Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area July 2025   July 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 83,948 82,524 1,424 1.7% 82,975 81,624 1,351 1.6%
Sioux Falls MSA* 179,895 176,797 3,098 1.7% 178,486 175,668 2,818 1.6%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,199 21,815 384 1.7% 22,660 22,325 335 1.5%
Brookings MiSA 19,280 18,882 398 2.1% 19,103 18,783 320 1.7%
Huron MiSA 9,148 8,991 157 1.7% 9,141 9,008 133 1.5%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,362 14,141 221 1.5% 14,399 14,178 221 1.5%
Pierre MiSA* 11,497 11,348 149 1.3% 11,568 11,419 149 1.3%
Spearfish MiSA 16,308 16,049 259 1.6% 16,016 15,766 250 1.6%
Vermillion MiSA 7,750 7,574 176 2.3% 7,577 7,452 125 1.6%
Watertown MiSA 16,786 16,511 275 1.6% 16,952 16,705 247 1.5%
Yankton MiSA 12,677 12,454 223 1.8% 12,688 12,508 180 1.4%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,201 2,899 302 9.4% 3,261 2,941 320 9.8%

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.