Unemployment Rate in Mellette County, SD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.5%
Rank #3,163/3,222 · #61 in SD
2th
Mellette 12.5%
SD 2.9% +329.0%
US 5.3% +135.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
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Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Mellette County's unemployment rate of 12.5% 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 Mellette County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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% |
About Unemployment Rate
Mellette County, South Dakota has a unemployment rate of 12.5%, ranking #3,163 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 135.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within South Dakota, it ranks #61 of 66. This places it in the 2th 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.