Unemployment falls in 37 US states in May

Bangkok News.Net
Saturday 19th June, 2010

State-by-state unemployment figures have been released in the US with a majority of states reporting drops in unemployment rates.

The Labor Department said on Friday that the unemployment rate had fallen in 37 states and the District of Columbia, with only six states reporting increases.

The other states saw no change in rates which have recently been skewed because of government hiring of temporary census workers.

The widespread declines have been partially attributed to some people giving up work searches.

Those who gave up are no longer counted.

Nevada rose to the highest jobless rate in the country, climbing to 14 percent.

Michigan's fell to 13.6 percent.

Of those states that saw job increases, the gains were led by Texas, which saw a rise of 43,600, California was up 28,300 and New York had an increase of 21,000 jobs.

Nationally, the unemployment rate dropped to 9.7 percent in May from 9.9 percent in April.

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