Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area February 2025   February 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 79,671 78,019 1,652 2.1% 77,352 75,334 2,018 2.6%
Sioux Falls MSA* 175,138 171,535 3,603 2.1% 163,250 159,178 4,072 2.5%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,383 21,887 496 2.2% 21,959 21,340 619 2.8%
Brookings MiSA 20,065 19,668 397 2.0% 19,551 19,038 513 2.6%
Huron MiSA 8,976 8,795 181 2.0% 9,159 8,915 244 2.7%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,485 14,200 285 2.0% 12,801 12,467 334 2.6%
Pierre MiSA* 11,392 11,192 200 1.8% 12,639 12,344 295 2.3%
Spearfish MiSA 15,346 15,058 288 1.9% 14,435 14,076 359 2.5%
Vermillion MiSA 8,559 8,398 161 1.9% 7,666 7,470 196 2.6%
Watertown MiSA 16,773 16,437 336 2.0% 16,156 15,730 426 2.6%
Yankton MiSA 12,476 12,255 221 1.8% 11,895 11,617 278 2.3%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,172 3,083 89 2.8% 3,246 3,112 134 4.1%

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.