Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release — 2010-10-22

(NOTE: The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release was re-issued October 22, 2010,to correct incorrect state unemployment data in Table A. All other data were correct as shown.) Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in September. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases, 11 states registered rate increases, and 16 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia posted unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, 16 states reported increases, and 5 states had no change. The national jobless rate was unchanged in Sep- tember at 9.6 percent and also little different from a year earlier (9.8 percent). In September, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 34 states and increased in 16 states and the District of Columbia. The largest over- the-month employment decreases were in California (-63,500), New York (-37,600), Massachusetts (-20,900), and New Jersey (-20,200).