Unemployment claims are decreasing in some areas while soaring in others, highlighting the currently uneven state of the U.S.

For example, say State A has a population of 600,000 residents and an unemployment rate of 5%, while State B has a population of 1,200,000 and an unemployment rate of 2.5%. Although State A has a ...

Nationwide, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2 percent last month, with more jobs noted in healthcare and warehousing. Meanwhile, federal government employment declined this month ...

Despite Illinois experiencing job growth in some sectors, it remains one of the states with the highest unemployment rates.

Colorado’s unemployment rate has stalled for a second month in a row, which economists say could be signaling positive movement in the job market.. The state unemployment rate has sat at 4.8% from ...

Michigan's unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in March, according to state data, up from 5.4% in February. The jobless rate in March 2024 was 4.2%.

Indiana's unemployment rate fell to 3.7% in May, down from 3.9% in April, falling for the fifth straight month.

An extension of jobless benefits is triggered under state law when the unemployment rate in any of the commonwealth's seven metropolitan statistical areas exceeds a 5.1% threshold, measured across ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts’ unemployment rate climbed to 4.6% in April, climbing steadily above the national rate of 4.2%. The joblessness rate is up .2 percentage points since March ...

Data showed Cherry Valley had the highest unemployment rate countywide in May at 10.2%, followed by Coachella at 8%, Rancho Mirage at 7.9%, Banning at 6.6% and Hemet at 6.5%.

The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metro area increased one-half of a percentage point in April from the same time last year to 4.1%, according to data from… ...

Across the state, the lowest unemployment rate in April remained in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan statistical area at 3 percent, down from 3.1 percent in March.