Southeast South Dakota News

Yankton County recorded an unemployment rate of 1.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 228 people out of the 23,213 living in Yankton County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Yankton County has decreased compared to the 2.2% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 12,284 people who had a job during that time, 31 were employed in the Armed Forces and 12,253 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	228	1.8%
Employed	12,284	98.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	12,253	97.9%
Employed in armed forces	31	0.2%