Feb. 2016 Jobless Rates Down in 22 States, Up in 8; Payroll Jobs Up in 36 States, Down in 14

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2016.  Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in February. Twenty-two states had unemployment rate decreases from January, 8 states had increases, and 20 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, 10 states had increases, and 3 states had no change. The national jobless rate, 4.9…