Local unemployment rate dips to 1.7 percent

Dipping back to 1.7 percent, the unemployment rate for July in the Sioux Falls metro area continues to be the lowest in the country.

The jobless rate was 1.8 percent in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Rapid City tied with Sioux Falls at the No. 1 spot for metro areas, dropping to 1.7 percent in July from 1.9 percent the previous month. Of the 387 metro areas in the U.S., 31 had jobless rates of less than 3 percent in July…

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