# Counties in South Dakota by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 66 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Lincoln County | 75.7 |
| 2 | Harding County | 75.2 |
| 3 | Minnehaha County | 74.1 |
| 4 | Hanson County | 70.2 |
| 5 | Hamlin County | 70 |
| 6 | Jerauld County | 69.8 |
| 7 | Butte County | 69.4 |
| 8 | McCook County | 69.4 |
| 9 | Sully County | 69.3 |
| 10 | Meade County | 69.1 |
| 11 | Grant County | 69.1 |
| 11 | Turner County | 69.1 |
| 13 | Brookings County | 69 |
| 14 | Sanborn County | 68.8 |
| 15 | Douglas County | 68.6 |
| 16 | Union County | 68.4 |
| 17 | Davison County | 68.3 |
| 18 | Codington County | 68.2 |
| 19 | Brown County | 68.1 |
| 20 | Hand County | 67.8 |
| 21 | Beadle County | 67.6 |
| 22 | Clay County | 67.5 |
| 23 | Stanley County | 67.3 |
| 24 | Aurora County | 66.7 |
| 25 | Perkins County | 66.6 |
| 26 | Moody County | 65.9 |
| 27 | Hutchinson County | 65.7 |
| 28 | Lake County | 65.4 |
| 29 | Hughes County | 65 |
| 30 | Gregory County | 64.7 |
| 31 | Jones County | 64.5 |
| 32 | Pennington County | 64.4 |
| 33 | Kingsbury County | 64.3 |
| 34 | Campbell County | 64.2 |
| 35 | Marshall County | 63.8 |
| 36 | Lawrence County | 63.7 |
| 37 | Deuel County | 63.3 |
| 38 | Brule County | 63.3 |
| 39 | Miner County | 63.3 |
| 40 | Hyde County | 63.2 |
| 41 | Ziebach County | 63.2 |
| 42 | Yankton County | 61.9 |
| 43 | Dewey County | 61.7 |
| 44 | Charles Mix County | 61.6 |
| 44 | Haakon County | 61.6 |
| 46 | Walworth County | 61.6 |
| 47 | Potter County | 61.5 |
| 48 | Spink County | 60.7 |
| 49 | Edmunds County | 60.5 |
| 50 | Faulk County | 60.2 |
| 51 | Roberts County | 60.2 |
| 52 | Tripp County | 59.6 |
| 53 | Clark County | 59.4 |
| 54 | Mellette County | 58.7 |
| 55 | Day County | 57.5 |
| 56 | Lyman County | 57.3 |
| 57 | McPherson County | 56.5 |
| 58 | Corson County | 56.4 |
| 59 | Custer County | 55.2 |
| 60 | Buffalo County | 54.7 |
| 61 | Fall River County | 52.6 |
| 62 | Bennett County | 50.2 |
| 63 | Todd County | 50.1 |
| 64 | Bon Homme County | 48.3 |
| 65 | Jackson County | 43.3 |
| 66 | Oglala Lakota County | 33.8 |