# Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate, 2023

All 66 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Aurora County | 23.839 |
| 2 | Butte County | 21.736 |
| 3 | Jackson County | 21.32 |
| 4 | McCook County | 20.021 |
| 5 | Ziebach County | 18.462 |
| 6 | Haakon County | 17.804 |
| 7 | Dewey County | 16.891 |
| 8 | Campbell County | 16.807 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 16.207 |
| 10 | Mellette County | 16.046 |
| 11 | Custer County | 15.966 |
| 12 | Stanley County | 15.655 |
| 13 | Codington County | 15.494 |
| 14 | Turner County | 15.299 |
| 15 | Hanson County | 15.287 |
| 16 | Lawrence County | 15.109 |
| 17 | Marshall County | 14.908 |
| 18 | Miner County | 14.372 |
| 19 | Hand County | 14.342 |
| 20 | Union County | 14.323 |
| 21 | Grant County | 14.278 |
| 22 | Yankton County | 14.25 |
| 23 | Potter County | 14.224 |
| 24 | Pennington County | 13.668 |
| 25 | Hamlin County | 12.923 |
| 26 | Charles Mix County | 12.521 |
| 27 | McPherson County | 12.519 |
| 28 | Clark County | 12.479 |
| 29 | Sanborn County | 12.219 |
| 30 | Kingsbury County | 12.188 |
| 31 | Minnehaha County | 11.834 |
| 32 | Meade County | 11.719 |
| 33 | Sully County | 11.513 |
| 34 | Clay County | 11.439 |
| 35 | Gregory County | 11.078 |
| 36 | Tripp County | 10.998 |
| 37 | Fall River County | 10.966 |
| 38 | Hutchinson County | 10.784 |
| 39 | Brookings County | 10.735 |
| 40 | Douglas County | 10.466 |
| 41 | Lake County | 10.367 |
| 42 | Perkins County | 10.324 |
| 43 | Todd County | 10.31 |
| 44 | Beadle County | 10.244 |
| 45 | Roberts County | 10.229 |
| 46 | Moody County | 10.074 |
| 47 | Davison County | 9.973 |
| 48 | Jones County | 9.836 |
| 49 | Hughes County | 9.782 |
| 50 | Bon Homme County | 9.705 |
| 51 | Oglala Lakota County | 9.39 |
| 52 | Lyman County | 9.083 |
| 53 | Deuel County | 8.981 |
| 54 | Brule County | 8.93 |
| 55 | Brown County | 8.786 |
| 56 | Bennett County | 8.739 |
| 57 | Spink County | 8.734 |
| 58 | Walworth County | 8.02 |
| 59 | Day County | 7.87 |
| 60 | Faulk County | 7.843 |
| 61 | Edmunds County | 7.079 |
| 62 | Corson County | 4.681 |
| 63 | Harding County | 4.384 |
| 64 | Hyde County | 4.185 |
| 65 | Jerauld County | 4.137 |
| 66 | Buffalo County | 2.837 |