Jobless rates in April down in 39 states, up in 3; payroll jobs up in 42 states, down in 8

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary

REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- APRIL 2011

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed or slightly
lower in April. Thirty-nine states recorded unemployment rate decreases,
three states and the District of Columbia registered rate increases, and eight
states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia posted unemployment rate decreases
from a year earlier, three states reported increases, and one state had no
change. The national jobless rate edged up by 0.2 percentage point between March
and April to 9.0 percent, but was 0.8 point lower than a year earlier.

In April nonfarm payroll employment increased in 42 states and the District of
Columbia and decreased in 8 states. The largest over-the-month increase in
employment occurred in New York (+45,700), followed by Texas (+32,900),
Pennsylvania (+23,700), Massachusetts (+19,500), and Florida (+14,900).
Nebraska experienced the largest over-the-month percentage increase in
employment (+0.9 percent), followed by Kansas and Oklahoma (+0.8 percent each)
and Louisiana and New Hampshire (+0.7 percent each). The largest over-the-month
decrease in employment occurred in Michigan (-10,200), followed by Minnesota
(-5,200), South Carolina (-3,800), Indiana (-2,500), and Vermont (-2,200).
Vermont experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decline in employment
(-0.7 percent), followed by Michigan (-0.3 percent), and Idaho, Minnesota, and
South Carolina (-0.2 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased
in 46 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 4 states. The largest
over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+3.9 percent),
followed by Alaska and Texas (+2.5 percent each) and Nebraska (+1.9 percent).
The four states reporting over-the-year percentage declines in employment were
New Jersey (-0.2 percent), and Nevada, New Mexico, and South Dakota (less than
-0.1 percent each).

Read more: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

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Aren't they early this month? It must have something to do with Memorial Day.

As always, the tables add information.

Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly)

All these new fascist laws you are passing in Michigan have done NOTHING to stimulate this lace.