BLS: July Unemployment rates at New Series Lows in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine and New Jersey

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in July 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. Three states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 1 state had an increase, and 46 states and the District had little or no change. The national unemployment rate, 3.7 percent, was unchanged over the month and little changed from July 2018. ... Vermont had the lowest unemployment rate in July, 2.1 percent. The rates in Alabama (3.3 percent), ......(read more)

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