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County · South Dakota
Lawrence County
28,809Population
11.8 %Change since 2020
859Net migration
1.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 28,809 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 11.8 %
- Net migration
- 859 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 1.9 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 25,776 (2020)
- Births
- 232 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Deaths
- 247 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -15
- International migration
- 34 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 825 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 29.8
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46081
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.9 % |
| 2024 | 1.7 % |
| 2023 | 1.7 % |
| 2022 | 1.7 % |
| 2021 | 2.4 % |
| 2020 | 5.4 % |
| 2019 | 2.5 % |
| 2018 | 2.5 % |
| 2017 | 2.9 % |
| 2016 | 3.2 % |
| 2015 | 3.2 % |
| 2014 | 3.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 28,809 |
| 2023 | 28,106 |
| 2022 | 27,234 |
| 2021 | 26,169 |
| 2020 | 25,849 |