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Public transit in South Dakota

Transit agencies registered in South Dakota reported 2,286,871 unlinked passenger trips on rows with a mode in report year 2025, according to the Federal Transit Administration.

South Dakota in the National Transit Database

2.3 million
Unlinked passenger trips: Rows with a mode, 2025; 2,286,871; Rank 51 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.; 7.8 million
Vehicle revenue miles: Rows with a mode, 2025; 7,781,080; 21
Reporting records: Registered in South Dakota, 2025; Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

About these figures

Unlinked passenger trips: 2,286,871; Rank 51 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.
Vehicle revenue miles: 7,781,080
Reporting records: Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

Agencies in South Dakota, by trips

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Transit agencies registered in South Dakota by unlinked passenger trips, 2025, most first
Rank	Agency	City	Reporter type	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
1	City of Sioux Falls	Sioux Falls	Full Reporter	701,426	1,258,135
2	City of Rapid City	Rapid City	Reduced Reporter	276,167	465,659
3	Community Coordinated Transportation Systems	Pierre	Rural Reporter	229,349	822,516
4	Community Transit of Watertown/Sisseton, Inc.	Watertown	Rural Reporter	186,177	883,275
5	Brookings Area Transit Authority	Brookings	Rural Reporter	157,974	475,870
6	West River Transit Authority, Inc.	Spearfish	Rural Reporter	135,693	708,228
7	People's Transit	Huron	Rural Reporter	86,149	248,389
8	Yankton Transit, Inc.	Yankton	Rural Reporter	77,120	174,515
9	Rural Office of Community Services	Wagner	Rural Reporter	76,572	753,422
10	City of Mitchell	Mitchell	Rural Reporter	72,786	175,418
11	City of Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Rural Reporter	68,957	201,831
12	Community Coordinated Transportation System	Pierre	Reduced Reporter	61,747	136,869
13	Rosebud Sioux Tribe	Rosebud	Reduced Reporter	49,429	241,887
14	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe	Eagle Butte	Reduced Reporter	23,115	287,351
15	East Dakota Transit, Inc.	Madison	Rural Reporter	17,874	33,481
16	Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate	Agency Village	Reduced Reporter	16,512	147,488
17	Lower Brule Sioux Tribe	Lower Brule	Reduced Reporter	14,675	327,658
18	City of Dell Rapids	Dell Rapids	Rural Reporter	12,186	56,121
19	Oglala Sioux Tribe	Pine Ridge	Reduced Reporter	11,132	269,326
20	City of Brandon	Brandon	Rural Reporter	7,925	23,381
21	Yankton Sioux Tribe	Wagner	Reduced Reporter	3,906	90,260

21 of 21 records are ranked. A record is ranked only when every one of its rows with a mode reports trips.

Modes in South Dakota

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Annual unlinked passenger trips and vehicle revenue miles in South Dakota by mode, 2025
Mode	Agencies	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
Demand response	20	1,458,754	6,633,980
Bus	4	828,117	1,147,100

Rankings this appears in

No. 51 States by transit agency trips, 2025: New York leads with 3.5 billion

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Sources

Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database — transit service by agency and mode, 2025 report year — Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database · U.S. Government work · retrieved November 5, 2026
Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database — every reporting transit agency, 2025 report year

Compiled automatically from Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database — transit service by agency and mode, 2025 report year and Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database — every reporting transit agency, 2025 report year by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved November 5, 2026