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County · South Dakota
Mellette County
1,834Population
-4.5 %Change since 2020
-19Net migration
3.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 1,834 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -4.5 %
- Net migration
- -19 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.0 % (2025)
- State
- South Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 1,921 (2020)
- Births
- 29 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.8
- Deaths
- 35 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 19.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -6
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -19 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -10.4
- Postal code
- SD
- FIPS code
- 46095
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.0 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 2.8 % |
| 2021 | 3.5 % |
| 2020 | 5.2 % |
| 2019 | 4.5 % |
| 2018 | 4.2 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 4.0 % |
| 2015 | 5.0 % |
| 2014 | 5.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,834 |
| 2023 | 1,843 |
| 2022 | 1,867 |
| 2021 | 1,900 |
| 2020 | 1,922 |