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View All NewsNevada posts highest jobless rate in February
March 27, 2015
Nevada posted the highest unemployment rate among all states in February at 7.1%, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mississippi followed at 7.0%; California and Louisiana both posted unemployment rates of 6.7%.
The District of Columbia had a rate of 7.8%.
Nebraska posted the lowest unemployment rate in February at 2.7%.
The national jobless rate edged down to 5.5% from January and was 1.2 percentage points lower than in February 2014.