BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 4 states in March; Kentucky and Maine at New Series Lows

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in March in 4 states , higher in 1 state, and stable in 45 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Seventeen states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier and 33 states and the District had little or no change. The national unemployment rate was unchanged from February at 4.1 percent but was 0.4 percentage point lower than in March 2017. ... Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in March, 2.1 percent. T he rates in Kentucky (4.0 percent) ......(read more)

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