Unemployment Rate in Mellette County, SD

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
12.5% +135.3% vs nat'l
Rank #3,163 of 3,222
2th percentile

How Mellette County Compares

Mellette County
12.5%
South Dakota Average
12.5%
Rank #61 of 66 in state
National
5.3%
135.3% above

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Mellette County: 12.5%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#3,160 San Juan Municipio, PR 12.2%
#3,161 Ferry County, WA 12.5%
#3,162 Imperial County, CA 12.5%
#3,163 Mellette County, SD 12.5%
#3,164 San Juan County, UT 12.5%
#3,165 Humphreys County, MS 12.5%
#3,166 Owsley County, KY 12.6%
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Unemployment Rate in Mellette County, South Dakota

Mellette County, South Dakota has a unemployment rate of 12.5%, which ranks #3,163 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 135.3% above the national value of 5.3%.

Within South Dakota, Mellette County ranks #61 of 66 out of 66 counties. This places it in the 2th 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.