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LAU Economic News Releases
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- November payroll jobs essentially unchanged; South Dakota has the lowest jobless rate
01/07/2026
In November, unemployment rates were higher than a year earlier in 16 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 8 states, and little different in 26 states. Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged over the month in all 50 states and the District.
HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts - November jobless rates up over the year in 259 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 8
01/16/2026
Jobless rates were higher in November than a year earlier in 259 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 100, and unchanged in 28. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 8 areas, decreased in 2, and was essentially unchanged in 377.
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Annual
Jobless rates up in 21 states in 2024; employment-population ratios down in 5 states
03/05/2025
In 2024, annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states and were little
changed in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Employment-population ratios
decreased in 5 states and were little changed in 45 states and the District.
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