BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 9 states in June, Oregon at New Low

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in June 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. Ten states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier and 40 states and the District had little or no change. The national unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point from May to 4.0 percent but was 0.3 point lower than in June 2017. ... Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in June, 2.1 percent. The rate in Oregon (4.0 percent) set a new......(read more)

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