Texas unemployment rose in October to 4.4 percent

It’s below the year-earlier reading of 5.2%.

Almost 1.3 million Arkansans were employed and 68,500 were unemployed in October. Jobs in trade, transportation, and utilities rose 1,100. Workers have been leaving the labor force for much of the post-2009 economic recovery. A few people who’ve lost their jobs have moved away to look for work elsewhere, he said. For October, 251 claims were filed in Mesa County, down five from September.

The latest report from the state Employment Development Department suggests the California economy is continuing to improve at a steady clip despite recent indications that the national economy is slowing down. That’s up more than 23 percent from the same span a year ago.

According to federal statistics, the numbers California officials reported on Friday were the highest in the nation – a significant increase over the month prior’s reportedly sluggish growth.

RALEIGH-The unemployment rate dropped slightly in North Carolina last month. Significant over-the-year rate decreases occurred in all four regions: the West (-1.0 percentage point), Midwest and Northeast (-0.9 point each), and South (-0.6 point). That’s down almost 19 percent from the same span past year.

“Today we are proud to announce that October was the highest month for job growth in ten years, with 36,600 private-sector jobs created in Florida”. Hughson had an October rate of 12.2 percent, an increase from the 10.9 percent recorded in September.

In Solano County, the lowest unemployment rate in October was Benicia’s 3.5 percent (excluding the Green Valley area’s 1.4 percent), according to the state. Unemployment held steady at 4.1 percent in Montrose County.

“October marks the fifth consecutive month that Arkansas’ unemployment rate has declined and the 23rd straight month that employment has increased”, Susan Price, the department’s BLS program operations manager, said in a news release.

Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 21,100, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+5,200), the education and health services sector (+4,700) and the professional and business services sector (+3,800), among others.