Unemployment Rate in Buffalo County, SD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
10.8%
Rank #3,125/3,222 · #60 in SD
3th
Buffalo 10.8%
SD 2.9% +271.6%
US 5.3% +103.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Buffalo County's unemployment rate of 10.8% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Buffalo County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,122 | Roosevelt County, MT | 10.8% |
| #3,123 | Barceloneta Municipio, PR | 10.8% |
| #3,124 | Menard County, TX | 10.8% |
| #3,125 | Buffalo County, SD | 10.8% |
| #3,126 | Kemper County, MS | 10.8% |
| #3,127 | St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 10.8% |
| #3,128 | Lafayette County, FL | 10.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Buffalo County, South Dakota has a unemployment rate of 10.8%, ranking #3,125 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 103.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within South Dakota, it ranks #60 of 66. This places it in the 3th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.