Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


December 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 11,790 39,625 2,185 53,615
Rapid City MSA 1,815 7,180 90 9,085
Sioux Falls MSA 3,915 14,695 110 18,725
Aurora County 30 65 25 120
Beadle County 205 705 30 940
Bennett County 45 100 40 185
Bon Homme County 50 130 25 205
Brookings County 515 1,795 30 2,340
Brown County 460 1,590 30 2,075
Brule County 50 185 20 260
Buffalo County 30 60 55 145
Butte County 120 285 25 430
Campbell County 20 20 40 75
Charles Mix County 100 260 30 395
Clark County 35 90 25 150
Clay County 220 770 35 1,025
Codington County 390 1,570 30 1,985
Corson County 50 85 55 190
Custer County 135 230 35 400
Davison County 240 1,075 25 1,340
Day County 80 140 35 255
Deuel County 75 110 40 220
Dewey County 95 195 55 350
Douglas County 35 60 30 120
Edmunds County 45 70 30 145
Fall River County 105 275 40 425
Faulk County 20 40 25 85
Grant County 155 265 50 470
Gregory County 40 110 25 180
Haakon County 20 65 25 110
Hamlin County 80 200 25 310
Hand County 40 95 25 160
Hanson County 50 60 35 145
Harding County 15 30 20 65
Hughes County 190 790 25 1,005
Hutchinson County 105 200 30 335
Hyde County 10 35 20 60
Jackson County 35 70 60 170
Jerauld County 15 80 20 115
Jones County 15 35 40 90
Kingsbury County 65 120 30 220
Lake County 130 445 25 600
Lawrence County 350 1,385 30 1,765
Lincoln County 870 2,620 25 3,515
Lyman County 50 110 40 200
Marshall County 70 105 35 210
McCook County 65 115 25 210
McPherson County 25 30 25 80
Meade County 340 840 25 1,205
Mellette County 25 35 40 95
Miner County 30 75 30 135
Minnehaha County 2,860 11,785 30 14,675
Moody County 100 195 35 330
Oglala Lakota County 235 370 80 680
Pennington County 1,340 6,110 30 7,480
Perkins County 30 80 25 135
Potter County 40 40 40 120
Roberts County 195 270 55 515
Sanborn County 25 40 20 85
Spink County 70 130 30 235
Stanley County 35 120 25 175
Sully County 15 30 20 65
Todd County 130 230 75 440
Tripp County 60 170 25 255
Turner County 120 175 30 325
Union County 230 800 30 1,060
Walworth County 70 165 35 275
Yankton County 265 1,065 25 1,360
Ziebach County 30 30 35 95

Please note: Data for labor supply components (unemployed, underemployed and discouraged workers) may not add to total labor supply due to rounding.
*Beginning with data for January 2025, the Sioux Falls MSA designation has changed to include Rock County of Minnesota as well as Lincoln, Minnehaha, McCook and Turner counties of South Dakota as it formerly did.
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.