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South Dakota Area Labor Force
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Area | May 2024 | May 2023 | |||||||
| Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Rate | Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Rate | ||
| Rapid City MSA | 80,040 | 78,456 | 1,584 | 2.0% | 79,712 | 78,033 | 1,679 | 2.1% | |
| Sioux Falls MSA | 165,476 | 162,603 | 2,873 | 1.7% | 165,805 | 162,847 | 2,958 | 1.8% | |
| Aberdeen MiSA | 22,044 | 21,624 | 420 | 1.9% | 22,268 | 21,804 | 464 | 2.1% | |
| Brookings MiSA | 19,509 | 19,136 | 373 | 1.9% | 19,265 | 18,902 | 363 | 1.9% | |
| Huron MiSA | 9,464 | 9,303 | 161 | 1.7% | 9,264 | 9,085 | 179 | 1.9% | |
| Mitchell MiSA | 13,012 | 12,780 | 232 | 1.8% | 12,954 | 12,723 | 231 | 1.8% | |
| Pierre MiSA | 13,106 | 12,910 | 196 | 1.5% | 13,010 | 12,797 | 213 | 1.6% | |
| Spearfish MiSA | 14,756 | 14,480 | 276 | 1.9% | 14,643 | 14,351 | 292 | 2.0% | |
| Vermillion MiSA | 6,946 | 6,805 | 141 | 2.0% | 6,923 | 6,771 | 152 | 2.2% | |
| Watertown MiSA | 16,368 | 16,103 | 265 | 1.6% | 16,235 | 15,930 | 305 | 1.9% | |
| Yankton MiSA | 12,149 | 11,937 | 212 | 1.7% | 11,914 | 11,690 | 224 | 1.9% | |
| Dewey-Ziebach LMA | 3,182 | 3,075 | 107 | 3.4% | 3,142 | 3,038 | 104 | 3.3% | |
| Note: 2024 data is preliminary and subject to revision. Data may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||
| 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. |
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