Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release — 2010-06-18

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Thursday, June 24, 2010, to correct Texas May 2010 total nonfarm and government pay- roll employment data. These data appear in tables D, 5, and 6. Additionally, the analysis of employment data in the text was revised to reflect these corrections. The impact of the cor- rection on unemployment data in this release was extremely limited and will be incorporated in the routine monthly re- visions with the release of June data.) Regional and state unemployment rates were slightly lower in May. Thirty- seven states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases over the month, 6 states had increases, and 7 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia posted unemployment rate increases from a year earlier, 17 states recorded decreases, and 2 states had no change.