Cameras / SD
License plate readers in South Dakota
158 cameras have been documented in South Dakota. That is the 44th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.1% of the 143,301 documented nationwide. Sioux Falls has the most of any city in the state, with 52 — 33% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 99 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 83%. 99 of them stand in the 4 cities listed below. 59 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 29, 2026.
158
cameras documented statewide
44th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
99
in listed cities
59
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety82
- Motorola Solutions2
- Other vendors12
- Unknown3
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | 52 | 0.62 |
| Madison | 20 | 4.33 |
| Rapid City | 15 | 0.27 |
| Brookings | 12 | 0.86 |
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.
Explore this data further
- Who operates South Dakota’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
- How state license plate reader laws compare →
South Dakota ranks 44th of 52 by documented cameras. Puerto Rico (247) ranks just above, and District of Columbia (103) just below.