Dept.of Laughter/Labor reports unemployment increased in 21 states and D.C. and stock market celebrates unemployed

Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
12/17/10

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in November.

• Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate increases,
• 15 states registered rate decreases,
• and 14 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
• Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia posted unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier,
• 17 states reported increases,
• and 5 states had no change.
• The national jobless rate edged up by 0.2 percentage point between October and November to 9.8 percent, but was little different from a year earlier.

In November nonfarm payroll employment:

• decreased in 28 states,
• increased in 20 states and the District of Columbia,
• and was unchanged in 2 states.

The largest over-the-month employment decreases were in North Carolina (-12,500), Massachusetts (-8,600), and Ohio (-7,800). The largest over-the-month percentage decreases in employment occurred in New Mexico (-0.5 percent) and Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming (-0.4 percent each). The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in Texas (+19,100) and New Jersey (+10,000). The largest over-the-month percentage increases in employment were in Alaska (+1.6 percent), Oregon (+0.4 percent), and Mississippi and New Jersey (+0.3 percent each).

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