Fewer Job Gains

Helena Independent Record: Fewer US states reported job gains last month

Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary

“Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed
in March. Thirty states recorded unemployment rate
decreases, 8 states posted rate increases, and 12 states
and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia registered
unemployment rate decreases from a  year earlier, while New
York experienced an increase. The national jobless rate was
little changed from February at 8.2 percent but was 0.7
percentage point lower than in March 2011.”