Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


March 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 8,820 33,295 1,615 43,685
Rapid City MSA 1,355 6,050 70 7,480
Sioux Falls MSA 3,075 12,845 90 16,000
Aurora County 25 55 15 95
Beadle County 145 585 20 750
Bennett County 30 55 25 110
Bon Homme County 55 85 25 160
Brookings County 305 1,460 20 1,785
Brown County 380 1,380 25 1,780
Brule County 25 175 10 205
Buffalo County 20 55 45 120
Butte County 90 255 20 365
Campbell County 25 20 40 85
Charles Mix County 60 200 20 280
Clark County 40 75 25 135
Clay County 100 480 15 595
Codington County 285 1,270 20 1,575
Corson County 15 55 15 90
Custer County 105 185 30 320
Davison County 180 850 20 1,045
Day County 75 105 35 215
Deuel County 80 85 40 210
Dewey County 60 170 35 260
Douglas County 20 50 20 90
Edmunds County 35 55 20 110
Fall River County 85 230 30 345
Faulk County 15 30 15 60
Grant County 165 235 50 455
Gregory County 40 90 25 150
Haakon County 10 45 15 70
Hamlin County 60 165 20 245
Hand County 20 70 15 105
Hanson County 35 35 25 90
Harding County 10 25 15 50
Hughes County 135 675 15 825
Hutchinson County 70 150 20 235
Hyde County 5 20 10 40
Jackson County 20 35 30 85
Jerauld County 15 100 20 130
Jones County 15 20 55 85
Kingsbury County 60 105 25 190
Lake County 100 350 20 465
Lawrence County 215 1,125 15 1,360
Lincoln County 625 2,225 20 2,865
Lyman County 35 80 25 135
Marshall County 65 90 35 185
McCook County 50 80 20 150
McPherson County 20 25 20 70
Meade County 285 670 20 980
Mellette County 20 25 30 75
Miner County 30 50 35 115
Minnehaha County 2,305 10,390 25 12,715
Moody County 70 145 25 245
Oglala Lakota County 130 275 45 450
Pennington County 965 5,195 20 6,180
Perkins County 20 70 15 105
Potter County 20 40 20 80
Roberts County 170 215 45 430
Sanborn County 20 35 15 75
Spink County 80 105 30 210
Stanley County 25 85 15 125
Sully County 15 30 20 65
Todd County 80 195 45 315
Tripp County 30 145 10 185
Turner County 95 150 25 270
Union County 160 675 20 855
Walworth County 70 120 40 230
Yankton County 190 945 20 1,155
Ziebach County 15 25 15 55

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.