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County · South Dakota
Brookings County
36,359Population
5.8 %Change since 2020
330Net migration
2.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 36,359 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.8 %
- Net migration
- 330 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.1 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 34,376 (2020)
- Births
- 377 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.4
- Deaths
- 234 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 143
- International migration
- 213 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 117 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.1
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46011
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1 % |
| 2024 | 1.8 % |
| 2023 | 1.8 % |
| 2022 | 1.9 % |
| 2021 | 2.6 % |
| 2020 | 3.8 % |
| 2019 | 2.6 % |
| 2018 | 2.5 % |
| 2017 | 2.8 % |
| 2016 | 2.7 % |
| 2015 | 2.9 % |
| 2014 | 3.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 36,359 |
| 2023 | 35,912 |
| 2022 | 35,442 |
| 2021 | 34,705 |
| 2020 | 34,349 |