License plate readers in South Dakota

Name: Reported ALPR camera locations in South Dakota
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

182 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 144,275 documented nationwide. Sioux Falls has the most of any city in the state, with 71 — 39% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 128 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 87%. 128 of them stand in the 5 cities listed below. 54 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 7, 2026.

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182
cameras documented statewide
44th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
128
in listed cities
54
outside city limits

Who makes them

Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.

Flock Safety111
Motorola Solutions2
Other vendors12
Unknown3

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Sioux Falls	71	0.84
Madison	20	4.33
Rapid City	15	0.27
Brookings	12	0.86
Brandon	10	1.64

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.

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South Dakota ranks 44th of 52 by documented cameras. West Virginia (253) ranks just above, and District of Columbia (103) just below.