Unemployed people in Rapid City, SD

Unemployed people in Rapid City, SD was 802 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 14.4% from 2024.

2025, persons802

Change on 2024+14.4%

Series high2,0822010

Series low6852023

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Unemployed people in Rapid City, SD, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	802
2024	701
2023	685
2022	727
2021	970
2020	1,764
2019	1,032
2018	1,012
2017	1,097
2016	1,199
2015	1,218
2014	1,317
2013	1,474
2012	1,614
2011	1,851
2010	2,082
2009	1,931
2008	1,150
2007	1,054
2006	1,077
2005	1,192
2004	1,172
2003	1,106
2002	1,042
2001	960
2000	765
1999	747
1998	816
1997	913
1996	1,031
1995	964
1994	990
1993	1,057
1992	965
1991	1,015
1990	832

Rankings

US cities by unemployed people 1706 places

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, 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

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/rapid-city-sd.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/rapid-city-sd (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Unemployed people, Rapid City, SD, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/rapid-city-sd. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the unemployed people in Rapid City, SD?

Unemployed people in Rapid City, SD was 802 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 14.4% from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Rapid City, SD?

2,082 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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