Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area March 2025   March 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 79,207 77,848 1,359 1.7% 76,460 75,197 1,263 1.7%
Sioux Falls MSA* 174,801 171,599 3,202 1.8% 171,739 168,944 2,795 1.6%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,610 22,197 413 1.8% 22,305 21,916 389 1.7%
Brookings MiSA 20,205 19,898 307 1.5% 19,818 19,552 266 1.3%
Huron MiSA 9,080 8,936 144 1.6% 9,001 8,857 144 1.6%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,557 14,323 234 1.6% 14,138 13,923 215 1.5%
Pierre MiSA* 11,394 11,236 158 1.4% 11,224 11,053 171 1.5%
Spearfish MiSA 15,350 15,135 215 1.4% 15,028 14,796 232 1.5%
Vermillion MiSA 8,533 8,431 102 1.2% 8,418 8,321 97 1.2%
Watertown MiSA 16,914 16,630 284 1.7% 16,622 16,348 274 1.6%
Yankton MiSA 12,542 12,353 189 1.5% 12,288 12,113 175 1.4%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,267 3,195 72 2.2% 3,182 3,098 84 2.6%

Notes:
2025 data is preliminary and subject to revision. Data may not sum to totals because of rounding.
*Beginning with data for January 2025, designations for the areas with an asterisk (*) have changed. Data for 2024 reflect the prior area designations. For example, the January 2025 data for the Sioux Falls MSA includes Rock County of Minnesota as well as Lincoln, Minnehaha, McCook and Turner counties of South Dakota as it formerly did. For more information, see the definition links below.

Source: Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Access historical labor force data.
See the definition of labor force.
See the definition of MSA.
See the definition of MiSA.
See the definition of LMA.
See technical notes about labor force data.