State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release - 2023 M02 Results — 2023-03-24

(NOTE: On April 21, 2023, BLS corrected errors in estimates for not seasonally adjusted all employees in other services and its aggregates for Arkansas and the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Seasonally adjusted estimates for all employees and 3-month average change were corrected at aggregate levels. Tables in this news release contain the incorrect data and will not be reissued. Corrected data are available in the LABSTAT database, at www.bls.gov/sae/data/. For a complete list of series and products impacted by the correction, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.) Unemployment rates were lower in February in 9 states, higher in 3 states and the District of Columbia, and stable in 38 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirteen states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 10 states and the District had decreases, and 27 states had little change.