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Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate

Campbell County had the highest job creation rate of 66 counties in 2017, at 32.178%. Jerauld County had the lowest, at 4.56%. The median was 10.696% and the figure for South Dakota was 11.386%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest32.178Campbell County
Lowest4.56Jerauld County
Median10.69666 counties
South Dakota11.386History

Map of counties, 2017

Aurora County: 16.023 %Beadle County: 9.452 %Bennett County: 13.569 %Bon Homme County: 6.955 %Brookings County: 10.27 %Brown County: 10.509 %Brule County: 8.39 %Buffalo County: 5.438 %Butte County: 9.863 %Campbell County: 32.178 %Charles Mix County: 12.876 %Clark County: 19.27 %Clay County: 12.077 %Codington County: 8.174 %Corson County: 9.868 %Custer County: 21.238 %Davison County: 9.276 %Day County: 10.194 %Deuel County: 6.22 %Dewey County: 9.891 %Douglas County: 14.941 %Edmunds County: 17.014 %Fall River County: 10.711 %Faulk County: 10.95 %Grant County: 10.682 %Gregory County: 8.671 %Haakon County: 14.681 %Hamlin County: 16.122 %Hand County: 6.479 %Hanson County: 12.757 %Harding County: 10.71 %Hughes County: 12.921 %Hutchinson County: 10.071 %Hyde County: 5.438 %Jackson County: 19.134 %Jerauld County: 4.56 %Jones County: 6.963 %Kingsbury County: 11.589 %Lake County: 11.407 %Lawrence County: 10.002 %Lincoln County: 16.557 %Lyman County: 17.351 %McCook County: 13.917 %McPherson County: 7.5 %Marshall County: 11.359 %Meade County: 14.643 %Mellette County: 13.924 %Miner County: 11.011 %Minnehaha County: 11.07 %Moody County: 10.457 %Oglala Lakota County: 8.114 %Pennington County: 11.533 %Perkins County: 8.559 %Potter County: 6.901 %Roberts County: 6.335 %Sanborn County: 7.239 %Spink County: 13.146 %Stanley County: 14.195 %Sully County: 6.874 %Todd County: 8.77 %Tripp County: 9.026 %Turner County: 8.665 %Union County: 11.489 %Walworth County: 13.776 %Yankton County: 11.695 %Ziebach County: 9.129 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

Campbell County: 32.178 %Campbell County32.178Custer County: 21.238 %Custer County21.238Clark County: 19.27 %Clark County19.27Jackson County: 19.134 %Jackson County19.134Lyman County: 17.351 %Lyman County17.351Edmunds County: 17.014 %Edmunds County17.014Lincoln County: 16.557 %Lincoln County16.557Hamlin County: 16.122 %Hamlin County16.122Aurora County: 16.023 %Aurora County16.023Douglas County: 14.941 %Douglas County14.941Haakon County: 14.681 %Haakon County14.681Meade County: 14.643 %Meade County14.643Stanley County: 14.195 %Stanley County14.195Mellette County: 13.924 %Mellette County13.924McCook County: 13.917 %McCook County13.917Walworth County: 13.776 %Walworth County13.776Bennett County: 13.569 %Bennett County13.569Spink County: 13.146 %Spink County13.146Hughes County: 12.921 %Hughes County12.921Charles Mix County: 12.876 %Charles Mix County12.876Hanson County: 12.757 %Hanson County12.757Clay County: 12.077 %Clay County12.077Yankton County: 11.695 %Yankton County11.695Kingsbury County: 11.589 %Kingsbury County11.589Pennington County: 11.533 %Pennington County11.533Union County: 11.489 %Union County11.489Lake County: 11.407 %Lake County11.407Marshall County: 11.359 %Marshall County11.359Minnehaha County: 11.07 %Minnehaha County11.07Miner County: 11.011 %Miner County11.011Faulk County: 10.95 %Faulk County10.95Fall River County: 10.711 %Fall River County10.711Harding County: 10.71 %Harding County10.71Grant County: 10.682 %Grant County10.682Brown County: 10.509 %Brown County10.509Moody County: 10.457 %Moody County10.457Brookings County: 10.27 %Brookings County10.27Day County: 10.194 %Day County10.194Hutchinson County: 10.071 %Hutchinson County10.071Lawrence County: 10.002 %Lawrence County10.002Campbell County: 32.178 %Campbell County32.178Custer County: 21.238 %Custer County21.238Clark County: 19.27 %Clark County19.27Jackson County: 19.134 %Jackson County19.134Lyman County: 17.351 %Lyman County17.351Edmunds County: 17.014 %Edmunds County17.014Lincoln County: 16.557 %Lincoln County16.557Hamlin County: 16.122 %Hamlin County16.122Aurora County: 16.023 %Aurora County16.023Douglas County: 14.941 %Douglas County14.941Haakon County: 14.681 %Haakon County14.681Meade County: 14.643 %Meade County14.643Stanley County: 14.195 %Stanley County14.195Mellette County: 13.924 %Mellette County13.924McCook County: 13.917 %McCook County13.917Walworth County: 13.776 %Walworth County13.776Bennett County: 13.569 %Bennett County13.569Spink County: 13.146 %Spink County13.146Hughes County: 12.921 %Hughes County12.921Charles Mix County: 12.876 %Charles Mix County12.876Hanson County: 12.757 %Hanson County12.757Clay County: 12.077 %Clay County12.077Yankton County: 11.695 %Yankton County11.695Kingsbury County: 11.589 %Kingsbury County11.589Pennington County: 11.533 %Pennington County11.533Union County: 11.489 %Union County11.489Lake County: 11.407 %Lake County11.407Marshall County: 11.359 %Marshall County11.359Minnehaha County: 11.07 %Minnehaha County11.07Miner County: 11.011 %Miner County11.011Faulk County: 10.95 %Faulk County10.95Fall River County: 10.711 %Fall River County10.711Harding County: 10.71 %Harding County10.71Grant County: 10.682 %Grant County10.682Brown County: 10.509 %Brown County10.509Moody County: 10.457 %Moody County10.457Brookings County: 10.27 %Brookings County10.27Day County: 10.194 %Day County10.194Hutchinson County: 10.071 %Hutchinson County10.071Lawrence County: 10.002 %Lawrence County10.002
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Campbell County32.178+12.77 pts
2Custer County21.238+9.4 pts
3Clark County19.27+3.3 pts
4Jackson County19.134+13.55 pts
5Lyman County17.351+1.57 pts
6Edmunds County17.014+11.33 pts
7Lincoln County16.557+3.1 pts
8Hamlin County16.122+4.14 pts
9Aurora County16.023+7.5 pts
10Douglas County14.941+8.11 pts
11Haakon County14.681+8.75 pts
12Meade County14.643+1.43 pts
13Stanley County14.195+5.29 pts
14Mellette County13.924+4.52 pts
15McCook County13.917-0.57 pts
16Walworth County13.776+4 pts
17Bennett County13.569-0.16 pts
18Spink County13.146+1.15 pts
19Hughes County12.921+1.44 pts
20Charles Mix County12.876+4.67 pts
21Hanson County12.757-0.51 pts
22Clay County12.077-1.56 pts
23Yankton County11.695+2.22 pts
24Kingsbury County11.589-1.92 pts
25Pennington County11.533+1.63 pts
26Union County11.489+4.06 pts
27Lake County11.407-1.44 pts
28Marshall County11.359-7.31 pts
29Minnehaha County11.07+1.64 pts
30Miner County11.011+3.3 pts
31Faulk County10.95-0.38 pts
32Fall River County10.711+2.67 pts
33Harding County10.71+3.63 pts
34Grant County10.682+1.93 pts
35Brown County10.509+0.8 pts
36Moody County10.457+4.83 pts
37Brookings County10.27+1.37 pts
38Day County10.194-0.12 pts
39Hutchinson County10.071+0.73 pts
40Lawrence County10.002+0.6 pts
41Dewey County9.891-6.07 pts
42Corson County9.868+3.79 pts
43Butte County9.863+1.65 pts
44Beadle County9.452-3.12 pts
45Davison County9.276+0.56 pts
46Ziebach County9.129+2.14 pts
47Tripp County9.026+1.69 pts
48Todd County8.77+3.8 pts
49Gregory County8.671-5.11 pts
50Turner County8.665-10.39 pts
51Perkins County8.559+0.84 pts
52Brule County8.39-0.2 pts
53Codington County8.174-2.99 pts
54Oglala Lakota County8.114-0.06 pts
55McPherson County7.5+2.42 pts
56Sanborn County7.239+0.33 pts
57Jones County6.963+1.59 pts
58Bon Homme County6.955-1 pts
59Potter County6.901-1.73 pts
60Sully County6.874-7.64 pts
61Hand County6.479-10.18 pts
62Roberts County6.335-2.34 pts
63Deuel County6.22-1.9 pts
64Buffalo County5.438-1.68 pts
64Hyde County5.438+0.84 pts
66Jerauld County4.56+0.15 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Campbell County, with 32.178% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Jerauld County, with 4.56% in 2017.

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