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 "metadata": {
  "identifier": "caeri:46089",
  "canonical_url": "https://stratahelm.com/counties/south-dakota/mcpherson/",
  "methodology_version": "0.3.1",
  "generated": "2026-08-04",
  "scores_generated": "2026-07-12",
  "sources": [
   "cbp_sd_county_naics4.meta.json",
   "county_soc_estimates.meta_sd.json",
   "exposure_scores.meta.json",
   "govfin_sd_county_revenue_mix.meta.json",
   "lodes_sd_county_flows.meta.json",
   "matrix_staffing_patterns.meta.json",
   "qwi_sd_county_naics3_age.meta.json"
  ],
  "license": {
   "name": "CC BY 4.0",
   "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
   "attribution": "StrataHelm CAERI",
   "attribution_url": "https://stratahelm.com/counties/south-dakota/mcpherson/",
   "condition": "Reuse permitted with attribution to \u201cStrataHelm CAERI\u201d and a link back to the canonical_url."
  },
  "note": "County occupation figures are model-based ESTIMATES; comparative index, not a forecast."
 },
 "county": {
  "fips": "46089",
  "name": "McPherson County",
  "state": "South Dakota"
 },
 "scores": {
  "national_basis": {
   "caeri": 29.4,
   "percentile": 0.5,
   "rank": 3118,
   "of": 3142,
   "tier": "Bottom 25%",
   "confidence": "Low"
  },
  "in_state_basis": {
   "caeri": 30.0,
   "percentile": 2.3,
   "rank": 65,
   "of": 66
  },
  "pillars_national_percentile": {
   "p1": 3.7,
   "p2": 16.2,
   "p3": 44.2,
   "p4": 39.5,
   "p5": 48.6
  }
 },
 "data_quality_flags": [
  "One or more government employment levels for this county are estimated from statewide proportions, floored at the county's disclosed detail (BLS suppresses the level totals)."
 ]
}