Jobless Rates Up in 25 States, Down in 8 in January, 2013; Payroll Jobs Up in 34 States, Down in 16

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 18, 2013. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in January. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate increases, 8 states posted decreases, and 17 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty states and the District of Columbia registered unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, seven states experienced increases, and three states had no change. The national jobless rate, 7.9 percent, was…