Unemployment Rate in Lawrence County, SD

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
1.7% −67.1% vs nat'l
Rank #220 of 3,222
93th percentile

How Lawrence County Compares

Lawrence County
1.7%
South Dakota Average
1.7%
Rank #23 of 66 in state
National
5.3%
67.1% below

National Distribution

Where Lawrence County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Lawrence County: 1.7%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#217 Brown County, NE 1.7%
#218 Jerauld County, SD 1.7%
#219 Logan County, ND 1.7%
#220 Lawrence County, SD 1.7%
#221 Stanton County, KS 1.8%
#222 Teton County, WY 1.8%
#223 Sioux County, NE 1.8%
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Unemployment Rate in Lawrence County, South Dakota

Lawrence County, South Dakota has a unemployment rate of 1.7%, which ranks #220 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 67.1% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within South Dakota, Lawrence County ranks #23 of 66 out of 66 counties. This places it in the 93th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.