BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 9 states in September, Six States at New Series Lows

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in September in 9 states , higher in 4 states, and stable in 37 states and the District of Columbia, 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. ... Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in September, 2.2 percent. The rates in Arkansas (3.5 percent), California (4.1 percent), Idaho (2.7 percent), South Carolina (3.3 percent), Texas (3.8 percent), and Washington (4.4......(read more)

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