NEWS Release - REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2016
Unemployment rates were significantly lower in December in 10 states, higher in 1 state, and stable in 39 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Eleven states had notable jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 2 states had increases, and 37 states and the District had no significant change.





