BLS news release: ‘Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in June. Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from May, 14 states had increases, and 14 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier and one state had an increase. The national jobless rate declined to 6.1 percent from May and was 1.4 percentage points lower than in June 2013. In June 2014, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 33 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 17 states. The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in Florida (+37,400), California (+24,200), and New York (+22,500). The largest over-the-month decrease in employment occurred in Georgia (-9,500), followed by West Virginia (-9,100) and Alaska (-5,900). The largest over-the-month percentage increases in employment occurred in the District of Columbia, Indiana, North Dakota, and Oklahoma (+0.6 percent each). The largest over-the-month percentage decline in employment occurred in Alaska (-1.7 percent), followed by West Virginia (-1.2 percent), and New Hampshire and New Mexico (-0.6 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 47 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 3 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+4.8 percent), followed by Nevada (+3.9 percent) and Utah (+3.5 percent). The over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Alaska (-0.7 percent), Vermont (-0.1 percent), and New Mexico (which declined by less than 0.05 percent).”