December 1997 — 1998-02-04

less from November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department which also was the lowest rate for any state in the 20-year history of the states and the District of Columbia, and were unchanged in 10 states. The unemployment rates than a year ago. The largest declines were in South were at least a full percentage point lower than last December. Only three (-12,200 jobs) over the year was largely due to a 10,800 reduction in the adjusted basis for all states and the District of Columbia, permitting both percent). All seven of the areas with rates of 10 percent or more were located in California or Texas. The largest rate declines over the year followed closely by Fresno, Cal., Albany, Ga., and Glens Falls, N.Y. (0.8 | In order to expedite the release of data for states by about | | a version of table 5 from the current release, and a new table | Definitions.