Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release — 2010-12-17

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Friday, December 17, 2010, to add text in the second paragraph discussing over-the-year changes in nonfarm payroll employment.) Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in November. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia recorded un- employment rate increases, 15 states registered rate decreases, and 14 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia posted unemploy- ment rate decreases from a year earlier, 17 states reported increases, and 5 states had no change. The national jobless rate edged up by 0.2 percentage point between October and November to 9.8 percent, but was little different from a year earlier. In November nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 28 states, increased in 20 states and the District of Columbia, and was unchanged in 2 states.