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County · South Dakota
Clay County
15,245Population
1.8 %Change since 2020
105Net migration
2.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 15,245 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.8 %
- Net migration
- 105 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.1 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 14,971 (2020)
- Births
- 132 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.7
- Deaths
- 114 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 18
- International migration
- 26 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 79 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.9
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46027
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 | 2.3 % |
| 2020 | 3.8 % |
| 2019 | 2.6 % |
| 2018 | 2.4 % |
| 2017 | 2.8 % |
| 2016 | 2.8 % |
| 2015 | 3.0 % |
| 2014 | 3.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,245 |
| 2023 | 15,398 |
| 2022 | 15,277 |
| 2021 | 15,170 |
| 2020 | 15,003 |