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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Labor Supply


August 2026

Area Unemployed Employed but Willing to Change Jobs Discouraged
Workers
Total
Labor
Supply
South Dakota 10,600 37,790 3,275 51,650
Rapid City MSA 1,700 7,540 120 9,365
Sioux Falls MSA 3,665 14,225 155 18,040
Aurora County 25 60 30 115
Beadle County 170 615 35 820
Bennett County 35 65 55 160
Bon Homme County 60 110 45 215
Brookings County 390 1,515 40 1,950
Brown County 400 1,440 40 1,875
Brule County 50 175 30 260
Buffalo County 35 50 115 200
Butte County 95 290 35 420
Campbell County 30 20 85 140
Charles Mix County 65 260 30 355
Clark County 35 85 35 155
Clay County 155 485 40 680
Codington County 300 1,375 35 1,705
Corson County 85 50 150 285
Custer County 100 470 40 610
Davison County 200 950 35 1,185
Day County 70 160 50 280
Deuel County 45 150 35 225
Dewey County 105 145 100 350
Douglas County 35 60 50 140
Edmunds County 35 65 35 135
Fall River County 95 255 55 405
Faulk County 25 45 40 110
Grant County 85 250 40 370
Gregory County 30 100 30 160
Haakon County 15 70 30 115
Hamlin County 55 245 30 325
Hand County 45 75 50 170
Hanson County 50 40 55 145
Harding County 10 35 25 70
Hughes County 160 725 35 915
Hutchinson County 60 175 30 260
Hyde County 10 20 25 55
Jackson County 25 105 55 190
Jerauld County 15 65 40 125
Jones County 15 30 60 105
Kingsbury County 60 130 45 235
Lake County 115 385 35 535
Lawrence County 295 1,415 35 1,745
Lincoln County 875 2,675 40 3,590
Lyman County 50 125 60 240
Marshall County 45 110 35 190
McCook County 55 125 35 215
McPherson County 35 25 60 120
Meade County 345 810 40 1,195
Mellette County 50 25 125 195
Miner County 25 55 40 120
Minnehaha County 2,650 11,250 45 13,940
Moody County 65 175 40 280
Oglala Lakota County 205 270 105 575
Pennington County 1,255 6,260 40 7,560
Perkins County 30 75 40 145
Potter County 35 55 55 145
Roberts County 180 250 75 505
Sanborn County 25 55 35 115
Spink County 65 120 40 225
Stanley County 35 130 35 200
Sully County 15 45 35 95
Todd County 170 195 155 515
Tripp County 55 170 35 265
Turner County 85 175 35 295
Union County 235 690 50 975
Walworth County 65 160 55 280
Yankton County 235 985 40 1,260
Ziebach County 30 20 65 115

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.