Southeast South Dakota News

Union County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 283 people out of the 16,424 living in Union County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Union County has increased compared to the 2.3% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 8,391 people who had a job during that time, 42 were employed in the Armed Forces and 8,349 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	283	3.3%
Employed	8,391	96.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	8,349	96.3%
Employed in armed forces	42	0.5%