Key Points:
- Unemployment rates rose in four states, lower in two, and remained stable in 44 states and the District of Columbia in January.
- The U.S. unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7% in January.
- In total, 16 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.7%, 7 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 27 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
- Twenty-five states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 6 states had decreases, and 19 states and the District had little change.
- North Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in January at 1.9%, followed by South Dakota at 2.1%.
- Nevada has the highest unemployment rate again at 5.3%, followed by California at 5.2%.
- Four states had unemployment rate increases in January: Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Washington (+0.2% each) and California (+0.1%).