Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area April 2025   April 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 80,778 79,332 1,446 1.8% 78,118 76,703 1,415 1.8%
Sioux Falls MSA* 177,594 174,476 3,118 1.8% 173,889 171,056 2,833 1.6%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,501 22,073 428 1.9% 22,433 22,015 418 1.9%
Brookings MiSA 20,248 19,865 383 1.9% 20,007 19,662 345 1.7%
Huron MiSA 9,105 8,947 158 1.7% 8,975 8,822 153 1.7%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,376 14,142 234 1.6% 14,192 13,964 228 1.6%
Pierre MiSA* 11,329 11,171 158 1.4% 11,192 11,024 168 1.5%
Spearfish MiSA 15,853 15,595 258 1.6% 15,119 14,853 266 1.8%
Vermillion MiSA 8,748 8,587 161 1.8% 8,488 8,359 129 1.5%
Watertown MiSA 16,824 16,524 300 1.8% 16,588 16,326 262 1.6%
Yankton MiSA 12,681 12,479 202 1.6% 12,383 12,192 191 1.5%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,212 3,121 91 2.8% 3,163 3,068 95 3.0%

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.