West Virginia posted the highest unemployment rate among all states in August at 7.6%, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nevada and Alaska followed at 6.8% and 6.7% respectively.

The District of Columbia had a rate of 6.8%.

Nebraska posted the lowest unemployment rate in August at 2.8%, followed by North Dakota at 2.9%.

Unemployment rates fell in 29 states in August while 10 states had increases; 11 states and the District of Columbia had no change.

The national jobless rate edged down in August to 5.1% from 5.3% in July and was 1.0 percentage points lower than in August 2014.