Over the past 27 consecutive months, Maine’s unemployment rate was below 4%. The number of unemployed people in the state dropped 3,000 to 20,000 over the year.
In Mississippi, the jobless rate declined to 4.5% last month—the lowest level recorded in the state. In the same period a year ago, the state had 5.4% jobless rate.
The number of non-farm jobs in the state surge by 2,500 to 1,163,700—the most jobs ever recorded.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in Wisconsin fell to 2.9% from 3.1% in January. The number of employed people in the state also reached a record high of 3,068,200. Its labor force participation rate went up to 68.5%.
