0 
' 945 
 $950 1955 $960 $965 
Figure 1.—Value of gold and total valne of mineral production in South
Dakota. 
970 
THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA 
 
 
Table 3.—Indicators of South Dakota business activity 
715 
 1966 1967 Change, 
   percent 
 
Personal income: 
   Total  millions~ $1,643 
   Per capita  $2,420 
Bank debits (for 17 principal reporting cities)   millions $5,422.5 
Total State revenue (fiscal 1965-66 & fiscal 1966—67)     do -
-  $185.3 
Cash receipts from farm marketing     do~ $180.1 
Mineral production     do~ $53.2 
Ordinary life insurance sales     do. $295.9 
Gross postal receipts (based on nine reporting cities)   ——---
 $6.4 
New truck registrations   number. 8,504 
New car registrations     do. 25,604 
Work force (mid-June): 
   Total labor force thousands~ 286.8 
   Total employment     do~ 276.1 
   Total unemployment     do~ 10.7 
   TJnemployment rate   percent~ 3.7 
Employment (mid-June): 
   Total agricultural thousands~ 82.3 
   Total non-agricultural     do ~ 158.3 
       Mining     do~ 2.3 
       Contract construction     do 8.2 
       Manufacturing     do~ 14.4 
       Finance, insurance, real estate     do_~ 7.0 
       Transportation and utilities     do~_ 10.2 
       Trade     do~ 42.8 
      Services and miscellaneous     do~~ 26.2 
 $1,719 +4.6 
 $2,550 +5.4 
 $5,584.9 +3.0 
 $202.0 +9.0 
 NA 
 $52.6 —1.0 
 $303.9 +2.7 
 $6.8 +5.3 
 8,332 —2.0 
 23,430 —8.5 
 284.1 — .9 
 273.3 —1.0 
 10.8 +.9 
3.8 
 74.0 —10.1 
 166.8 +5.4 
 2.4 +4.3 
 8.9 +8.5 
 15.3 +6.2 
 7.2 +2.9 
 10.1 —1.0 
 44.3 +3.5 
 28.3 +8.0 
 
NA Not available. 
 
Source: Business Research Bureau, University of South Dakota, Vermillion,
S. Dak. 
 
 
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