Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


January 2025

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 10,135 33,265 1,710 45,070
Rapid City MSA 1,570 6,015 70 7,660
Sioux Falls MSA 3,475 12,880 95 16,450
Aurora County 25 55 20 95
Beadle County 165 585 20 770
Bennett County 35 55 30 120
Bon Homme County 55 85 25 160
Brookings County 370 1,430 20 1,820
Brown County 450 1,380 25 1,855
Brule County 25 175 10 205
Buffalo County 25 55 45 130
Butte County 110 255 25 390
Campbell County 20 20 30 75
Charles Mix County 65 200 15 280
Clark County 45 75 30 150
Clay County 130 465 15 610
Codington County 325 1,275 20 1,620
Corson County 25 55 25 105
Custer County 120 185 30 335
Davison County 185 855 20 1,060
Day County 75 105 30 215
Deuel County 90 90 40 215
Dewey County 75 165 40 280
Douglas County 25 50 20 95
Edmunds County 45 55 25 120
Fall River County 105 230 35 370
Faulk County 15 30 15 55
Grant County 190 235 50 475
Gregory County 40 90 25 150
Haakon County 15 45 15 70
Hamlin County 75 165 25 260
Hand County 25 70 15 115
Hanson County 50 35 30 115
Harding County 10 25 15 50
Hughes County 155 685 20 860
Hutchinson County 95 150 25 270
Hyde County 10 20 15 45
Jackson County 25 35 40 100
Jerauld County 15 100 20 135
Jones County 15 20 40 70
Kingsbury County 65 100 30 195
Lake County 100 345 15 460
Lawrence County 275 1,120 20 1,415
Lincoln County 720 2,230 20 2,970
Lyman County 40 80 30 145
Marshall County 70 90 35 190
McCook County 65 80 25 170
McPherson County 25 25 25 70
Meade County 315 665 20 1,000
Mellette County 20 25 25 70
Miner County 35 50 30 115
Minnehaha County 2,590 10,420 25 13,035
Moody County 75 145 25 245
Oglala Lakota County 170 275 55 500
Pennington County 1,135 5,165 20 6,325
Perkins County 20 70 15 105
Potter County 20 40 20 80
Roberts County 185 215 45 445
Sanborn County 25 35 20 80
Spink County 80 105 30 215
Stanley County 25 85 15 130
Sully County 15 30 20 65
Todd County 105 195 55 355
Tripp County 35 145 15 195
Turner County 100 150 25 275
Union County 190 680 25 895
Walworth County 80 120 40 240
Yankton County 215 950 20 1,180
Ziebach County 15 25 20 60

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. Data for 2024 reflect the prior area designation.
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.