Unemployment Rates - most current available

National 8.3 percent - January 2012 seasonally adjusted
(February 2012 data will be released March 9, 2012.)

Statewide 4.2 percent - December 2011 seasonally adjusted
(January 2012 data will be released March 1, 2012.)

Rapid City MSA 4.4 percent - December 2011 seasonally adjusted
(January 2012 data will be released March 23, 2012.)

Sioux Falls MSA 4.2 percent - December 2011 seasonally adjusted
(January 2012 data will be released March 23, 2012.)

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Source: Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation and Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor