Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


August 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 11,065 39,340 2,390 52,805
Rapid City MSA 1,785 7,930 90 9,805
Sioux Falls MSA 3,630 14,530 115 18,270
Aurora County 25 65 20 110
Beadle County 195 645 30 870
Bennett County 30 70 35 135
Bon Homme County 60 120 35 215
Brookings County 460 1,575 35 2,070
Brown County 435 1,495 30 1,965
Brule County 60 185 25 270
Buffalo County 25 45 55 120
Butte County 105 280 25 415
Campbell County 35 20 75 130
Charles Mix County 90 280 30 395
Clark County 40 95 30 165
Clay County 195 520 35 750
Codington County 335 1,430 30 1,795
Corson County 80 55 105 235
Custer County 100 495 30 625
Davison County 210 990 25 1,230
Day County 70 170 35 275
Deuel County 55 160 30 245
Dewey County 150 165 105 415
Douglas County 30 65 30 120
Edmunds County 35 70 25 125
Fall River County 95 275 40 405
Faulk County 20 45 25 90
Grant County 110 255 40 405
Gregory County 35 100 25 165
Haakon County 15 45 25 85
Hamlin County 55 230 20 305
Hand County 35 80 25 145
Hanson County 35 45 30 115
Harding County 15 40 25 80
Hughes County 170 760 25 960
Hutchinson County 65 185 25 275
Hyde County 15 20 30 65
Jackson County 25 120 40 190
Jerauld County 15 90 25 130
Jones County 10 40 25 75
Kingsbury County 60 135 35 230
Lake County 130 405 30 565
Lawrence County 340 1,555 30 1,925
Lincoln County 865 2,715 30 3,605
Lyman County 40 140 35 215
Marshall County 50 110 30 190
McCook County 65 120 30 215
McPherson County 30 25 40 95
Meade County 360 845 30 1,235
Mellette County 35 20 65 120
Miner County 20 65 25 115
Minnehaha County 2,610 11,520 30 14,160
Moody County 85 190 35 310
Oglala Lakota County 260 295 95 655
Pennington County 1,325 6,590 30 7,945
Perkins County 35 80 30 145
Potter County 25 60 30 115
Roberts County 195 255 60 510
Sanborn County 25 50 25 105
Spink County 65 125 30 220
Stanley County 30 130 20 180
Sully County 15 50 25 85
Todd County 170 215 110 495
Tripp County 55 180 25 260
Turner County 90 175 25 290
Union County 205 700 30 935
Walworth County 60 170 35 265
Yankton County 255 1,075 30 1,360
Ziebach County 30 20 45 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.