Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area December 2025   December 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 81,231 79,417 1,814 2.2% 80,264 78,813 1,451 1.8%
Sioux Falls MSA* 175,366 171,288 4,078 2.3% 175,720 172,475 3,245 1.8%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,107 21,603 504 2.3% 22,232 21,798 434 2.0%
Brookings MiSA 20,243 19,728 515 2.5% 19,808 19,394 414 2.1%
Huron MiSA 8,940 8,737 203 2.3% 8,923 8,771 152 1.7%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,451 14,134 317 2.2% 14,532 14,279 253 1.7%
Pierre MiSA* 11,065 10,843 222 2.0% 11,266 11,113 153 1.4%
Spearfish MiSA 15,400 15,049 351 2.3% 15,305 15,018 287 1.9%
Vermillion MiSA 8,288 8,069 219 2.6% 8,134 7,968 166 2.0%
Watertown MiSA 16,711 16,321 390 2.3% 16,732 16,413 319 1.9%
Yankton MiSA 12,167 11,902 265 2.2% 12,451 12,267 184 1.5%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,100 2,976 124 4.0% 3,089 2,978 111 3.6%

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.