Jobless Rate Down in 28 States, Up in 11 in October 2013; Payroll Jobs Up in 34 states, Down in 15

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in October. Twenty-eight states had unemployment rate decreases from September, 11 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and 11 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-eight states had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, 10 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and 2 states had no change. The national jobless rate was…