BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 9 states in May, Four States at New Series Lows

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in May in 9 states , higher in 3 states, and stable in 38 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-two states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier and 28 states and the District had little or no change. ... Colorado had the lowest unemployment rate in May, 2.3 percent, followed by North Dakota, 2.5 percent. The rates in Arkansas (3.4 percent), Mississippi (4.9 percent), Oregon (3.6 percent), and Washington (4.5 percent) set new......(read more)

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