Central South Dakota News

Stanley County recorded an unemployment rate of 0.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4 people out of the 2,963 living in Stanley County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Stanley County has increased compared to the 0% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 1,731 people who had a job during that time, 12 were employed in the Armed Forces and 1,719 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4	0.2%
Employed	1,731	99.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	1,719	99.1%
Employed in armed forces	12	0.7%