Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


January 2026

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 11,860 32,500 2,500 46,840
Rapid City MSA 1,880 5,985 115 7,970
Sioux Falls MSA 4,165 12,800 135 17,095
Aurora County 35 50 35 115
Beadle County 180 570 30 780
Bennett County 40 60 45 140
Bon Homme County 55 80 30 170
Brookings County 440 1,395 30 1,870
Brown County 440 1,280 30 1,750
Brule County 40 155 20 215
Buffalo County 25 50 50 125
Butte County 120 245 30 395
Campbell County 20 15 40 75
Charles Mix County 105 195 35 335
Clark County 50 80 35 165
Clay County 160 470 25 655
Codington County 385 1,205 35 1,620
Corson County 35 60 45 140
Custer County 135 180 45 360
Davison County 250 810 30 1,090
Day County 90 110 45 240
Deuel County 95 80 55 230
Dewey County 80 155 55 295
Douglas County 25 45 30 105
Edmunds County 40 55 30 130
Fall River County 125 225 55 405
Faulk County 20 30 25 75
Grant County 180 225 65 470
Gregory County 40 80 30 150
Haakon County 20 45 30 90
Hamlin County 80 165 30 280
Hand County 35 70 30 135
Hanson County 65 30 55 150
Harding County 10 20 15 45
Hughes County 205 635 30 870
Hutchinson County 105 145 35 290
Hyde County 10 20 20 50
Jackson County 40 40 75 155
Jerauld County 15 75 25 115
Jones County 15 20 50 80
Kingsbury County 75 95 40 210
Lake County 115 320 25 465
Lawrence County 305 1,140 30 1,475
Lincoln County 920 2,155 30 3,105
Lyman County 45 80 40 165
Marshall County 80 80 50 210
McCook County 75 80 35 190
McPherson County 30 25 35 90
Meade County 380 655 35 1,065
Mellette County 25 25 45 95
Miner County 25 50 35 110
Minnehaha County 3,055 10,415 35 13,505
Moody County 105 125 45 280
Oglala Lakota County 200 250 80 530
Pennington County 1,365 5,150 35 6,545
Perkins County 30 65 30 125
Potter County 40 35 50 125
Roberts County 205 195 65 460
Sanborn County 25 30 25 75
Spink County 80 100 40 220
Stanley County 30 85 25 140
Sully County 10 30 20 60
Todd County 100 175 70 340
Tripp County 55 135 25 215
Turner County 115 150 35 295
Union County 215 685 35 935
Walworth County 80 115 50 245
Yankton County 245 865 30 1,135
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.