Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


April 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 9,080 30,475 1,700 41,270
Rapid City MSA 1,445 5,640 70 7,160
Sioux Falls MSA 3,020 11,805 85 14,910
Aurora County 25 40 20 85
Beadle County 160 485 20 665
Bennett County 35 60 35 125
Bon Homme County 55 80 25 160
Brookings County 385 1,250 25 1,660
Brown County 385 1,220 25 1,630
Brule County 35 150 15 200
Buffalo County 25 50 50 130
Butte County 95 225 20 340
Campbell County 20 20 40 85
Charles Mix County 75 205 25 305
Clark County 35 70 25 135
Clay County 160 460 25 640
Codington County 300 1,145 20 1,470
Corson County 35 40 35 110
Custer County 90 210 25 325
Davison County 185 745 20 950
Day County 55 105 25 185
Deuel County 60 90 30 180
Dewey County 70 150 40 255
Douglas County 20 60 20 100
Edmunds County 40 50 25 115
Fall River County 70 210 25 310
Faulk County 15 30 20 65
Grant County 140 210 45 400
Gregory County 40 90 25 155
Haakon County 15 35 20 70
Hamlin County 65 160 20 245
Hand County 25 70 15 110
Hanson County 30 30 20 80
Harding County 10 25 15 50
Hughes County 130 610 15 755
Hutchinson County 55 150 20 225
Hyde County 10 20 20 50
Jackson County 25 50 35 105
Jerauld County 15 85 20 115
Jones County 10 20 35 65
Kingsbury County 50 90 25 165
Lake County 105 325 20 450
Lawrence County 260 1,030 20 1,310
Lincoln County 695 2,180 20 2,895
Lyman County 35 80 25 140
Marshall County 55 75 30 160
McCook County 55 85 20 160
McPherson County 25 25 30 80
Meade County 300 590 25 915
Mellette County 20 20 35 75
Miner County 25 50 25 105
Minnehaha County 2,185 9,395 25 11,605
Moody County 65 135 25 225
Oglala Lakota County 150 230 50 435
Pennington County 1,055 4,840 20 5,920
Perkins County 25 75 20 115
Potter County 20 35 25 80
Roberts County 150 170 40 365
Sanborn County 20 30 15 70
Spink County 60 105 25 185
Stanley County 30 85 20 135
Sully County 15 20 20 55
Todd County 100 175 55 330
Tripp County 40 150 15 205
Turner County 85 145 20 250
Union County 170 635 25 825
Walworth County 65 120 35 220
Yankton County 200 855 20 1,075
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.
*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.