Western South Dakota News

Lawrence County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 365 people out of the 25,687 living in Lawrence County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lawrence County has decreased compared to the 2.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 13,833 people who had a job during that time, 36 were employed in the Armed Forces and 13,797 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	365	2.6%
Employed	13,833	97.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	13,797	97.2%
Employed in armed forces	36	0.3%