Surprise Valley Township, SD Unemployment Rate Report

Surprise Valley Township, SD Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Surprise-Valley-Township, South Dakota has ranged from 2.5% in October 2000 to 11.4% in March 1998. The current unemployment rate for Surprise-Valley-Township is 5.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Surprise Valley Township, SD Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Surprise Valley Township, SD Current Unemployment - 5.5%

Surprise Valley Township, SD Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2022	4.1%	2.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.4%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.8%	2.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.9%	2.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.8%	2.1%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.2%	2.4%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.3%	2.1%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.5%	2.4%	3.7%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2021	3.8%	3.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.0%	3.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.0%	3.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.8%	3.0%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.2%	2.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.3%	3.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.1%	2.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.1%	3.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.9%	2.5%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.7%	2.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.9%	2.5%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.3%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2020	6.9%	3.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.1%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.5%	3.4%	4.4%
4 / 2020	8.6%	11.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.8%	9.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.5%	7.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.9%	6.1%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.3%	4.7%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.1%	3.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.3%	3.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.6%	3.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.8%	3.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2019	5.1%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.6%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.3%	3.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.6%	3.3%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.5%	3.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.7%	3.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.8%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.6%	3.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.6%	3.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.6%	3.0%	3.6%
11 / 2019	7.0%	3.3%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.3%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2018	4.5%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.5%	3.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.0%	3.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.2%	3.3%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.4%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.3%	3.0%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.8%	2.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.6%	2.9%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.0%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.1%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.4%	2.9%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.7%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2017	4.3%	3.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.8%	3.7%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.0%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.9%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.7%	3.0%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.8%	3.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	6.0%	3.0%	4.3%
8 / 2017	6.2%	3.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	2.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.3%	2.8%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.1%	3.1%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.6%	3.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2016	5.0%	3.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.8%	3.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.5%	3.2%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.3%	2.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.2%	2.7%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.4%	2.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.7%	2.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.4%	3.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.5%	2.7%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.1%	2.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.3%	2.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.8%	3.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2015	6.8%	3.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.2%	3.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.5%	3.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.4%	3.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.7%	3.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.5%	3.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.3%	2.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.7%	2.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.6%	2.6%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.1%	2.5%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.2%	2.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.0%	3.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2014	6.7%	4.2%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.4%	4.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.2%	4.1%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.4%	3.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.6%	3.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.6%	3.2%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.3%	3.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.1%	3.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.7%	3.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.8%	2.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.4%	3.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.7%	3.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2013	8.7%	4.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.3%	4.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.6%	4.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.4%	3.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.0%	3.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.3%	3.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.3%	3.4%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.8%	3.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.6%	3.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.0%	3.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.2%	3.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.8%	3.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2012	5.5%	5.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.2%	5.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.5%	5.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.8%	4.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.5%	4.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.5%	4.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.0%	4.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.0%	4.1%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.0%	3.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.8%	3.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.2%	3.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.4%	4.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2011	7.0%	5.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	6.6%	5.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.0%	5.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.2%	4.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.2%	4.6%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.6%	4.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.9%	4.3%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.7%	4.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.7%	4.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.8%	3.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.1%	4.2%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.5%	4.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2010	7.2%	5.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	6.8%	5.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	6.8%	5.9%	9.9%
4 / 2010	5.7%	4.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	5.3%	4.8%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.0%	4.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.7%	4.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.5%	4.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.4%	4.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	5.6%	4.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	5.6%	4.6%	9.8%
12 / 2010	4.9%	5.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2009	7.3%	5.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.0%	5.2%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.7%	5.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.7%	5.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.8%	4.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.0%	4.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.5%	4.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.6%	4.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.0%	4.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.5%	4.5%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.3%	4.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.1%	5.3%	9.9%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2008	4.2%	3.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.9%	3.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.7%	3.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.1%	2.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.4%	2.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.8%	2.8%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.2%	2.8%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.5%	3.0%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.6%	2.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.9%	3.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.2%	3.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.0%	3.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2007	4.8%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.7%	3.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.7%	3.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.0%	2.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.9%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.1%	2.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.2%	2.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.6%	2.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.5%	2.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.4%	2.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.9%	2.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.1%	2.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2006	4.4%	3.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.5%	3.6%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.9%	3.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.3%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.8%	2.9%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.4%	3.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.2%	3.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.1%	3.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.1%	2.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.7%	2.8%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.5%	2.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.9%	3.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2005	5.9%	4.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.5%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.3%	4.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.9%	3.9%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.0%	3.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.5%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.6%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.2%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.6%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.2%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.4%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.7%	3.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2004	6.0%	4.2%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.1%	4.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.5%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.9%	3.5%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.2%	3.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.4%	3.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.4%	3.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.2%	3.6%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.8%	3.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.3%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.1%	3.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.3%	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2003	5.9%	4.0%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.9%	4.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.1%	4.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.5%	3.4%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.6%	3.3%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.8%	3.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.8%	3.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.8%	3.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.6%	3.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.3%	3.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.8%	3.4%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.0%	3.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2002	4.3%	4.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.3%	3.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.2%	4.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.0%	3.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.8%	2.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.8%	2.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.3%	2.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.7%	2.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.7%	2.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.8%	2.7%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.4%	3.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.1%	3.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2001	4.7%	3.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.3%	3.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.9%	3.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.5%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.7%	2.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.5%	3.0%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.2%	3.0%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.6%	3.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.3%	2.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.2%	2.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.1%	3.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.4%	3.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 2000	4.9%	3.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.6%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.3%	2.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.7%	2.2%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.1%	2.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.7%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.1%	2.2%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.5%	2.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.8%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.5%	2.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.3%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.0%	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1999	5.3%	3.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.4%	3.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.1%	3.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.0%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.9%	2.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	8.0%	2.7%	4.3%
7 / 1999	9.5%	2.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.9%	2.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.2%	2.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.3%	2.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.2%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.4%	2.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1998	8.9%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	10.5%	3.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	11.4%	3.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	7.4%	2.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.0%	2.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.8%	2.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.4%	2.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.7%	2.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.8%	2.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.2%	2.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.0%	2.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.6%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1997	10.9%	3.8%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.6%	3.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	9.7%	3.5%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.2%	2.9%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.2%	2.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.3%	2.9%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.5%	2.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.6%	2.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.7%	2.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.6%	2.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.1%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	7.7%	2.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1996	6.0%	3.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.5%	3.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.7%	3.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.6%	3.1%	5.6%
5 / 1996	7.7%	3.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	7.1%	3.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	7.6%	3.0%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.9%	2.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.7%	2.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	6.2%	2.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	8.1%	2.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	9.7%	3.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1995	5.2%	3.8%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.6%	3.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.3%	3.4%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.3%	3.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.8%	2.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.7%	2.9%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.6%	2.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.8%	2.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.3%	2.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.1%	2.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.6%	2.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.3%	3.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1994	10.2%	3.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.8%	3.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.8%	3.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.9%	3.1%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.0%	3.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.0%	3.2%	6.1%
7 / 1994	11.0%	3.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	10.6%	3.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.9%	3.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.8%	2.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.6%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.5%	3.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1993	7.1%	4.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.0%	4.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.6%	4.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.9%	3.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.5%	3.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.7%	3.3%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.4%	3.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.8%	3.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.8%	3.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.7%	2.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.3%	3.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.9%	3.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1992	6.3%	4.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.7%	3.8%	7.4%
3 / 1992	4.8%	3.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.2%	3.1%	7.4%
5 / 1992	4.7%	3.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.1%	3.4%	7.8%
7 / 1992	6.7%	3.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.0%	3.2%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.3%	2.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.7%	2.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.8%	3.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.1%	3.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1991	9.1%	4.3%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.5%	4.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.7%	4.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.3%	3.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.4%	3.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.2%	3.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.1%	3.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.3%	3.3%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.1%	3.1%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.9%	2.9%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.9%	3.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.0%	3.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	Surprise Valley Township, SD%	South-Dakota%	National %
1 / 1990	8.7%	4.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.7%	4.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.1%	4.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.6%	3.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.8%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.0%	3.8%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.7%	3.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.3%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.1%	3.3%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.6%	3.2%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.5%	3.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.0%	3.5%	6.3%