State profile
South Dakota
United States · GDP 2025
#48 of 51 US states by GDP73rd-percentile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$80.7B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
383,805
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
29,106
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
890,342
Census PEP · 2022
South Dakota · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Minnehaha$22.4BLincoln$8.8BPennington$8.7BBrown$3.2BBrookings$3.1BUnion$2.3BCodington$2.1BLawrence$1.8BYankton$1.8BDavison$1.7BHughes$1.7BMeade$1.3BBeadle$1.2BLake$934.4MClay$877.1MGrant$831.0MTurner$612.7MCharles Mix$599.6MRoberts$563.0MHutchinson$555.5MDeuel$553.0MSpink$549.1MMoody$485.8MButte$474.8M
See all counties in South Dakota →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Black Hills CorporationUtilities$2.3B59C2Northwestern Energy Group IncUtilities$1.6B55C3Pathward Financial, Inc.Financial Services$839.9M58C4Daktronics, Inc.Technology$838.7M78B+5South Dakota Soybean Processors, LLCConsumer Defensive$503.8M54D6Dacotah Banks, Inc.Financial Services$288.2M58C7Lake Area Corn Processors, LLCBasic Materials$280.4M——8Security National CorporationFinancial Services$106.5M——9National American University Holdings, Inc.Consumer Defensive$37.3M——10Zhengduozhe Technology Inc.Financial Services$306.2k——11Dakota Gold Corp.Basic Materials———12KPET Ultra Paceline CorporationFinancial Services———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care28%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction10%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$63.3B2021
$69.4B2022
$74.5B2023
$76.8B2024
$80.7B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR9 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of South Dakota?
South Dakota's economy produced $80.7B in 2025, growing 5.0% year over year — faster than most US states. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.