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South Dakota's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - 2006

Covered Workers by County

The table below indicates 59 percent (or 39 counties) of the counties showed worker growth from 2005 to 2006. The highest percentage gains occurred in Lincoln, Union and Hanson counties. The largest absolute gains occurred in Minnehaha, Lincoln, and Brookings.   

Decreases in the number of covered workers occurred in 41 percent of the counties in South Dakota.  The greatest percentage decreases happened in Buffalo, Sanborn and Harding counties, and the largest absolute losses occurred in Bon Homme, Buffalo and Todd.

Number of Covered Workers
by County
2006

County

2005

2006

Percent Change
2005-2006

  

County

2005

2006

Percent
Change
2005-2006

Aurora

708

690

-2.5%

 Hyde

535

548

2.4%

Beadle

7,032

7,463

6.1%

 Jackson

733

715

-2.5%

Bennett

850

877

3.2%

 Jerauld

1,206

1,276

5.8%

Bon Homme

2,074

1,972

-4.9%

 Jones

477

471

-1.3%

Brookings

15,817

16,663

5.3%

 Kingsbury

1,726

1,656

-4.1%

Brown

19,409

19,751

1.8%

 Lake

4,662

4,726

1.4%

Brule

1,889

1,913

1.3%

 Lawrence

10,867

11,110

2.2%

Buffalo

527

429

-18.6%

 Lincoln

8,881

10,273

15.7%

Butte

2,533

2,681

5.8%

 Lyman

1,453

1,449

-0.3%

Campbell

418

418

0.0%

 McCook

1,478

1,438

-2.7%

Charles Mix

3,310

3,286

-0.7%

 McPherson

678

660

-2.7%

Clark

874

882

0.9%

 Marshall

1,398

1,449

3.6%

Clay

5,446

5,844

7.3%

 Meade

6,967

7,000

0.5%

Codington

14,964

15,390

2.8%

 Mellette

348

366

5.2%

Corson

862

842

-2.3%

 Miner

745

736

-1.2%

Custer

2,496

2,505

0.4%

 Minnehaha

110,301

112,574

2.1%

Davison

11,598

11,540

-0.5%

 Moody

2,181

2,286

4.8%

Day

2,054

2,025

-1.4%

 Pennington

50,981

51,658

1.3%

Deuel

1,600

1,595

-0.3%

 Perkins

1,195

1,194

-0.1%

Dewey

2,015

1,968

-2.3%

 Potter

884

883

-0.1%

Douglas

1,073

1,056

-1.6%

 Roberts

3,429

3,488

1.7%

Edmunds

1,027

1,032

0.5%

 Sanborn

867

794

-8.4%

Fall River

2,580

2,509

-2.8%

 Shannon

3,780

3,716

-1.7%

Faulk

564

571

1.2%

 Spink

2,304

2,338

1.5%

Grant

3,516

3,661

4.1%

 Stanley

1047

1094

4.5%

Gregory

1,464

1,423

-2.8%

 Sully

459

467

1.7%

Haakon

718

720

0.3%

 Todd

2,951

2,876

-2.5%

Hamlin

1,497

1,523

1.7%

 Tripp

2,197

2,176

-1.0%

Hand

1,195

1,221

2.2%

 Turner

2,026

2,032

0.3%

Hanson

442

484

9.5%

 Union

7,686

8,418

9.5%

Harding

383

358

-6.5%

 Walworth

2,182

2,201

0.9%

Hughes

10,265

10,328

0.6%

 Yankton

12,118

12,266

1.2%

Hutchinson

2,457

2,512

2.2%

 Ziebach

325

320

-1.5%

Data subject to revision.
Produced by the SD Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Center, in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  

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