Southeast South Dakota News

Davison County recorded an unemployment rate of 1.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 177 people out of the 19,944 living in Davison County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Davison County has decreased compared to the 2.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Davison County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 3.2%.

Of the 10,346 people who had a job during that time, 23 were employed in the Armed Forces and 10,323 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	177	1.7%
Employed	10,346	98.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	10,323	98.1%
Employed in armed forces	23	0.2%