The unemployment rate for the Sioux Falls metro area nudged higher in October to 2 percent, compared with 1.9 percent in September, which was a 21-year low.

The unemployment rate for the Sioux Falls metro area dropped to 1.9 percent in September – the lowest it has been since October 2000, when the rate was 1.8 percent.

The unemployment rate for the Sioux Falls area rose slightly in August.

At 2.9 percent, June’s unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro area is among the best in the United States.

April’s unemployment rate represents 4,161 people in the metro area who are looking for work, compared with 14,175 a year ago.

March’s unemployment rate of 3 percent in the Sioux Falls metro area represents 4,800 people in the metro area who are looking for work.

The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls area rose slightly from 3 percent in January to 3.2 percent in February

The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls area rose slightly from December to January but remains lower than a year ago.

Unemployment figures in the Sioux Falls area are lower than they were a year ago for the first time since the pandemic began in spring.