Watauga Township, SD Unemployment Rate Report

Watauga Township, SD Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Watauga-Township, South Dakota has ranged from 2.6% in March 2022 to 32.3% in June 1992. The current unemployment rate for Watauga-Township is 4.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Watauga Township, SD Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Watauga Township, SD Current Unemployment - 4.7%

Watauga Township, SD Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2022	3.0%	2.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.3%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.6%	2.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.8%	2.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.2%	2.1%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.2%	2.4%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.9%	2.1%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.7%	2.4%	3.7%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2021	3.4%	3.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	3.8%	3.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.5%	3.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.4%	3.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.0%	2.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.6%	3.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.1%	2.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.8%	3.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.6%	2.5%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.1%	2.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.5%	2.5%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.5%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2020	4.1%	3.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.3%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.9%	3.4%	4.4%
4 / 2020	6.3%	11.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	7.1%	9.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.3%	7.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.1%	6.1%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.7%	4.7%	8.4%
9 / 2020	4.7%	3.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.7%	3.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.9%	3.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.2%	3.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2019	3.9%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.3%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.9%	3.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.2%	3.3%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.4%	3.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.9%	3.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	8.1%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	7.2%	3.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.9%	3.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.7%	3.0%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.0%	3.3%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.1%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2018	3.5%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.7%	3.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.5%	3.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.8%	3.3%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.5%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.3%	3.0%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.6%	2.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.1%	2.9%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.0%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.4%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.4%	2.9%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.7%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2017	3.2%	3.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.1%	3.7%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.3%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.6%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.8%	3.0%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.4%	3.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.2%	3.0%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.5%	3.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.0%	2.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.0%	2.8%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.7%	3.1%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.6%	3.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2016	4.0%	3.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.3%	3.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.7%	3.2%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.7%	2.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.6%	2.7%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.7%	2.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.8%	2.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.1%	3.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.8%	2.7%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.2%	2.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.9%	2.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.5%	3.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2015	4.1%	3.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.7%	3.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.5%	3.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.5%	3.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.3%	3.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.1%	3.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.6%	2.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.5%	2.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.8%	2.6%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.5%	2.5%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.4%	2.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.0%	3.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2014	5.3%	4.2%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.8%	4.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.4%	4.1%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.2%	3.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.2%	3.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.5%	3.2%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.0%	3.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.7%	3.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.2%	3.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.6%	2.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.9%	3.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.3%	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2013	6.6%	4.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.6%	4.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.7%	4.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.8%	3.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.1%	3.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.2%	3.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.9%	3.4%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.8%	3.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.1%	3.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.9%	3.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.6%	3.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.7%	3.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2012	8.3%	5.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.9%	5.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.4%	5.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.0%	4.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.9%	4.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.9%	4.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.2%	4.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.3%	4.1%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.4%	3.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.6%	3.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.8%	3.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.5%	4.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2011	7.3%	5.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.3%	5.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.4%	5.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.9%	4.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	6.4%	4.6%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.1%	4.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.5%	4.3%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.3%	4.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.8%	4.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.8%	3.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.6%	4.2%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.4%	4.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2010	5.9%	5.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	5.4%	5.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	5.9%	5.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	5.5%	4.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	5.5%	4.8%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.1%	4.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.1%	4.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.8%	4.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.4%	4.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.3%	4.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.6%	4.6%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.4%	5.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2009	6.6%	5.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.7%	5.2%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.4%	5.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.1%	5.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	5.7%	4.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.5%	4.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.1%	4.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.1%	4.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	5.6%	4.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	5.8%	4.5%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.1%	4.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	5.9%	5.3%	9.9%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2008	4.5%	3.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.6%	3.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.6%	3.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.5%	2.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.5%	2.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.2%	2.8%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.3%	2.8%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.2%	3.0%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.2%	2.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.4%	3.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.7%	3.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.1%	3.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2007	5.7%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.4%	3.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.8%	3.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.6%	2.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.4%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.3%	2.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.8%	2.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.7%	2.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.2%	2.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.2%	2.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.7%	2.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.7%	2.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2006	4.9%	3.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.1%	3.6%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.7%	3.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.4%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.9%	2.9%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.3%	3.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.9%	3.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.5%	3.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.0%	2.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.3%	2.8%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.1%	2.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.0%	3.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2005	7.3%	4.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.6%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.7%	4.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.1%	3.9%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.4%	3.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	9.0%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	9.4%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	9.5%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.8%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.1%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.0%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.6%	3.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2004	6.1%	4.2%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.4%	4.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.1%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.6%	3.5%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.8%	3.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.8%	3.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	8.2%	3.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.2%	3.6%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.4%	3.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.9%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	7.2%	3.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.6%	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2003	6.0%	4.0%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.7%	4.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.1%	4.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.9%	3.4%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.2%	3.3%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.2%	3.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.0%	3.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.1%	3.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.0%	3.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.2%	3.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.1%	3.4%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.1%	3.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2002	6.0%	4.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.9%	3.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.1%	4.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.6%	3.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.6%	2.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.7%	2.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.1%	2.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.4%	2.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.6%	2.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.7%	2.7%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.5%	3.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.5%	3.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2001	5.1%	3.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.0%	3.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.7%	3.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.8%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.2%	2.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	7.7%	3.0%	4.5%
7 / 2001	8.5%	3.0%	4.6%
8 / 2001	8.9%	3.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.0%	2.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.0%	2.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.3%	3.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.8%	3.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2000	4.9%	3.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.7%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.7%	2.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.8%	2.2%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.8%	2.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.6%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.6%	2.2%	4.0%
8 / 2000	9.3%	2.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.3%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.0%	2.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.2%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.1%	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1999	4.6%	3.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.9%	3.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.4%	3.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.8%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.9%	2.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	10.7%	2.7%	4.3%
7 / 1999	13.0%	2.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	12.5%	2.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.4%	2.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.6%	2.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.9%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.8%	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1998	4.6%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.5%	3.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.1%	3.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.9%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.3%	2.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.7%	2.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	10.2%	2.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	12.3%	2.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.1%	2.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.0%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.8%	2.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.9%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1997	6.4%	3.8%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.0%	3.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.0%	3.5%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.6%	2.9%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.0%	2.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	11.0%	2.9%	5.0%
7 / 1997	13.2%	2.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	13.5%	2.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.0%	2.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.0%	2.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.1%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.6%	2.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1996	7.1%	3.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	8.1%	3.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.1%	3.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.6%	3.1%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.6%	3.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	14.5%	3.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	14.4%	3.0%	5.5%
8 / 1996	15.0%	2.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.6%	2.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.4%	2.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.3%	2.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.7%	3.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1995	6.7%	3.8%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.8%	3.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.9%	3.4%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.8%	3.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.1%	2.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	11.4%	2.9%	5.6%
7 / 1995	12.3%	2.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	12.3%	2.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.5%	2.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.5%	2.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.5%	2.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.0%	3.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1994	8.0%	3.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.4%	3.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.9%	3.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.4%	3.1%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.9%	3.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	14.2%	3.2%	6.1%
7 / 1994	12.7%	3.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	14.7%	3.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.2%	3.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.8%	2.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.2%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.8%	3.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1993	23.0%	4.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	16.6%	4.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	19.0%	4.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	16.6%	3.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	21.7%	3.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	30.1%	3.3%	7.0%
7 / 1993	29.2%	3.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	28.8%	3.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	19.0%	3.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	17.3%	2.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	20.3%	3.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	15.8%	3.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1992	16.9%	4.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	15.6%	3.8%	7.4%
3 / 1992	14.8%	3.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	16.0%	3.1%	7.4%
5 / 1992	21.0%	3.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	32.3%	3.4%	7.8%
7 / 1992	29.1%	3.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	29.7%	3.2%	7.6%
9 / 1992	23.4%	2.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	27.0%	2.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	26.7%	3.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	21.2%	3.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1991	20.9%	4.3%	6.4%
2 / 1991	16.5%	4.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	19.4%	4.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	17.3%	3.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	17.3%	3.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	29.9%	3.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	30.7%	3.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	28.9%	3.3%	6.9%
9 / 1991	19.8%	3.1%	6.9%
10 / 1991	18.4%	2.9%	7.0%
11 / 1991	16.9%	3.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	15.6%	3.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	Watauga Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1990	12.2%	4.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	9.8%	4.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	12.3%	4.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	15.6%	3.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	14.5%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	29.6%	3.8%	5.2%
7 / 1990	30.8%	3.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	30.1%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	16.8%	3.3%	5.9%
10 / 1990	18.5%	3.2%	5.9%
11 / 1990	23.4%	3.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	20.9%	3.5%	6.3%