KTIV NewsChannel 4 Sioux City IA: News, Weather and SportsMost larger SD cities' jobless rates up in October
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Associated Press - November 27, 2009 11:45 AM ET
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Yankton's 6.9 percent unemployment rate in October was the highest among South Dakota's largest cities, rising from September's 6.6 percent.
The figures, from the state Department of Labor, also show Watertown's October rate at 6.7 percent, up from 6.4 percent the month before.
Rapid City was third, with 5.7 percent unemployment, followed by Sioux Falls, 5.1 percent and Mitchell, 4.2 percent. Mitchell's October rate dropped from 4.8 percent in September.
The statewide unemployment rate for October was 4.5 percent. The U.S. jobless rate hit a 26-year high of 10.2 percent in October.
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