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County · South Dakota
Lake County
11,006Population
-0.5 %Change since 2020
81Net migration
1.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 11,006 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.5 %
- Net migration
- 81 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 1.8 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 11,064 (2020)
- Births
- 114 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.4
- Deaths
- 106 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 8
- International migration
- 2 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 79 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.4
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46079
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 % |
| 2024 | 1.5 % |
| 2023 | 1.6 % |
| 2022 | 1.8 % |
| 2021 | 2.4 % |
| 2020 | 3.3 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.0 % |
| 2017 | 3.4 % |
| 2016 | 3.3 % |
| 2015 | 3.6 % |
| 2014 | 3.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,006 |
| 2023 | 11,033 |
| 2022 | 10,945 |
| 2021 | 10,862 |
| 2020 | 11,016 |