Sioux Empire Today

Sanborn County recorded an unemployment rate of 1.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 23 people out of the 2,371 living in Sanborn County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Sanborn County has increased compared to the 1.6% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 1,332 people who had a job during that time, 5 were employed in the Armed Forces and 1,327 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	23	1.7%
Employed	1,332	98.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	1,327	97.9%
Employed in armed forces	5	0.4%