Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


November 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 10,425 39,755 2,405 52,605
Rapid City MSA 1,720 7,180 100 9,005
Sioux Falls MSA 3,400 14,700 120 18,220
Aurora County 30 65 30 120
Beadle County 180 705 30 915
Bennett County 40 100 45 185
Bon Homme County 60 130 35 220
Brookings County 450 1,820 35 2,305
Brown County 410 1,600 30 2,040
Brule County 55 190 30 275
Buffalo County 30 65 70 160
Butte County 110 285 30 430
Campbell County 20 20 45 80
Charles Mix County 90 260 35 385
Clark County 30 90 25 150
Clay County 210 815 35 1,065
Codington County 330 1,570 30 1,930
Corson County 55 85 70 210
Custer County 115 230 40 390
Davison County 205 1,080 25 1,310
Day County 60 145 35 240
Deuel County 45 110 30 185
Dewey County 105 195 75 375
Douglas County 30 60 35 125
Edmunds County 35 70 30 135
Fall River County 95 280 45 415
Faulk County 15 40 20 80
Grant County 90 265 35 390
Gregory County 35 110 25 175
Haakon County 20 65 30 110
Hamlin County 60 200 25 285
Hand County 30 95 25 150
Hanson County 45 55 40 145
Harding County 15 30 25 70
Hughes County 170 790 25 990
Hutchinson County 80 200 30 305
Hyde County 10 35 25 70
Jackson County 40 70 80 190
Jerauld County 15 80 25 120
Jones County 10 35 40 85
Kingsbury County 55 120 30 210
Lake County 115 450 25 590
Lawrence County 320 1,390 30 1,745
Lincoln County 810 2,620 30 3,460
Lyman County 40 115 40 195
Marshall County 50 105 30 185
McCook County 60 115 30 200
McPherson County 25 30 30 85
Meade County 320 840 30 1,190
Mellette County 25 30 50 105
Miner County 20 75 30 120
Minnehaha County 2,435 11,790 30 14,260
Moody County 75 200 35 310
Oglala Lakota County 220 370 85 675
Pennington County 1,285 6,110 30 7,425
Perkins County 30 80 30 145
Potter County 35 40 45 115
Roberts County 145 275 45 465
Sanborn County 25 40 25 90
Spink County 65 130 35 230
Stanley County 30 120 25 180
Sully County 15 30 25 75
Todd County 125 235 90 450
Tripp County 55 170 30 255
Turner County 95 175 30 300
Union County 200 800 35 1,035
Walworth County 65 165 40 275
Yankton County 230 1,065 30 1,325
Ziebach County 30 30 45 100

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.