| Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan | County | Total law enforcement employees | Total officers | Total civilians |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Counties | Lincoln | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| McCook | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Meade | 55 | 17 | 38 | |
| Minnehaha | 181 | 72 | 109 | |
| Pennington | 168 | 55 | 113 | |
| Turner | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Union | 18 | 5 | 13 | |
| Nonmetropolitan Counties | Aurora | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Beadle | 23 | 6 | 17 | |
| Bennett | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| Bon Homme | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Brookings | 20 | 11 | 9 | |
| Brown | 50 | 15 | 35 | |
| Brule | 11 | 3 | 8 | |
| Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Butte | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| Campbell | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Charles Mix | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| Clark | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Clay | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
| Codington | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| Corson | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Custer | 11 | 10 | 1 | |
| Davison | 25 | 6 | 19 | |
| Day | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Deuel | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Dewey | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Douglas | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Edmunds | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Fall River | 16 | 6 | 10 | |
| Faulk | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Grant | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Gregory | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Haakon | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hamlin | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Hand | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Hanson | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harding | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Hughes | 24 | 6 | 18 | |
| Hutchinson | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Hyde | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jerauld | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kingsbury | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Lake | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
| Lawrence | 43 | 16 | 27 | |
| Lyman | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Marshall | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
| McPherson | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mellette | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Miner | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Moody | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| Perkins | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Potter | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Roberts | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sanborn | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Shannon | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Spink | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| Stanley | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Sully | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Todd | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tripp | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Walworth | 10 | 2 | 8 | |
| Yankton | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
| Ziebach | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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