<H3>• U.S. Regional and State Employment and Unemployment -- March 2013</H3>

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Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in March. Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases, 7 states had increases, and 17 states had no change. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, eight states had increases, and three states had no change. The national jobless rate was little changed from February at 7.6 percent but was 0.6 percentage point lower than in March 2012. Source: USDOL-BLS

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