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Economic update: March jobless rates down in 23 states, up in 12

Payroll jobs down in 31 states, up in 18

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 22, 2015) — Regional and state unemployment rates were little 
changed in March. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia had unemployment 
rate decreases from February, 12 states had increases, and 15 states had no change, 
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-six states and the 
District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, three states 
had increases, and one state had no change. The national jobless rate was unchanged 
from February at 5.5 percent and was 1.1 percentage points lower than in March 2014.  

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