US DATA: March BLS State Unemployment Report- “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.