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County · South Dakota
Dewey County
5,322Population
1.5 %Change since 2020
61Net migration
5.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 5,322 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.5 %
- Net migration
- 61 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 5,243 (2020)
- Births
- 139 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 26.1
- Deaths
- 95 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 44
- International migration
- 1 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 60 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.5
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46041
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.1 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 5.1 % |
| 2022 | 5.3 % |
| 2021 | 4.8 % |
| 2020 | 6.7 % |
| 2019 | 7.0 % |
| 2018 | 8.2 % |
| 2017 | 9.6 % |
| 2016 | 9.3 % |
| 2015 | 11.3 % |
| 2014 | 14.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,322 |
| 2023 | 5,179 |
| 2022 | 5,078 |
| 2021 | 5,221 |
| 2020 | 5,225 |