The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro area ticked up to 1.8 percent in May from 1.7 percent in April — but remained the lowest in the country.
Sioux Falls shared the lowest rate with Bismarck, North Dakota, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For the Sioux Falls metro area, which includes Minnehaha, Lincoln, McCook and Turner counties and Rock County in Minnesota, the 1.8 percent rate represents 3,179 unemployed people, according to the South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation. In April, the number of unemployed was 3,059…