Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


July 2026

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 9,780 37,760 3,225 50,735
Rapid City MSA 1,570 7,470 120 9,160
Sioux Falls MSA 3,165 14,295 145 17,595
Aurora County 20 65 30 115
Beadle County 165 615 40 820
Bennett County 35 65 55 155
Bon Homme County 50 110 40 205
Brookings County 415 1,510 45 1,970
Brown County 375 1,450 40 1,860
Brule County 50 180 35 260
Buffalo County 35 50 115 200
Butte County 100 285 35 420
Campbell County 20 20 60 100
Charles Mix County 90 260 45 395
Clark County 30 85 35 150
Clay County 175 470 45 690
Codington County 290 1,375 35 1,700
Corson County 50 50 95 195
Custer County 95 465 40 600
Davison County 190 945 35 1,170
Day County 55 160 40 260
Deuel County 40 155 30 225
Dewey County 150 140 160 450
Douglas County 30 60 50 140
Edmunds County 35 65 35 135
Fall River County 85 260 50 400
Faulk County 20 45 40 110
Grant County 80 250 40 365
Gregory County 35 100 35 165
Haakon County 15 70 35 115
Hamlin County 60 245 35 335
Hand County 35 75 40 150
Hanson County 40 40 50 130
Harding County 10 35 30 75
Hughes County 155 725 35 915
Hutchinson County 65 175 30 275
Hyde County 10 20 30 60
Jackson County 25 105 55 185
Jerauld County 15 65 40 120
Jones County 10 30 50 90
Kingsbury County 50 130 40 220
Lake County 130 385 40 555
Lawrence County 275 1,420 35 1,735
Lincoln County 770 2,690 35 3,495
Lyman County 45 125 50 220
Marshall County 45 110 35 190
McCook County 55 125 35 210
McPherson County 25 25 50 100
Meade County 320 800 40 1,165
Mellette County 30 25 85 135
Miner County 25 55 45 125
Minnehaha County 2,260 11,305 40 13,600
Moody County 90 175 55 315
Oglala Lakota County 235 255 135 620
Pennington County 1,155 6,205 40 7,395
Perkins County 30 70 40 140
Potter County 30 55 55 140
Roberts County 135 240 60 435
Sanborn County 20 55 30 110
Spink County 60 120 40 215
Stanley County 30 130 30 190
Sully County 15 45 35 95
Todd County 140 190 130 460
Tripp County 50 170 35 255
Turner County 80 175 35 290
Union County 200 690 45 935
Walworth County 55 160 45 255
Yankton County 225 990 40 1,255
Ziebach County 45 20 110 175

Please note: Data for labor supply components (unemployed, underemployed and discouraged workers) may not add to total labor supply due to rounding.
Source: Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation.
See the definition of labor supply.
See technical notes about labor supply estimates.