Even though Sioux Falls recently boasted having 2,300 some job openings, there were more people in the city out-of-work in March of 2015.

The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls area in March was 3.7 percent, that's up slightly from 3.5 percent in February, according to the South Dakota department of Labor and Regulation.

The city has roughly 5,275 of its residents unemployed at the moment.

The unemployment rate in March 2014 was 3.5 percent.

The current unemployment rate for the state of South Dakota stands at 4.3 percent. Still well below the national average of 5.5 percent.

Source: Argus Leader

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