BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 10 states in April, Three States at New Series Lows

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in April in 10 states , higher in 1 state, and stable in 39 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Nineteen states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, and 31 states and the District had little or no change ... Colorado had the lowest unemployment rate in April, 2.3 percent, followed by Hawaii and North Dakota, 2.7 percent each. The rates in Arkansas (3.5 percent), Colorado (2.3 percent), and Oregon (3.7 percent) set new series lows.......(read more)

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