Western South Dakota News

Harding County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 20 people out of the 1,179 living in Harding County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Harding County has increased compared to the 0.9% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 687 people who had a job during that time, 22 were employed in the Armed Forces and 665 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	20	2.8%
Employed	687	97.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	665	94.1%
Employed in armed forces	22	3.1%