Northeast South Dakota News

Brookings County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 806 people out of the 34,315 living in Brookings County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Brookings County has increased compared to the 3.9% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 19,005 people who had a job during that time, 84 were employed in the Armed Forces and 18,921 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	806	4.1%
Employed	19,005	95.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	18,921	95.5%
Employed in armed forces	84	0.4%