Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


March 2026

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 10,645 32,365 2,880 45,895
Rapid City MSA 1,610 5,950 120 7,675
Sioux Falls MSA 3,760 12,650 155 16,565
Aurora County 20 50 25 95
Beadle County 170 565 35 770
Bennett County 40 60 55 150
Bon Homme County 50 80 35 170
Brookings County 410 1,415 35 1,865
Brown County 400 1,285 35 1,715
Brule County 40 155 25 225
Buffalo County 20 50 55 125
Butte County 125 245 40 410
Campbell County 20 20 50 90
Charles Mix County 90 195 40 330
Clark County 50 80 50 180
Clay County 130 480 30 640
Codington County 335 1,210 35 1,585
Corson County 30 60 45 135
Custer County 110 180 45 330
Davison County 200 800 35 1,030
Day County 75 105 50 230
Deuel County 100 80 75 255
Dewey County 80 155 70 305
Douglas County 25 50 30 105
Edmunds County 40 55 35 130
Fall River County 100 225 55 380
Faulk County 20 30 30 80
Grant County 170 220 80 470
Gregory County 40 75 35 150
Haakon County 15 45 25 85
Hamlin County 90 165 45 295
Hand County 30 65 25 120
Hanson County 50 30 50 130
Harding County 10 20 20 50
Hughes County 160 625 30 815
Hutchinson County 90 145 40 275
Hyde County 5 20 20 45
Jackson County 35 40 80 155
Jerauld County 20 70 35 125
Jones County 20 20 95 135
Kingsbury County 60 95 40 200
Lake County 110 330 30 475
Lawrence County 265 1,175 30 1,470
Lincoln County 825 2,130 35 2,990
Lyman County 40 80 45 165
Marshall County 75 80 55 210
McCook County 65 80 40 185
McPherson County 25 25 40 90
Meade County 360 650 40 1,050
Mellette County 25 25 60 115
Miner County 25 50 35 110
Minnehaha County 2,775 10,290 45 13,110
Moody County 105 130 60 295
Oglala Lakota County 180 250 90 520
Pennington County 1,140 5,120 35 6,295
Perkins County 30 65 35 125
Potter County 45 40 70 150
Roberts County 190 190 75 460
Sanborn County 20 30 25 70
Spink County 80 100 45 225
Stanley County 30 85 30 145
Sully County 5 35 15 55
Todd County 100 175 85 360
Tripp County 45 130 30 205
Turner County 95 150 35 280
Union County 210 685 40 935
Walworth County 75 115 60 250
Yankton County 210 865 30 1,105
Ziebach County 20 20 30 70

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.