National labor market statistics available for January

Nationally, the unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point in January to 8.3 percent; the rate has fallen by 0.8 point since August. The number of unemployed persons declined to 12.8 million in January.

Total nonfarm payroll employment in the nation rose by 243,000 in January. Private-sector employment grew by 257,000, with the largest employment gains in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and
manufacturing. Government employment was little changed over the month.

See the full BLS report, "The Employment Situation: January 2012."

2010 population data for South Dakota available on LMIC website

Area population data from the 2010 Census was recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau and is now available on LMIC's website. Use the population database menu to find the information you are seeking.

Seasonally adjusted December labor force data for metro areas available

December 2011 seasonally adjusted labor force data for South Dakota's Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) of Rapid City and Sioux Falls is now available from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). See the BLS news release or download the December data from the BLS website now. Historical data back to 2000 is available upon request to the BLS. The Labor Market Information Center is currently working on the ability to offer this seasonally adjusted labor force data for the South Dakota MSAs on our historical online database of labor force data; until that can be accomplished, we will provide a link to the data on the BLS website on this "what's new" page after each monthly release of the new data. See our release dates for future releases. For more information about the newly available seasonally adjusted labor force data for metropolitan areas, please see the Question and Answer document prepared by BLS.

Overview of the labor market in December

This monthly feature of the South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin analyzes current trends in South Dakota's labor market, including nonfarm wage and salaried worker levels. See the overview.

Snapshot of South Dakota's economy

Get a quick synopsis, or snapshot, of the most current data available for numerous closely watched economic indicators.

Release dates

Click here to find out when the next data release from LMIC will be.