South Dakota

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Socioeconomic Impacts in South Dakota

The BLM's management of public lands in South Dakota supported about 140 jobs in Fiscal Year 2010. Most of the jobs were related to oil and gas, and recreation. Oil and gas-related impacts amounted to $11.4 million, while recreation amounted to about $3.5 million. The overall BLM economic impact was about $22.4 million. This table provides employment and economic output by category. Economic output data are in millions of dollars.

SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
Energy
Recreation
Timber
Grazing

Category
Impacts

Employment
Output ($million)

Direct
Total
Direct
Total
Recreation
33
42
2.4
3.5
Energy
Oil and Gas
40
57
9.0
11.4
Coal
0
0
0.0
0.0
Non-Metallic Minerals
0
0
0.0
0.0
Wind
0
0
0.0
0.0
Geothermal
0
0
0.0
0.0
Total Energy¹
40
57
9.0
11.4
Timber
9
16
1.4
2.5
Grazing
17
28
3.2
5.0
Total, All Categories¹
99
143
16.0
22.4

¹Totals may not add up exactly, owing to rounding.

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Available for Download

A PDF version of data from BLM's March 2011 report, “A Sound Investment for America,” is available for download at http://blm.gov/4q5c. The Department of the Interior’s June 2011 economic report incorporates economic data on hardrock minerals that are not included in the BLM report.