Route Fifty: Alaska, the District of Columbia, and West Virginia were among the seven places where state-level unemployment exceeded the national rate of 4 percent in June, according to figures the federal government released on Friday.
Nationwide, unemployment declined in nine states and went up in three in June compared to May.
The latest state employment and unemployment release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics also shows that, in 10 states, unemployment rates were down last month compared to June 2017, while 40 had little or no change in their jobless rate between those two months.
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