- North Dakota and Maryland have the lowest unemployment rates in the nation, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Minnesota was the only state whose unemployment rate decreased from November to December 2023.
- Nevada currently has the highest unemployment rate at 5.4%.
Unemployment rates rose in 15 states last December, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was released on Tuesday.
Only one state, Minnesota, saw a decline in its unemployment rate from November to December last year.
According to the BLS, Massachusetts and Rhode Island had the largest increases in unemployment rates of 0.3 percentage points each.
Meanwhile, unemployment rates remained almost unchanged in 34 states and Washington, D.C., and the national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%.
The country added a total of 216,000 non-farm payrolls last month, with more jobs added in government, health care, social assistance and construction, the report said. BLS data It was released earlier this month.
Here are the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates last month.
- Maryland – 1.9%
- North Dakota – 1.9%
- South Dakota – 2.0%
- Vermont – 2.2%
- Nebraska – 2.3%
- New Hampshire – 2.5%
- Alabama – 2.6%
- Utah – 2.8%
- Kansas – 2.8%
- Minnesota – 2.9%
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