Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


July 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 9,345 39,235 1,610 50,200
Rapid City MSA 1,420 7,805 55 9,285
Sioux Falls MSA 2,905 14,490 65 17,465
Aurora County 20 65 10 95
Beadle County 155 645 20 820
Bennett County 25 70 20 115
Bon Homme County 45 120 15 180
Brookings County 400 1,575 20 1,995
Brown County 355 1,515 20 1,885
Brule County 40 185 15 240
Buffalo County 35 45 60 140
Butte County 85 280 15 375
Campbell County 25 20 40 85
Charles Mix County 95 280 25 400
Clark County 35 95 20 150
Clay County 175 515 25 715
Codington County 275 1,440 15 1,735
Corson County 80 50 75 205
Custer County 80 485 20 585
Davison County 165 995 15 1,175
Day County 55 175 20 250
Deuel County 45 165 15 230
Dewey County 250 160 125 535
Douglas County 20 65 15 100
Edmunds County 30 70 15 115
Fall River County 75 280 25 380
Faulk County 15 45 15 80
Grant County 95 255 25 375
Gregory County 30 105 15 145
Haakon County 15 45 15 75
Hamlin County 45 230 15 290
Hand County 25 80 15 120
Hanson County 30 45 15 90
Harding County 10 40 10 60
Hughes County 125 765 15 905
Hutchinson County 60 190 15 265
Hyde County 10 20 15 45
Jackson County 20 120 20 155
Jerauld County 15 90 15 120
Jones County 5 40 15 65
Kingsbury County 45 135 20 200
Lake County 110 410 20 540
Lawrence County 260 1,570 15 1,845
Lincoln County 690 2,705 15 3,410
Lyman County 35 140 20 195
Marshall County 65 110 25 200
McCook County 50 120 15 190
McPherson County 25 25 25 75
Meade County 300 830 20 1,150
Mellette County 25 20 30 75
Miner County 15 65 15 100
Minnehaha County 2,090 11,490 20 13,600
Moody County 110 185 35 330
Oglala Lakota County 270 285 75 630
Pennington County 1,040 6,490 15 7,550
Perkins County 25 80 15 125
Potter County 30 60 25 115
Roberts County 175 245 40 460
Sanborn County 25 50 20 90
Spink County 50 130 15 195
Stanley County 25 130 15 170
Sully County 15 50 15 80
Todd County 170 215 80 465
Tripp County 45 180 15 240
Turner County 75 175 15 265
Union County 180 700 20 900
Walworth County 55 170 25 250
Yankton County 225 1,085 20 1,325
Ziebach County 55 20 60 135

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.