Unemployment Rate in Day County, SD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
2.1%
Rank #306/3,222 · #30 in SD
91th
Day 2.1%
SD 2.9% -28.0%
US 5.3% -60.5%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Day County's unemployment rate of 2.1% 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 Day County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #303 | Clark County, ID | 2.1% |
| #304 | Effingham County, IL | 2.1% |
| #305 | Billings County, ND | 2.1% |
| #306 | Day County, SD | 2.1% |
| #307 | Thomas County, NE | 2.1% |
| #308 | Kingfisher County, OK | 2.1% |
| #309 | Juniata County, PA | 2.1% |
About Unemployment Rate
Day County, South Dakota has a unemployment rate of 2.1%, ranking #306 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 60.5% below the national value of 5.3%. Within South Dakota, it ranks #30 of 66. This places it in the 91th 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.