February 2015 Jobless Rates Down in 26 States, Up in 6’ Payroll Jobs Up in 36 States, Down in 13

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2015. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in February. Twenty-six states had unemployment rate decreases from January, 6 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and 18 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-six states had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, four states had increases, and the District of Columbia had no change. The national jobless rate edged down to 5.5…