Jan. 2016 Jobless Rates Down in 28 States, Up in 8; Payroll Jobs Up in 30 States, Down in 20

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 14, 2016. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in January. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from December, 8 states had increases, and 14 states 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, nine states had increases, and four states had no change. The national jobless rate, 4.9…