Cameras / SD
License plate readers in South Dakota
177 cameras have been documented in South Dakota. That is the 42nd-largest documented total of the 51 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.1% of the 130,300 documented nationwide. Sioux Falls has the most of any city in the state, with 51 — 29% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 101 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 82%. 101 of them stand in the 4 cities listed below. 76 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Updated August 14, 2026.
177
cameras documented statewide
42nd
most-documented of 51 states and territories
101
in listed cities
76
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety83
- Motorola Solutions2
- Other vendors8
- Unknown8
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | 51 | 0.60 |
| Madison | 20 | 4.33 |
| Brookings | 15 | 1.07 |
| Rapid City | 15 | 0.27 |
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.