BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 6 states in October, Texas and Washington at New Series Lows

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in October in 6 states , higher in 2 states, and stable in 42 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Eighteen states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier and 32 states and the District had little or no change. ... Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in October, 2.3 percent. The rates in Texas (3.7 percent) and Washington (4.3 percent) set new series lows . (All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 6.4......(read more)

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