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Counties in South Dakota by job creation rate

Lyman County had the highest job creation rate of 66 counties in 2022, at 36.856%. Corson County had the lowest, at 3.041%. The median was 13.282% and the figure for South Dakota was 13.578%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest36.856Lyman County
Lowest3.041Corson County
Median13.28266 counties
South Dakota13.578History

Map of counties, 2022

Aurora County: 13.115 %Beadle County: 12.188 %Bennett County: 12.437 %Bon Homme County: 19.421 %Brookings County: 13.522 %Brown County: 9.113 %Brule County: 9.332 %Buffalo County: 25.735 %Butte County: 17.827 %Campbell County: 5.483 %Charles Mix County: 16.497 %Clark County: 9.47 %Clay County: 17.433 %Codington County: 14.055 %Corson County: 3.041 %Custer County: 19.849 %Davison County: 10.505 %Day County: 13.636 %Deuel County: 15.385 %Dewey County: 17.688 %Douglas County: 7.989 %Edmunds County: 15.863 %Fall River County: 10.233 %Faulk County: 16.06 %Grant County: 12.513 %Gregory County: 14.692 %Haakon County: 15.601 %Hamlin County: 14.146 %Hand County: 10.49 %Hanson County: 12.155 %Harding County: 14.531 %Hughes County: 13.929 %Hutchinson County: 8.424 %Hyde County: 10.658 %Jackson County: 22.378 %Jerauld County: 13.012 %Jones County: 21.277 %Kingsbury County: 9.746 %Lake County: 13.931 %Lawrence County: 14.81 %Lincoln County: 20.297 %Lyman County: 36.856 %McCook County: 13.101 %McPherson County: 11.455 %Marshall County: 11.749 %Meade County: 21.165 %Mellette County: 21.53 %Miner County: 7.82 %Minnehaha County: 11.662 %Moody County: 8.871 %Oglala Lakota County: 12.278 %Pennington County: 15.913 %Perkins County: 14.286 %Potter County: 13.686 %Roberts County: 10.047 %Sanborn County: 17.49 %Spink County: 13.388 %Stanley County: 13.177 %Sully County: 24.83 %Todd County: 9.248 %Tripp County: 15.596 %Turner County: 10.337 %Union County: 12.952 %Walworth County: 9.107 %Yankton County: 11.723 %Ziebach County: 10.056 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Lyman County: 36.856 %Lyman County36.856Buffalo County: 25.735 %Buffalo County25.735Sully County: 24.83 %Sully County24.83Jackson County: 22.378 %Jackson County22.378Mellette County: 21.53 %Mellette County21.53Jones County: 21.277 %Jones County21.277Meade County: 21.165 %Meade County21.165Lincoln County: 20.297 %Lincoln County20.297Custer County: 19.849 %Custer County19.849Bon Homme County: 19.421 %Bon Homme County19.421Butte County: 17.827 %Butte County17.827Dewey County: 17.688 %Dewey County17.688Sanborn County: 17.49 %Sanborn County17.49Clay County: 17.433 %Clay County17.433Charles Mix County: 16.497 %Charles Mix County16.497Faulk County: 16.06 %Faulk County16.06Pennington County: 15.913 %Pennington County15.913Edmunds County: 15.863 %Edmunds County15.863Haakon County: 15.601 %Haakon County15.601Tripp County: 15.596 %Tripp County15.596Deuel County: 15.385 %Deuel County15.385Lawrence County: 14.81 %Lawrence County14.81Gregory County: 14.692 %Gregory County14.692Harding County: 14.531 %Harding County14.531Perkins County: 14.286 %Perkins County14.286Hamlin County: 14.146 %Hamlin County14.146Codington County: 14.055 %Codington County14.055Lake County: 13.931 %Lake County13.931Hughes County: 13.929 %Hughes County13.929Potter County: 13.686 %Potter County13.686Day County: 13.636 %Day County13.636Brookings County: 13.522 %Brookings County13.522Spink County: 13.388 %Spink County13.388Stanley County: 13.177 %Stanley County13.177Aurora County: 13.115 %Aurora County13.115McCook County: 13.101 %McCook County13.101Jerauld County: 13.012 %Jerauld County13.012Union County: 12.952 %Union County12.952Grant County: 12.513 %Grant County12.513Bennett County: 12.437 %Bennett County12.437Lyman County: 36.856 %Lyman County36.856Buffalo County: 25.735 %Buffalo County25.735Sully County: 24.83 %Sully County24.83Jackson County: 22.378 %Jackson County22.378Mellette County: 21.53 %Mellette County21.53Jones County: 21.277 %Jones County21.277Meade County: 21.165 %Meade County21.165Lincoln County: 20.297 %Lincoln County20.297Custer County: 19.849 %Custer County19.849Bon Homme County: 19.421 %Bon Homme County19.421Butte County: 17.827 %Butte County17.827Dewey County: 17.688 %Dewey County17.688Sanborn County: 17.49 %Sanborn County17.49Clay County: 17.433 %Clay County17.433Charles Mix County: 16.497 %Charles Mix County16.497Faulk County: 16.06 %Faulk County16.06Pennington County: 15.913 %Pennington County15.913Edmunds County: 15.863 %Edmunds County15.863Haakon County: 15.601 %Haakon County15.601Tripp County: 15.596 %Tripp County15.596Deuel County: 15.385 %Deuel County15.385Lawrence County: 14.81 %Lawrence County14.81Gregory County: 14.692 %Gregory County14.692Harding County: 14.531 %Harding County14.531Perkins County: 14.286 %Perkins County14.286Hamlin County: 14.146 %Hamlin County14.146Codington County: 14.055 %Codington County14.055Lake County: 13.931 %Lake County13.931Hughes County: 13.929 %Hughes County13.929Potter County: 13.686 %Potter County13.686Day County: 13.636 %Day County13.636Brookings County: 13.522 %Brookings County13.522Spink County: 13.388 %Spink County13.388Stanley County: 13.177 %Stanley County13.177Aurora County: 13.115 %Aurora County13.115McCook County: 13.101 %McCook County13.101Jerauld County: 13.012 %Jerauld County13.012Union County: 12.952 %Union County12.952Grant County: 12.513 %Grant County12.513Bennett County: 12.437 %Bennett County12.437
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Lyman County36.856+24.71 pts
2Buffalo County25.735+16.9 pts
3Sully County24.83+18.46 pts
4Jackson County22.378+9.23 pts
5Mellette County21.53+7.33 pts
6Jones County21.277+16.13 pts
7Meade County21.165+9.45 pts
8Lincoln County20.297+5.98 pts
9Custer County19.849+2.67 pts
10Bon Homme County19.421+14.2 pts
11Butte County17.827+1.65 pts
12Dewey County17.688+9.98 pts
13Sanborn County17.49+1.28 pts
14Clay County17.433+9.17 pts
15Charles Mix County16.497+7.2 pts
16Faulk County16.06+9.53 pts
17Pennington County15.913+5.34 pts
18Edmunds County15.863+9.18 pts
19Haakon County15.601+11.26 pts
20Tripp County15.596+4.69 pts
21Deuel County15.385-3.37 pts
22Lawrence County14.81+3.7 pts
23Gregory County14.692+2.39 pts
24Harding County14.531+7.4 pts
25Perkins County14.286+3.32 pts
26Hamlin County14.146+0.07 pts
27Codington County14.055+4.44 pts
28Lake County13.931+5.52 pts
29Hughes County13.929+4.52 pts
30Potter County13.686+6.23 pts
31Day County13.636+2.14 pts
32Brookings County13.522+3.29 pts
33Spink County13.388+4.07 pts
34Stanley County13.177+4.33 pts
35Aurora County13.115+1.37 pts
36McCook County13.101-4.01 pts
37Jerauld County13.012-13.83 pts
38Union County12.952+1.03 pts
39Grant County12.513+4.23 pts
40Bennett County12.437+5.32 pts
41Oglala Lakota County12.278+7.87 pts
42Beadle County12.188+4.6 pts
43Hanson County12.155+3.92 pts
44Marshall County11.749+0.9 pts
45Yankton County11.723+3.81 pts
46Minnehaha County11.662+1.9 pts
47McPherson County11.455-14.89 pts
48Hyde County10.658+8.69 pts
49Davison County10.505+0.06 pts
50Hand County10.49+2.28 pts
51Turner County10.337+0.68 pts
52Fall River County10.233+0.79 pts
53Ziebach County10.056+8.96 pts
54Roberts County10.047+3.07 pts
55Kingsbury County9.746-3.55 pts
56Clark County9.47+0.8 pts
57Brule County9.332-1.76 pts
58Todd County9.248+1.66 pts
59Brown County9.113+0.86 pts
60Walworth County9.107-3.83 pts
61Moody County8.871-0.49 pts
62Hutchinson County8.424+1.48 pts
63Douglas County7.989+1.1 pts
64Miner County7.82-4.2 pts
65Campbell County5.483-1.21 pts
66Corson County3.041-5.22 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Lyman County, with 36.856% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Corson County, with 3.041% in 2022.

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