Western South Dakota News

Ziebach County recorded an unemployment rate of 32.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 389 people out of the 2,479 living in Ziebach County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Ziebach County has increased compared to the 30.4% registered in 2020.

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

Everyone who had a job at the time belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	389	32.4%
Employed	811	67.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	811	67.6%
Employed in armed forces	0	0%