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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


September 2026

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 8,010 37,620 3,605 49,230
Rapid City MSA 1,360 7,470 150 8,985
Sioux Falls MSA 2,725 14,160 185 17,065
Aurora County 20 60 40 120
Beadle County 145 605 50 795
Bennett County 25 65 60 150
Bon Homme County 50 110 60 215
Brookings County 285 1,560 45 1,890
Brown County 315 1,450 50 1,815
Brule County 40 175 40 255
Buffalo County 20 50 105 175
Butte County 75 285 40 405
Campbell County 15 20 80 115
Charles Mix County 65 250 45 360
Clark County 25 85 40 150
Clay County 125 525 45 695
Codington County 250 1,375 45 1,670
Corson County 35 55 100 190
Custer County 80 465 50 595
Davison County 160 950 45 1,155
Day County 45 155 50 250
Deuel County 35 145 40 220
Dewey County 55 150 80 280
Douglas County 25 60 60 140
Edmunds County 30 65 50 145
Fall River County 75 250 70 395
Faulk County 15 45 40 100
Grant County 65 250 50 360
Gregory County 30 100 40 170
Haakon County 15 65 55 140
Hamlin County 45 240 35 325
Hand County 30 75 45 155
Hanson County 35 40 60 140
Harding County 10 35 45 90
Hughes County 135 715 45 900
Hutchinson County 50 170 35 255
Hyde County 10 20 40 70
Jackson County 20 100 75 200
Jerauld County 10 65 45 120
Jones County 10 30 60 95
Kingsbury County 50 125 55 230
Lake County 100 395 45 540
Lawrence County 260 1,400 50 1,705
Lincoln County 670 2,665 45 3,380
Lyman County 30 120 55 210
Marshall County 35 110 45 190
McCook County 45 125 45 215
McPherson County 25 25 60 110
Meade County 280 800 50 1,135
Mellette County 20 20 80 120
Miner County 20 55 55 130
Minnehaha County 1,940 11,195 50 13,180
Moody County 50 175 45 270
Oglala Lakota County 125 255 105 485
Pennington County 1,000 6,205 50 7,255
Perkins County 25 70 50 145
Potter County 25 55 65 140
Roberts County 95 250 60 410
Sanborn County 20 55 45 115
Spink County 50 115 50 215
Stanley County 30 125 45 200
Sully County 10 45 45 100
Todd County 85 185 125 395
Tripp County 45 165 45 250
Turner County 70 175 45 290
Union County 165 690 55 910
Walworth County 45 155 60 260
Yankton County 200 985 50 1,235
Ziebach County 20 20 70 110

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.