Metro · Density Score
Rapid City, SD
Metro area in South Dakota
17 Combined score #97 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 26 #92 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 12 #99 of 109
Rapid City ranks #97 overall, #99 in Startup & VC and #92 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #23 of 109: 303 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #24 of 109: 0.23 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #58 of 109: $5.8M in VC per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $5.8M #58 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #106 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.23 #24 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0 #81 of 102
- GDP per person
- $66K #97 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 14 #79 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 303 #23 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 1.7% #94 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -1,626 #109 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Black Hills Corporation $2.3B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
