BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 6 states in January; Alabama, California, Maine and Mississippi at New Series Lows

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in January in 6 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 44 states , the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Sixteen states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier and 34 states and the District had little or no change. The national unemployment rate was unchanged from December at 4.1 percent but was 0.7 percentage point lower than in January 2017. ... Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in January, 2.1 percent. The rates in Alabama (3.7 percent), California (4.4......(read more)

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