Unemployment Rates, by State: Most Regions Added Jobs in January
See the full interactive graphic. Thirty states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate increases in January from a month earlier, while states registered rate decreases, the Labor Department said. But in a sign the job market is inching toward recovery 31 states added jobs in the first month of the year. In January, the overall U.S. unemployment rate fell to 9.7% from 10% a month earlier, while the nation’s economy shed 26,000 jobs. The job losses continued in February amid strong weather effects, but the jobless rate remained at 9.7%. Michigan continued to have the highest unemployment rate in the nation, though the state posted a month-over-month decline of 0.2 percentage point. Mississippi notched the biggest gain in its jobless rate, increasing 0.4 percentage point to 10…(read more)
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