Meade County+21.8%6,66230,711
7Clark County+20.2%7384,031
8Sanborn County+19.9%4092,388
9Jerauld County+18.8%1,4631,654
10McPherson County+16.2%3522,347
11Bon Homme County+14.3%1,1737,244
12Kingsbury County+12.3%1,2545,284
13Deuel County+10.8%1,0384,408
14Union County+10.4%9,84417,402
15Lawrence County+10.3%11,10929,459
16Marshall County+10.1%1,1844,426
17Gregory County+9.5%1,1944,037
18Brookings County+9.4%15,15137,635
19Codington County+9.1%15,00129,562
20Grant County+8.8%3,6667,534
21Sully County+8.2%3041,479
22Custer County+7.8%1,5369,431
23Pennington County+7.6%52,402116,792
24Lyman County+6.7%6213,694
25Hutchinson County+4.9%2,1497,413
26Butte County+4.5%2,39310,856
27Davison County+4.3%11,05720,069
28Brule County+4.2%1,9995,278
29Minnehaha County+3.7%125,353212,691
30Mellette County+3.3%1562,137
31Stanley County+2.5%9673,018
32Lake County+2.1%3,90710,993
33Charles Mix County+1.7%2,3889,303
34Yankton County+1.2%11,77623,635
35Douglas County+0.9%7712,888
36Oglala Lakota County+0.9%1,96313,338
37Jackson County+0.4%2802,666
38McCook County+0.1%9445,964
39Spink County+0.1%1,3116,155
40Haakon County−0.4%6801,802
41Potter County−0.7%5682,377
42Edmunds County−1.2%8474,022
43Turner County−1.3%1,4519,314
44Clay County−2.4%3,74215,031
45Beadle County−2.5%6,84019,624
46Perkins County−2.9%7342,853
47Day County−3.9%1,3725,484
48Hand County−4.4%1,0533,121
49Moody County−5.6%1,4996,632
50Brown County−6.3%17,30637,561
51Tripp County−7.9%1,5135,708
52Todd County−8.5%9168,863
53Hyde County−9.6%4541,191
54Faulk County−11.0%4122,178
55Miner County−12.8%5092,281
56Roberts County−13.5%1,84610,255
57Hughes County−13.9%6,45317,570
58Walworth County−14.9%1,6075,217
59Bennett County−15.8%6073,307
60Harding County−16.3%3441,331
61Aurora County−18.2%5222,801
62Campbell County−18.7%3091,377
63Buffalo County−20.1%1351,802
64Ziebach County−28.9%2122,389
65Fall River County−32.8%1,7227,467

1 of 66 South Dakota counties are not ranked on this measure.

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Questions

Which county in South Dakota has the fastest job growth?

Hamlin County: +53.9%, ahead of Lincoln County (+42.1%) and Corson County (+37.6%), of 65 South Dakota counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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