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Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate

Campbell County had the highest job creation rate of 66 counties in 2016, at 19.408%. Jerauld County had the lowest, at 4.413%. The median was 9.123% and the figure for South Dakota was 10.114%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest19.408Campbell County
Lowest4.413Jerauld County
Median9.12366 counties
South Dakota10.114History

Map of counties, 2016

Aurora County: 8.52 %Beadle County: 12.576 %Bennett County: 13.727 %Bon Homme County: 7.96 %Brookings County: 8.896 %Brown County: 9.712 %Brule County: 8.589 %Buffalo County: 7.122 %Butte County: 8.216 %Campbell County: 19.408 %Charles Mix County: 8.21 %Clark County: 15.974 %Clay County: 13.634 %Codington County: 11.166 %Corson County: 6.08 %Custer County: 11.833 %Davison County: 8.716 %Day County: 10.312 %Deuel County: 8.121 %Dewey County: 15.965 %Douglas County: 6.835 %Edmunds County: 5.683 %Fall River County: 8.04 %Faulk County: 11.329 %Grant County: 8.749 %Gregory County: 13.784 %Haakon County: 5.929 %Hamlin County: 11.979 %Hand County: 16.659 %Hanson County: 13.262 %Harding County: 7.08 %Hughes County: 11.48 %Hutchinson County: 9.336 %Hyde County: 4.6 %Jackson County: 5.585 %Jerauld County: 4.413 %Jones County: 5.376 %Kingsbury County: 13.51 %Lake County: 12.845 %Lawrence County: 9.406 %Lincoln County: 13.457 %Lyman County: 15.785 %McCook County: 14.486 %McPherson County: 5.078 %Marshall County: 18.674 %Meade County: 13.216 %Mellette County: 9.404 %Miner County: 7.708 %Minnehaha County: 9.43 %Moody County: 5.626 %Oglala Lakota County: 8.175 %Pennington County: 9.9 %Perkins County: 7.723 %Potter County: 8.631 %Roberts County: 8.672 %Sanborn County: 6.905 %Spink County: 11.999 %Stanley County: 8.91 %Sully County: 14.511 %Todd County: 4.967 %Tripp County: 7.338 %Turner County: 19.051 %Union County: 7.425 %Walworth County: 9.78 %Yankton County: 9.479 %Ziebach County: 6.987 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Campbell County: 19.408 %Campbell County19.408Turner County: 19.051 %Turner County19.051Marshall County: 18.674 %Marshall County18.674Hand County: 16.659 %Hand County16.659Clark County: 15.974 %Clark County15.974Dewey County: 15.965 %Dewey County15.965Lyman County: 15.785 %Lyman County15.785Sully County: 14.511 %Sully County14.511McCook County: 14.486 %McCook County14.486Gregory County: 13.784 %Gregory County13.784Bennett County: 13.727 %Bennett County13.727Clay County: 13.634 %Clay County13.634Kingsbury County: 13.51 %Kingsbury County13.51Lincoln County: 13.457 %Lincoln County13.457Hanson County: 13.262 %Hanson County13.262Meade County: 13.216 %Meade County13.216Lake County: 12.845 %Lake County12.845Beadle County: 12.576 %Beadle County12.576Spink County: 11.999 %Spink County11.999Hamlin County: 11.979 %Hamlin County11.979Custer County: 11.833 %Custer County11.833Hughes County: 11.48 %Hughes County11.48Faulk County: 11.329 %Faulk County11.329Codington County: 11.166 %Codington County11.166Day County: 10.312 %Day County10.312Pennington County: 9.9 %Pennington County9.9Walworth County: 9.78 %Walworth County9.78Brown County: 9.712 %Brown County9.712Yankton County: 9.479 %Yankton County9.479Minnehaha County: 9.43 %Minnehaha County9.43Lawrence County: 9.406 %Lawrence County9.406Mellette County: 9.404 %Mellette County9.404Hutchinson County: 9.336 %Hutchinson County9.336Stanley County: 8.91 %Stanley County8.91Brookings County: 8.896 %Brookings County8.896Grant County: 8.749 %Grant County8.749Davison County: 8.716 %Davison County8.716Roberts County: 8.672 %Roberts County8.672Potter County: 8.631 %Potter County8.631Brule County: 8.589 %Brule County8.589Campbell County: 19.408 %Campbell County19.408Turner County: 19.051 %Turner County19.051Marshall County: 18.674 %Marshall County18.674Hand County: 16.659 %Hand County16.659Clark County: 15.974 %Clark County15.974Dewey County: 15.965 %Dewey County15.965Lyman County: 15.785 %Lyman County15.785Sully County: 14.511 %Sully County14.511McCook County: 14.486 %McCook County14.486Gregory County: 13.784 %Gregory County13.784Bennett County: 13.727 %Bennett County13.727Clay County: 13.634 %Clay County13.634Kingsbury County: 13.51 %Kingsbury County13.51Lincoln County: 13.457 %Lincoln County13.457Hanson County: 13.262 %Hanson County13.262Meade County: 13.216 %Meade County13.216Lake County: 12.845 %Lake County12.845Beadle County: 12.576 %Beadle County12.576Spink County: 11.999 %Spink County11.999Hamlin County: 11.979 %Hamlin County11.979Custer County: 11.833 %Custer County11.833Hughes County: 11.48 %Hughes County11.48Faulk County: 11.329 %Faulk County11.329Codington County: 11.166 %Codington County11.166Day County: 10.312 %Day County10.312Pennington County: 9.9 %Pennington County9.9Walworth County: 9.78 %Walworth County9.78Brown County: 9.712 %Brown County9.712Yankton County: 9.479 %Yankton County9.479Minnehaha County: 9.43 %Minnehaha County9.43Lawrence County: 9.406 %Lawrence County9.406Mellette County: 9.404 %Mellette County9.404Hutchinson County: 9.336 %Hutchinson County9.336Stanley County: 8.91 %Stanley County8.91Brookings County: 8.896 %Brookings County8.896Grant County: 8.749 %Grant County8.749Davison County: 8.716 %Davison County8.716Roberts County: 8.672 %Roberts County8.672Potter County: 8.631 %Potter County8.631Brule County: 8.589 %Brule County8.589
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Campbell County19.408+7.71 pts
2Turner County19.051+8.26 pts
3Marshall County18.674+4.43 pts
4Hand County16.659+3.75 pts
5Clark County15.974+1.47 pts
6Dewey County15.965-6.24 pts
7Lyman County15.785+6.61 pts
8Sully County14.511+4.12 pts
9McCook County14.486+3.38 pts
10Gregory County13.784+1.49 pts
11Bennett County13.727-0.5 pts
12Clay County13.634+5.35 pts
13Kingsbury County13.51+5.63 pts
14Lincoln County13.457+1.15 pts
15Hanson County13.262-12.33 pts
16Meade County13.216+1.75 pts
17Lake County12.845+0.45 pts
18Beadle County12.576+2.79 pts
19Spink County11.999-3.9 pts
20Hamlin County11.979+0.95 pts
21Custer County11.833-2.43 pts
22Hughes County11.48-2.86 pts
23Faulk County11.329+0.64 pts
24Codington County11.166+2.97 pts
25Day County10.312-1.81 pts
26Pennington County9.9-0.9 pts
27Walworth County9.78-2.19 pts
28Brown County9.712-0.82 pts
29Yankton County9.479-1.89 pts
30Minnehaha County9.43-0.49 pts
31Lawrence County9.406-0.77 pts
32Mellette County9.404+4.58 pts
33Hutchinson County9.336+1.27 pts
34Stanley County8.91-2.05 pts
35Brookings County8.896-2.84 pts
36Grant County8.749+0.16 pts
37Davison County8.716-0.33 pts
38Roberts County8.672-0.05 pts
39Potter County8.631+0.5 pts
40Brule County8.589-0.93 pts
41Aurora County8.52-2.2 pts
42Butte County8.216-6.85 pts
43Charles Mix County8.21+0.4 pts
44Oglala Lakota County8.175-1.29 pts
45Deuel County8.121+0.51 pts
46Fall River County8.04-2.07 pts
47Bon Homme County7.96-1.53 pts
48Perkins County7.723-7.22 pts
49Miner County7.708-6.25 pts
50Union County7.425-3.23 pts
51Tripp County7.338-0.97 pts
52Buffalo County7.122-7.16 pts
53Harding County7.08-4.22 pts
54Ziebach County6.987-7.03 pts
55Sanborn County6.905-2.68 pts
56Douglas County6.835+0.36 pts
57Corson County6.08-2.35 pts
58Haakon County5.929-1.89 pts
59Edmunds County5.683-3.97 pts
60Moody County5.626-9.09 pts
61Jackson County5.585-11.3 pts
62Jones County5.376-7.15 pts
63McPherson County5.078-11.01 pts
64Todd County4.967-4.46 pts
65Hyde County4.6-4.6 pts
66Jerauld County4.413+0.4 pts

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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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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?period=2016. 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, 2016. 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?period=2016.

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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, 2016 [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?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Campbell County, with 19.408% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Jerauld County, with 4.413% in 2016.

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