Covered Workers & Annual Pay - 2010 Annual Summary
Table 17 indicates 59 percent (39) of the counties showed worker growth from 2009 to 2010. The highest percentage gains occurred in Buffalo, Mellette and Hanson counties. The largest absolute gains occurred in Lincoln, Hughes and Todd.
Decreases in the number of covered workers occurred in 36 percent of the counties in South Dakota. The greatest percentage decreases happened in Ziebach, Miner and Deuel counties, and the largest absolute losses occurred in Minnehaha, Pennington and Brookings.
Three counties (Codington, Faulk and Meade) remained unchanged percentage-wise in the number of covered workers during 2010.
Number of Covered Workers by County 2010 |
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| County | 2009 | 2010 | Percent Change | County | 2009 | 2010 | Percent Change | |
| Aurora | 874 | 921 | 5.4% | Hyde | 545 | 549 | 0.7% | |
| Beadle | 8,121 | 8,177 | 0.7% | Jackson | 727 | 735 | 1.1% | |
| Bennett | 875 | 878 | 0.3% | Jerauld | 1,339 | 1,446 | 8.0% | |
| Bon Homme | 1,864 | 1,858 | -0.3% | Jones | 487 | 493 | 1.2% | |
| Brookings | 16,681 | 16,439 | -1.5% | Kingsbury | 1,668 | 1,678 | 0.6% | |
| Brown | 19,890 | 20,009 | 0.6% | Lake | 4,526 | 4,461 | -1.4% | |
| Brule | 1,957 | 2,004 | 2.4% | Lawrence | 11,514 | 11,547 | 0.3% | |
| Buffalo | 368 | 462 | 25.5% | Lincoln | 13,693 | 14,491 | 5.8% | |
| Butte | 2,703 | 2,686 | -0.6% | Lyman | 1,473 | 1,502 | 2.0% | |
| Campbell | 413 | 400 | -3.1% | McCook | 1,289 | 1,309 | 1.6% | |
| Charles Mix | 3,421 | 3,437 | 0.5% | McPherson | 638 | 626 | -1.9% | |
| Clark | 873 | 930 | 6.5% | Marshall | 1,529 | 1,523 | -0.4% | |
| Clay | 5,791 | 5,797 | 0.1% | Meade | 6,903 | 6,905 | 0.0% | |
| Codington | 14,918 | 14,916 | 0.0% | Mellette | 345 | 390 | 13.0% | |
| Corson | 870 | 860 | -1.1% | Miner | 844 | 797 | -5.6% | |
| Custer | 2,624 | 2,524 | -3.8% | Minnehaha | 113,188 | 111,986 | -1.1% | |
| Davison | 11,456 | 11,486 | 0.3% | Moody | 2,295 | 2,357 | 2.7% | |
| Day | 1,997 | 1,946 | -2.6% | Pennington | 52,391 | 51,874 | -1.0% | |
| Deuel | 1,624 | 1,534 | -5.5% | Perkins | 1,136 | 1,119 | -1.5% | |
| Dewey | 2,027 | 2,135 | 5.3% | Potter | 876 | 874 | -0.2% | |
| Douglas | 1,075 | 1,116 | 3.8% | Roberts | 3,437 | 3,518 | 2.4% | |
| Edmunds | 1,124 | 1,191 | 6.0% | Sanborn | 690 | 670 | -2.9% | |
| Fall River | 2,446 | 2,497 | 2.1% | Shannon | 3,752 | 3,662 | -2.4% | |
| Faulk | 574 | 574 | 0.0% | Spink | 2,410 | 2,510 | 4.1% | |
| Grant | 3,706 | 3,777 | 1.9% | Stanley | 1,267 | 1,277 | 0.8% | |
| Gregory | 1,408 | 1,436 | 2.0% | Sully | 519 | 533 | 2.7% | |
| Haakon | 720 | 721 | 0.1% | Todd | 2,945 | 3,091 | 5.0% | |
| Hamlin | 1,670 | 1,684 | 0.8% | Tripp | 2,127 | 2,093 | -1.6% | |
| Hand | 1,286 | 1,273 | -1.0% | Turner | 2,306 | 2,194 | -4.9% | |
| Hanson | 481 | 521 | 8.3% | Union | 8,749 | 8,607 | -1.6% | |
| Harding | 398 | 419 | 5.3% | Walworth | 2,198 | 2,218 | 0.9% | |
| Hughes | 10,307 | 10,532 | 2.2% | Yankton | 11,807 | 11,773 | -0.3% | |
| Hutchinson | 2,518 | 2,551 | 1.3% | Ziebach | 300 | 279 | -7.0% | |
| Totals may not add due to rounding. Data subject to revision. Produced by the Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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