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April, 2013 Jobless Rates Down in 40 States, Up in 3; Payroll Jobs Up in 30 States, Down in 18

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 17, 2013. Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in April. Forty states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases, three states had increases, and seven states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-three states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, while seven states had increases. The national jobless rate was little changed in April, at 7.5…

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