Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


May 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 9,050 30,875 1,605 41,515
Rapid City MSA 1,525 5,765 75 7,360
Sioux Falls MSA 2,930 11,895 80 14,915
Aurora County 20 45 20 85
Beadle County 170 495 25 685
Bennett County 35 60 30 125
Bon Homme County 55 85 25 165
Brookings County 395 1,240 25 1,655
Brown County 375 1,240 20 1,635
Brule County 45 155 15 215
Buffalo County 25 50 45 120
Butte County 95 230 20 345
Campbell County 20 20 40 80
Charles Mix County 80 210 25 315
Clark County 35 75 25 130
Clay County 180 415 30 625
Codington County 285 1,160 20 1,465
Corson County 35 40 35 110
Custer County 90 215 25 330
Davison County 195 755 20 970
Day County 55 110 25 190
Deuel County 45 95 20 160
Dewey County 60 150 35 245
Douglas County 25 60 20 100
Edmunds County 35 50 25 110
Fall River County 75 220 25 320
Faulk County 15 30 20 65
Grant County 80 215 25 325
Gregory County 40 90 25 150
Haakon County 15 40 20 75
Hamlin County 60 165 20 245
Hand County 30 75 20 120
Hanson County 30 30 20 85
Harding County 10 25 15 50
Hughes County 150 625 20 790
Hutchinson County 60 150 20 230
Hyde County 10 20 20 50
Jackson County 25 55 35 115
Jerauld County 15 85 20 120
Jones County 10 20 25 50
Kingsbury County 50 95 25 165
Lake County 115 330 20 465
Lawrence County 290 1,055 20 1,365
Lincoln County 710 2,195 20 2,930
Lyman County 35 85 25 145
Marshall County 45 80 20 145
McCook County 50 85 20 160
McPherson County 25 25 25 75
Meade County 310 605 25 935
Mellette County 20 20 30 75
Miner County 25 55 25 105
Minnehaha County 2,085 9,470 20 11,575
Moody County 60 140 20 225
Oglala Lakota County 140 230 45 415
Pennington County 1,125 4,945 25 6,095
Perkins County 25 75 20 125
Potter County 20 35 20 80
Roberts County 110 175 30 315
Sanborn County 20 35 15 70
Spink County 60 105 25 190
Stanley County 30 90 20 140
Sully County 15 20 20 55
Todd County 95 175 50 320
Tripp County 45 155 20 215
Turner County 85 145 20 250
Union County 185 640 25 845
Walworth County 55 125 25 205
Yankton County 215 865 20 1,105
Ziebach County 25 20 30 75

Please note: Data for labor supply components (unemployed, underemployed and discouraged workers) may not add to total labor supply due to rounding.
*Beginning with data for January 2025, the Sioux Falls MSA designation has changed to include Rock County of Minnesota as well as Lincoln, Minnehaha, McCook and Turner counties of South Dakota as it formerly did.
Source: Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation.
See the definition of labor supply.
See technical notes about labor supply estimates.