Paul Ten Haken (Republican) has been Mayor of Sioux Falls since 1 Jan 2018. The unemployment rate stood at 2.3% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.5 percentage points lower than when Paul Ten Haken took office in January 2018, while South Dakota's fell 1.0 percentage point. Sioux Falls ranks 6th of 71 cities on population growth; on GDP per person it is 73rd of 73. The violent crime rate moved −87 per 100,000 in Sioux Falls against −120 per 100,000 for South Dakota. Typical home value is up 63.6% since day zero (5.8% a year).

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