Northeast South Dakota News

Codington County recorded an unemployment rate of 1.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 236 people out of the 28,289 living in Codington County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Codington County has decreased compared to the 2.6% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 15,471 people who had a job during that time, 37 were employed in the Armed Forces and 15,434 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	236	1.5%
Employed	15,471	98.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	15,434	98.3%
Employed in armed forces	37	0.2%