Oklahoma City was tied with Minneapolis-St. Paul for the lowest unemployment rate in the nation for large cities at 4.7 percent, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Labor Department.

The city has held the top spot for lowest unemployment rate for metro areas over a population 1 million most months for the past 18 months.

Minneapolis unseated Oklahoma City for the lowest unemployment rate in the nation for the first time in 13 months in May and continued to hold on to to the No. 1 jobless rate in June.

Oklahoma City overtook Minneapolis in July for lowest unemployment rate in the country at 4.8 percent.