The unemployment rate for the Sioux Falls metro area jumped by half of a percentage point to 2.5 percent in February, while the number of job openings fell.

The unemployment rate rose to 2 percent in the Sioux Falls metro area in January, while the number of job openings also rose.

The unemployment rate rose to 1.8 percent in the Sioux Falls metro area in December, while the number of job openings fell.

The Sioux Falls metro area was among 15 places in the U.S. with jobless rates of less than 2 percent in November.

The unemployment rate for the Sioux Falls metro area jumped to 1.9 percent in October, compared with 1.6 percent in September.

The unemployment rate for the Sioux Falls metro area dipped to 1.6 percent in September, compared with 1.8 percent in August.

The unemployment rate for the Sioux Falls metro area rose to 1.8 percent in August, up from its record-tying low of 1.4 percent in July.

The Sioux Falls metro area had the lowest unemployment rate in the nation for July – tying its record low at 1.4 percent.

South Dakota’s unemployment rate is so low it broke a national record, and Sioux Falls ranks among the lowest jobless rates for metropolitan areas in the U.S.

Only four metropolitan areas in the U.S. – all in New England — had a lower unemployment rate than Sioux Falls in May.