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Employed residents in Rapid City, SD

Employed residents in Rapid City, SD was 40,634 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 2.1% from 2024.

2025, persons40,634
Change on 2024+2.1%
Series high40,6342025
Series low26,5011990

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Employed residents in Rapid City, SD, 1990 to 2025

25K30K35K40K45K19901996200220082014202020251990: 26,501 persons1991: 27,120 persons1992: 27,945 persons1993: 28,286 persons1994: 28,868 persons1995: 29,368 persons1996: 30,034 persons1997: 30,621 persons1998: 31,398 persons1999: 31,363 persons2000: 31,475 persons2001: 32,105 persons2002: 32,425 persons2003: 32,745 persons2004: 33,174 persons2005: 33,439 persons2006: 33,512 persons2007: 34,069 persons2008: 34,359 persons2009: 34,306 persons2010: 32,716 persons2011: 32,964 persons2012: 33,242 persons2013: 33,289 persons2014: 33,970 persons2015: 34,556 persons2016: 35,352 persons2017: 35,944 persons2018: 36,190 persons2019: 36,824 persons2020: 36,232 persons2021: 38,033 persons2022: 38,978 persons2023: 39,232 persons2024: 39,809 persons2025: 40,634 persons25K30K35K40K45K19902002201420251990: 26,501 persons1991: 27,120 persons1992: 27,945 persons1993: 28,286 persons1994: 28,868 persons1995: 29,368 persons1996: 30,034 persons1997: 30,621 persons1998: 31,398 persons1999: 31,363 persons2000: 31,475 persons2001: 32,105 persons2002: 32,425 persons2003: 32,745 persons2004: 33,174 persons2005: 33,439 persons2006: 33,512 persons2007: 34,069 persons2008: 34,359 persons2009: 34,306 persons2010: 32,716 persons2011: 32,964 persons2012: 33,242 persons2013: 33,289 persons2014: 33,970 persons2015: 34,556 persons2016: 35,352 persons2017: 35,944 persons2018: 36,190 persons2019: 36,824 persons2020: 36,232 persons2021: 38,033 persons2022: 38,978 persons2023: 39,232 persons2024: 39,809 persons2025: 40,634 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202540,634
202439,809
202339,232
202238,978
202138,033
202036,232
201936,824
201836,190
201735,944
201635,352
201534,556
201433,970
201333,289
201233,242
201132,964
201032,716
200934,306
200834,359
200734,069
200633,512
200533,439
200433,174
200332,745
200232,425
200132,105
200031,475
199931,363
199831,398
199730,621
199630,034
199529,368
199428,868
199328,286
199227,945
199127,120
199026,501

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Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Rapid City, SD, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Rapid City, SD, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/rapid-city-sd. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Rapid City, SD, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/rapid-city-sd.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Rapid City, SD, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/rapid-city-sd (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Employed residents in Rapid City, SD was 40,634 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 2.1% from 2024.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Rapid City, SD?

40,634 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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