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Counties in South Dakota by job destruction rate

Fall River County had the highest job destruction rate of 66 counties in 2022, at 48.372%. Jerauld County had the lowest, at 1.71%. The median was 10.566% and the figure for South Dakota was 10.608%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest48.372Fall River County
Lowest1.71Jerauld County
Median10.56666 counties
South Dakota10.608History

Map of counties, 2022

Aurora County: 33.88 %Beadle County: 7.271 %Bennett County: 9.076 %Bon Homme County: 5.88 %Brookings County: 12.47 %Brown County: 9.009 %Brule County: 10.996 %Buffalo County: 2.206 %Butte County: 12.888 %Campbell County: 38.672 %Charles Mix County: 12.693 %Clark County: 8.428 %Clay County: 21.771 %Codington County: 10.299 %Corson County: 22.297 %Custer County: 17.22 %Davison County: 9.218 %Day County: 8.947 %Deuel County: 20.228 %Dewey County: 7.075 %Douglas County: 8.83 %Edmunds County: 20.632 %Fall River County: 48.372 %Faulk County: 9.034 %Grant County: 11.523 %Gregory County: 8.57 %Haakon County: 15.289 %Hamlin County: 9.411 %Hand County: 9.69 %Hanson County: 10.608 %Harding County: 7.662 %Hughes County: 9.082 %Hutchinson County: 12.419 %Hyde County: 5.215 %Jackson County: 25.874 %Jerauld County: 1.71 %Jones County: 10.402 %Kingsbury County: 13.282 %Lake County: 10.339 %Lawrence County: 9.714 %Lincoln County: 10.246 %Lyman County: 16.621 %McCook County: 12.15 %McPherson County: 13.932 %Marshall County: 13.104 %Meade County: 11.474 %Mellette County: 26.629 %Miner County: 20.137 %Minnehaha County: 9.087 %Moody County: 11.144 %Oglala Lakota County: 5.575 %Pennington County: 9.062 %Perkins County: 10.376 %Potter County: 10.036 %Roberts County: 11.145 %Sanborn County: 10.9 %Spink County: 7.672 %Stanley County: 8.04 %Sully County: 20.748 %Todd County: 17.785 %Tripp County: 15.596 %Turner County: 10.983 %Union County: 7.507 %Walworth County: 10.625 %Yankton County: 10.524 %Ziebach County: 5.587 %
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%, 2022. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Fall River County: 48.372 %Fall River County48.372Campbell County: 38.672 %Campbell County38.672Aurora County: 33.88 %Aurora County33.88Mellette County: 26.629 %Mellette County26.629Jackson County: 25.874 %Jackson County25.874Corson County: 22.297 %Corson County22.297Clay County: 21.771 %Clay County21.771Sully County: 20.748 %Sully County20.748Edmunds County: 20.632 %Edmunds County20.632Deuel County: 20.228 %Deuel County20.228Miner County: 20.137 %Miner County20.137Todd County: 17.785 %Todd County17.785Custer County: 17.22 %Custer County17.22Lyman County: 16.621 %Lyman County16.621Tripp County: 15.596 %Tripp County15.596Haakon County: 15.289 %Haakon County15.289McPherson County: 13.932 %McPherson County13.932Kingsbury County: 13.282 %Kingsbury County13.282Marshall County: 13.104 %Marshall County13.104Butte County: 12.888 %Butte County12.888Charles Mix County: 12.693 %Charles Mix County12.693Brookings County: 12.47 %Brookings County12.47Hutchinson County: 12.419 %Hutchinson County12.419McCook County: 12.15 %McCook County12.15Grant County: 11.523 %Grant County11.523Meade County: 11.474 %Meade County11.474Roberts County: 11.145 %Roberts County11.145Moody County: 11.144 %Moody County11.144Brule County: 10.996 %Brule County10.996Turner County: 10.983 %Turner County10.983Sanborn County: 10.9 %Sanborn County10.9Walworth County: 10.625 %Walworth County10.625Hanson County: 10.608 %Hanson County10.608Yankton County: 10.524 %Yankton County10.524Jones County: 10.402 %Jones County10.402Perkins County: 10.376 %Perkins County10.376Lake County: 10.339 %Lake County10.339Codington County: 10.299 %Codington County10.299Lincoln County: 10.246 %Lincoln County10.246Potter County: 10.036 %Potter County10.036Fall River County: 48.372 %Fall River County48.372Campbell County: 38.672 %Campbell County38.672Aurora County: 33.88 %Aurora County33.88Mellette County: 26.629 %Mellette County26.629Jackson County: 25.874 %Jackson County25.874Corson County: 22.297 %Corson County22.297Clay County: 21.771 %Clay County21.771Sully County: 20.748 %Sully County20.748Edmunds County: 20.632 %Edmunds County20.632Deuel County: 20.228 %Deuel County20.228Miner County: 20.137 %Miner County20.137Todd County: 17.785 %Todd County17.785Custer County: 17.22 %Custer County17.22Lyman County: 16.621 %Lyman County16.621Tripp County: 15.596 %Tripp County15.596Haakon County: 15.289 %Haakon County15.289McPherson County: 13.932 %McPherson County13.932Kingsbury County: 13.282 %Kingsbury County13.282Marshall County: 13.104 %Marshall County13.104Butte County: 12.888 %Butte County12.888Charles Mix County: 12.693 %Charles Mix County12.693Brookings County: 12.47 %Brookings County12.47Hutchinson County: 12.419 %Hutchinson County12.419McCook County: 12.15 %McCook County12.15Grant County: 11.523 %Grant County11.523Meade County: 11.474 %Meade County11.474Roberts County: 11.145 %Roberts County11.145Moody County: 11.144 %Moody County11.144Brule County: 10.996 %Brule County10.996Turner County: 10.983 %Turner County10.983Sanborn County: 10.9 %Sanborn County10.9Walworth County: 10.625 %Walworth County10.625Hanson County: 10.608 %Hanson County10.608Yankton County: 10.524 %Yankton County10.524Jones County: 10.402 %Jones County10.402Perkins County: 10.376 %Perkins County10.376Lake County: 10.339 %Lake County10.339Codington County: 10.299 %Codington County10.299Lincoln County: 10.246 %Lincoln County10.246Potter County: 10.036 %Potter County10.036
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Fall River County48.372+41.6 pts
2Campbell County38.672+33.47 pts
3Aurora County33.88+21.99 pts
4Mellette County26.629+21.52 pts
5Jackson County25.874+12.72 pts
6Corson County22.297+12.03 pts
7Clay County21.771+12.26 pts
8Sully County20.748-2.18 pts
9Edmunds County20.632+14.07 pts
10Deuel County20.228+10.02 pts
11Miner County20.137+8.68 pts
12Todd County17.785+2.61 pts
13Custer County17.22+5.93 pts
14Lyman County16.621-8.43 pts
15Tripp County15.596+6.72 pts
16Haakon County15.289+3.01 pts
17McPherson County13.932-0.7 pts
18Kingsbury County13.282+3.7 pts
19Marshall County13.104-7.14 pts
20Butte County12.888-4.87 pts
21Charles Mix County12.693+0.37 pts
22Brookings County12.47+1.83 pts
23Hutchinson County12.419+3.88 pts
24McCook County12.15-2.06 pts
25Grant County11.523+1.38 pts
26Meade County11.474+0.96 pts
27Roberts County11.145-5.48 pts
28Moody County11.144+0.39 pts
29Brule County10.996+1.42 pts
30Turner County10.983-0.09 pts
31Sanborn County10.9-3.74 pts
32Walworth County10.625+1.18 pts
33Hanson County10.608-1.74 pts
34Yankton County10.524-5.1 pts
35Jones County10.402-5.52 pts
36Perkins County10.376-2.27 pts
37Lake County10.339+0.57 pts
38Codington County10.299+0.27 pts
39Lincoln County10.246+1.96 pts
40Potter County10.036-6.66 pts
41Lawrence County9.714-1.15 pts
42Hand County9.69-0.22 pts
43Hamlin County9.411+0.9 pts
44Davison County9.218+0.36 pts
45Minnehaha County9.087-1.81 pts
46Hughes County9.082-4.4 pts
47Bennett County9.076-4.65 pts
48Pennington County9.062-2.84 pts
49Faulk County9.034-3.78 pts
50Brown County9.009-3.26 pts
51Day County8.947-3.59 pts
52Douglas County8.83+0.56 pts
53Gregory County8.57-1.54 pts
54Clark County8.428+1.88 pts
55Stanley County8.04-4.32 pts
56Spink County7.672-2.96 pts
57Harding County7.662-19.15 pts
58Union County7.507-3.05 pts
59Beadle County7.271-3.3 pts
60Dewey County7.075-4.48 pts
61Bon Homme County5.88-5.11 pts
62Ziebach County5.587-0.97 pts
63Oglala Lakota County5.575-4.46 pts
64Hyde County5.215-9.02 pts
65Buffalo County2.206-13.05 pts
66Jerauld County1.71-8.5 pts

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About this ranking

Jobs lost at closing and shrinking 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 added elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is job_creation_rate minus this rate. Not a layoff rate: it counts positions lost at establishments, not people who lost a job. 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 destruction 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 destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in South Dakota by job destruction 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 destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in South Dakota by job destruction 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-destruction-rate/south-dakota-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in South Dakota by job destruction 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-destruction-rate/south-dakota-counties?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in South Dakota by job destruction 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-destruction-rate/south-dakota-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Fall River County, with 48.372% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Jerauld County, with 1.71% in 2022.

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