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State Employment Slows for March 2012

The March 2012 employment statistics for individual states gives us yet more not so great news for American labor. Employment only increased in 29 states and decreased in 20. The three states with the largest payroll employment decrease are Ohio, -9,500, New Jersey, -8,600, and Wisconsin, -4,500. February showed payrolls gaining in 42 states.

State Employment for September 2011 - Payrolls Declined in 25 States

The State Unemployment statistics for September 2011 were released. These 10 states, plus the D.C. area, in order, have unemployment rates at or above 10%: Nevada, 13.4%, California, 11.9%, Michigan 11.1%, South Carolina, 11.0%, District of Columbia, 11.1%, Florida, 10.6%, Mississippi, 10.6%, Rhode Island, 10.5%, North Carolina, 10.5%, Georgia 10.3%, Illinois, 10.0%.

State Employment for August 2011 - Payrolls Declined in 30 States

The State Unemployment statistics for August 2011 were released. These states, in order, have unemployment rates at or above 10%: Nevada, 13.4%, California, 12.1%, Michigan 11.2%, South Carolina, 11.1%, District of Columbia, 11.1%, Florida, 10.7%, Rhode Island, 10.6%, Georgia 10.2%, North Carolina, 10.4%, Mississippi, 10.3%. 20 States are above the national unemployment rate of 9.1%.

9 States and D.C. Had Double Digit Unemployment Rates in July 2011

The State Unemployment statistics for July were released by the BLS on Friday. These regions, in order, have unemployment rates at or above 10%: Nevada, 12.9%, California, 12.0%, Michigan 10.9%, South Carolina, 10.9%, District of Columbia, 10.8%, Rhode Island, 10.8%, Florida, 10.7%, Georgia 10.1%, North Carolina, 10.1%, Alabama, 10%. Below is the BLS map of unemployment rates for each state.

 

State Unemployment Maps for April 2010 - Unemployment decreases in 34 States

The BLS released state and regional unemployment numbers today as well as information on mass layoffs.

In April, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 38 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 12 states.

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18 states experienced statistically significant increases in employment; 4 states had statistically significant decreases in employment.

In April, 12 states recorded statistically significant unemployment rate decreases

This is actually some reasonably good news for the actual number of jobs increased, which implies less people are simply falling off the rolls and not being counted. Note the different between statistically significant and minor changes, so while the tile sounds great, it's actually only 18 states instead of 34.

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