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Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate, 2023

Aurora County had the highest job creation rate of 66 counties in 2023, at 23.839%. Buffalo County had the lowest, at 2.837%. The median was 11.476% and the figure for South Dakota was 13.025%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest23.839Aurora County
Lowest2.837Buffalo County
Median11.47666 counties
South Dakota13.025History

Map of counties, 2023

Aurora County: 23.839 %Beadle County: 10.244 %Bennett County: 8.739 %Bon Homme County: 9.705 %Brookings County: 10.735 %Brown County: 8.786 %Brule County: 8.93 %Buffalo County: 2.837 %Butte County: 21.736 %Campbell County: 16.807 %Charles Mix County: 12.521 %Clark County: 12.479 %Clay County: 11.439 %Codington County: 15.494 %Corson County: 4.681 %Custer County: 15.966 %Davison County: 9.973 %Day County: 7.87 %Deuel County: 8.981 %Dewey County: 16.891 %Douglas County: 10.466 %Edmunds County: 7.079 %Fall River County: 10.966 %Faulk County: 7.843 %Grant County: 14.278 %Gregory County: 11.078 %Haakon County: 17.804 %Hamlin County: 12.923 %Hand County: 14.342 %Hanson County: 15.287 %Harding County: 4.384 %Hughes County: 9.782 %Hutchinson County: 10.784 %Hyde County: 4.185 %Jackson County: 21.32 %Jerauld County: 4.137 %Jones County: 9.836 %Kingsbury County: 12.188 %Lake County: 10.367 %Lawrence County: 15.109 %Lincoln County: 16.207 %Lyman County: 9.083 %McCook County: 20.021 %McPherson County: 12.519 %Marshall County: 14.908 %Meade County: 11.719 %Mellette County: 16.046 %Miner County: 14.372 %Minnehaha County: 11.834 %Moody County: 10.074 %Oglala Lakota County: 9.39 %Pennington County: 13.668 %Perkins County: 10.324 %Potter County: 14.224 %Roberts County: 10.229 %Sanborn County: 12.219 %Spink County: 8.734 %Stanley County: 15.655 %Sully County: 11.513 %Todd County: 10.31 %Tripp County: 10.998 %Turner County: 15.299 %Union County: 14.323 %Walworth County: 8.02 %Yankton County: 14.25 %Ziebach County: 18.462 %
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%, 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Aurora County: 23.839 %Aurora County23.839Butte County: 21.736 %Butte County21.736Jackson County: 21.32 %Jackson County21.32McCook County: 20.021 %McCook County20.021Ziebach County: 18.462 %Ziebach County18.462Haakon County: 17.804 %Haakon County17.804Dewey County: 16.891 %Dewey County16.891Campbell County: 16.807 %Campbell County16.807Lincoln County: 16.207 %Lincoln County16.207Mellette County: 16.046 %Mellette County16.046Custer County: 15.966 %Custer County15.966Stanley County: 15.655 %Stanley County15.655Codington County: 15.494 %Codington County15.494Turner County: 15.299 %Turner County15.299Hanson County: 15.287 %Hanson County15.287Lawrence County: 15.109 %Lawrence County15.109Marshall County: 14.908 %Marshall County14.908Miner County: 14.372 %Miner County14.372Hand County: 14.342 %Hand County14.342Union County: 14.323 %Union County14.323Grant County: 14.278 %Grant County14.278Yankton County: 14.25 %Yankton County14.25Potter County: 14.224 %Potter County14.224Pennington County: 13.668 %Pennington County13.668Hamlin County: 12.923 %Hamlin County12.923Charles Mix County: 12.521 %Charles Mix County12.521McPherson County: 12.519 %McPherson County12.519Clark County: 12.479 %Clark County12.479Sanborn County: 12.219 %Sanborn County12.219Kingsbury County: 12.188 %Kingsbury County12.188Minnehaha County: 11.834 %Minnehaha County11.834Meade County: 11.719 %Meade County11.719Sully County: 11.513 %Sully County11.513Clay County: 11.439 %Clay County11.439Gregory County: 11.078 %Gregory County11.078Tripp County: 10.998 %Tripp County10.998Fall River County: 10.966 %Fall River County10.966Hutchinson County: 10.784 %Hutchinson County10.784Brookings County: 10.735 %Brookings County10.735Douglas County: 10.466 %Douglas County10.466Aurora County: 23.839 %Aurora County23.839Butte County: 21.736 %Butte County21.736Jackson County: 21.32 %Jackson County21.32McCook County: 20.021 %McCook County20.021Ziebach County: 18.462 %Ziebach County18.462Haakon County: 17.804 %Haakon County17.804Dewey County: 16.891 %Dewey County16.891Campbell County: 16.807 %Campbell County16.807Lincoln County: 16.207 %Lincoln County16.207Mellette County: 16.046 %Mellette County16.046Custer County: 15.966 %Custer County15.966Stanley County: 15.655 %Stanley County15.655Codington County: 15.494 %Codington County15.494Turner County: 15.299 %Turner County15.299Hanson County: 15.287 %Hanson County15.287Lawrence County: 15.109 %Lawrence County15.109Marshall County: 14.908 %Marshall County14.908Miner County: 14.372 %Miner County14.372Hand County: 14.342 %Hand County14.342Union County: 14.323 %Union County14.323Grant County: 14.278 %Grant County14.278Yankton County: 14.25 %Yankton County14.25Potter County: 14.224 %Potter County14.224Pennington County: 13.668 %Pennington County13.668Hamlin County: 12.923 %Hamlin County12.923Charles Mix County: 12.521 %Charles Mix County12.521McPherson County: 12.519 %McPherson County12.519Clark County: 12.479 %Clark County12.479Sanborn County: 12.219 %Sanborn County12.219Kingsbury County: 12.188 %Kingsbury County12.188Minnehaha County: 11.834 %Minnehaha County11.834Meade County: 11.719 %Meade County11.719Sully County: 11.513 %Sully County11.513Clay County: 11.439 %Clay County11.439Gregory County: 11.078 %Gregory County11.078Tripp County: 10.998 %Tripp County10.998Fall River County: 10.966 %Fall River County10.966Hutchinson County: 10.784 %Hutchinson County10.784Brookings County: 10.735 %Brookings County10.735Douglas County: 10.466 %Douglas County10.466
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Aurora County23.839+10.72 pts
2Butte County21.736+3.91 pts
3Jackson County21.32-1.06 pts
4McCook County20.021+6.92 pts
5Ziebach County18.462+8.41 pts
6Haakon County17.804+2.2 pts
7Dewey County16.891-0.8 pts
8Campbell County16.807+11.32 pts
9Lincoln County16.207-4.09 pts
10Mellette County16.046-5.48 pts
11Custer County15.966-3.88 pts
12Stanley County15.655+2.48 pts
13Codington County15.494+1.44 pts
14Turner County15.299+4.96 pts
15Hanson County15.287+3.13 pts
16Lawrence County15.109+0.3 pts
17Marshall County14.908+3.16 pts
18Miner County14.372+6.55 pts
19Hand County14.342+3.85 pts
20Union County14.323+1.37 pts
21Grant County14.278+1.77 pts
22Yankton County14.25+2.53 pts
23Potter County14.224+0.54 pts
24Pennington County13.668-2.25 pts
25Hamlin County12.923-1.22 pts
26Charles Mix County12.521-3.98 pts
27McPherson County12.519+1.06 pts
28Clark County12.479+3.01 pts
29Sanborn County12.219-5.27 pts
30Kingsbury County12.188+2.44 pts
31Minnehaha County11.834+0.17 pts
32Meade County11.719-9.45 pts
33Sully County11.513-13.32 pts
34Clay County11.439-5.99 pts
35Gregory County11.078-3.61 pts
36Tripp County10.998-4.6 pts
37Fall River County10.966+0.73 pts
38Hutchinson County10.784+2.36 pts
39Brookings County10.735-2.79 pts
40Douglas County10.466+2.48 pts
41Lake County10.367-3.56 pts
42Perkins County10.324-3.96 pts
43Todd County10.31+1.06 pts
44Beadle County10.244-1.94 pts
45Roberts County10.229+0.18 pts
46Moody County10.074+1.2 pts
47Davison County9.973-0.53 pts
48Jones County9.836-11.44 pts
49Hughes County9.782-4.15 pts
50Bon Homme County9.705-9.72 pts
51Oglala Lakota County9.39-2.89 pts
52Lyman County9.083-27.77 pts
53Deuel County8.981-6.4 pts
54Brule County8.93-0.4 pts
55Brown County8.786-0.33 pts
56Bennett County8.739-3.7 pts
57Spink County8.734-4.65 pts
58Walworth County8.02-1.09 pts
59Day County7.87-5.77 pts
60Faulk County7.843-8.22 pts
61Edmunds County7.079-8.78 pts
62Corson County4.681+1.64 pts
63Harding County4.384-10.15 pts
64Hyde County4.185-6.47 pts
65Jerauld County4.137-8.88 pts
66Buffalo County2.837-22.9 pts

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About this ranking

Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/south-dakota-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/south-dakota-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/south-dakota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Aurora County, with 23.839% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Buffalo County, with 2.837% in 2023.

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