Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area May 2025   May 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 81,989 80,462 1,527 1.9% 80,059 78,633 1,426 1.8%
Sioux Falls MSA* 177,797 174,735 3,062 1.7% 175,444 172,621 2,823 1.6%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,562 22,152 410 1.8% 22,522 22,151 371 1.6%
Brookings MiSA 19,926 19,532 394 2.0% 19,553 19,231 322 1.6%
Huron MiSA 9,172 9,002 170 1.9% 8,994 8,848 146 1.6%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,463 14,216 247 1.7% 14,309 14,081 228 1.6%
Pierre MiSA* 11,569 11,392 177 1.5% 11,451 11,286 165 1.4%
Spearfish MiSA 16,177 15,887 290 1.8% 15,449 15,186 263 1.7%
Vermillion MiSA 8,003 7,821 182 2.3% 7,761 7,625 136 1.8%
Watertown MiSA 16,909 16,624 285 1.7% 16,576 16,329 247 1.5%
Yankton MiSA 12,826 12,610 216 1.7% 12,495 12,301 194 1.6%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,149 3,064 85 2.7% 3,144 3,054 90 2.9%

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.