Unemployment Rate in Hand County, SD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
0.8%
Rank #74/3,222 · #9 in SD
98th
Hand 0.8%
SD 2.9% -73.3%
US 5.3% -85.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Hand County's unemployment rate of 0.8% 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 Hand County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #71 | Kimball County, NE | 0.7% |
| #72 | Stanton County, NE | 0.7% |
| #73 | Sargent County, ND | 0.8% |
| #74 | Hand County, SD | 0.8% |
| #75 | Wichita County, KS | 0.8% |
| #76 | Glasscock County, TX | 0.8% |
| #77 | Fremont County, IA | 0.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Hand County, South Dakota has a unemployment rate of 0.8%, ranking #74 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 85.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within South Dakota, it ranks #9 of 66. This places it in the 98th 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.