Metro · Density Score
Sioux Falls, SD
Metro area in South Dakota
32 Combined score #74 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 34 #84 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 32 #69 of 109
Sioux Falls ranks #74 overall, #69 in Startup & VC and #84 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #12 of 109: $106K GDP per person
- #44 of 109: 0.11 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #54 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 2.8%
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $4.9M #59 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.46 #80 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.11 #44 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0 #81 of 102
- GDP per person
- $106K #12 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 20 #67 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 31 #102 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.8% #54 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -236 #82 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- NorthWestern Energy Group Inc. $1.6B
- Pathward Financial Inc. $840M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
