Cameras / SD
License plate readers in South Dakota
276 cameras have been documented in South Dakota. That is the 42nd-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.2% of the 146,149 documented nationwide. Coverage is concentrated: Sioux Falls alone holds 53% of the state's documented readers. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 217 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 90%. 217 of them stand in the 5 cities listed below. 59 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 13, 2026.
276
cameras documented statewide
42nd
most-documented of 52 states and territories
217
in listed cities
59
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety195
- Motorola Solutions6
- Other vendors13
- Unknown3
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | 146 | 1.73 |
| Brandon | 22 | 3.60 |
| Madison | 21 | 4.55 |
| Rapid City | 16 | 0.29 |
| 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 42nd of 52 by documented cameras. Puerto Rico (280) ranks just above, and West Virginia (254) just below.