Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


September 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 9,105 39,330 2,390 50,830
Rapid City MSA 1,540 7,930 105 9,570
Sioux Falls MSA 3,020 14,530 120 17,670
Aurora County 25 60 25 110
Beadle County 165 635 30 830
Bennett County 30 65 40 140
Bon Homme County 50 115 35 200
Brookings County 345 1,625 30 2,005
Brown County 360 1,505 30 1,895
Brule County 50 180 30 260
Buffalo County 20 45 60 125
Butte County 95 275 30 400
Campbell County 25 15 75 120
Charles Mix County 75 270 30 375
Clark County 35 95 35 160
Clay County 150 570 30 755
Codington County 290 1,435 30 1,755
Corson County 40 55 65 160
Custer County 90 495 35 620
Davison County 185 995 30 1,205
Day County 55 170 35 260
Deuel County 40 155 30 225
Dewey County 95 170 80 345
Douglas County 30 60 35 125
Edmunds County 35 70 30 130
Fall River County 80 270 40 390
Faulk County 15 45 30 90
Grant County 80 255 35 370
Gregory County 35 105 30 165
Haakon County 15 45 30 90
Hamlin County 50 225 25 300
Hand County 25 85 25 135
Hanson County 35 45 35 120
Harding County 10 40 25 75
Hughes County 155 755 30 940
Hutchinson County 60 185 25 270
Hyde County 10 20 30 60
Jackson County 25 115 50 185
Jerauld County 15 90 30 140
Jones County 10 35 35 80
Kingsbury County 50 130 35 215
Lake County 110 420 30 555
Lawrence County 285 1,545 30 1,860
Lincoln County 725 2,715 30 3,470
Lyman County 35 135 35 205
Marshall County 45 105 35 185
McCook County 55 120 30 205
McPherson County 25 25 40 90
Meade County 315 845 35 1,190
Mellette County 15 20 40 75
Miner County 20 65 30 115
Minnehaha County 2,160 11,520 30 13,710
Moody County 70 190 35 290
Oglala Lakota County 180 285 85 550
Pennington County 1,135 6,590 35 7,760
Perkins County 25 80 30 135
Potter County 25 55 35 120
Roberts County 120 255 45 420
Sanborn County 20 50 25 95
Spink County 55 125 35 215
Stanley County 25 125 25 175
Sully County 15 50 25 90
Todd County 100 205 80 390
Tripp County 50 175 30 255
Turner County 80 175 30 285
Union County 160 695 30 890
Walworth County 55 165 40 260
Yankton County 220 1,070 30 1,320
Ziebach County 25 20 50 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.