Sioux Empire Today

Minnehaha County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,806 people out of the 194,884 living in Minnehaha County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Minnehaha County has decreased compared to the 2.6% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 108,952 people who had a job during that time, 289 were employed in the Armed Forces and 108,663 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,806	2.5%
Employed	108,952	97.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	108,663	97.2%
Employed in armed forces	289	0.3%