Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


February 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 10,375 33,210 1,815 45,360
Rapid City MSA 1,650 6,020 85 7,755
Sioux Falls MSA 3,460 12,820 95 16,375
Aurora County 25 50 20 100
Beadle County 180 585 25 785
Bennett County 35 55 30 120
Bon Homme County 60 85 25 170
Brookings County 395 1,465 25 1,885
Brown County 450 1,380 25 1,855
Brule County 35 170 15 220
Buffalo County 25 55 50 130
Butte County 110 250 25 385
Campbell County 20 20 30 70
Charles Mix County 80 195 25 300
Clark County 50 75 30 155
Clay County 160 485 20 665
Codington County 335 1,265 25 1,625
Corson County 30 55 30 110
Custer County 125 185 35 345
Davison County 215 850 20 1,085
Day County 80 105 35 220
Deuel County 85 85 40 210
Dewey County 70 165 35 275
Douglas County 30 50 25 105
Edmunds County 45 55 25 125
Fall River County 95 230 35 360
Faulk County 15 30 20 65
Grant County 155 235 45 430
Gregory County 50 90 30 165
Haakon County 15 45 20 75
Hamlin County 75 165 25 265
Hand County 35 70 20 125
Hanson County 50 35 30 115
Harding County 15 25 20 60
Hughes County 170 680 20 870
Hutchinson County 90 145 25 260
Hyde County 10 20 15 45
Jackson County 30 35 45 110
Jerauld County 15 100 20 135
Jones County 15 20 45 75
Kingsbury County 70 100 30 200
Lake County 110 350 20 475
Lawrence County 290 1,125 20 1,435
Lincoln County 740 2,220 20 2,980
Lyman County 40 80 25 145
Marshall County 70 90 35 190
McCook County 65 80 25 170
McPherson County 25 25 25 75
Meade County 330 665 25 1,020
Mellette County 20 25 35 75
Miner County 35 50 35 120
Minnehaha County 2,545 10,370 25 12,940
Moody County 75 145 25 245
Oglala Lakota County 160 275 50 480
Pennington County 1,195 5,170 25 6,390
Perkins County 25 70 15 110
Potter County 20 40 20 80
Roberts County 170 215 40 425
Sanborn County 25 35 20 75
Spink County 85 105 30 220
Stanley County 30 85 20 135
Sully County 15 30 20 70
Todd County 100 195 50 345
Tripp County 40 145 15 200
Turner County 110 150 25 285
Union County 195 670 25 890
Walworth County 75 120 40 235
Yankton County 220 945 20 1,185
Ziebach County 20 25 25 70

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.