Jobless Rates Down in 43 States, Up in 2 in April 2014; Payroll Jobs Up in 39 States, Down in 10, May 16, 2014

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 16, 2014. Regional and state unemployment rates were generally lower in April. Forty-three states had unemployment rate decreases, two states had increases, and five states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, one state had an increase, and two states had no change. The national jobless rate fell to…