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Here's every US state's January unemployment rate

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released their monthly report on unemployment rates in the states and DC for January.

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The Bureau noted that 28 states and the District of Columbia had lower unemployment rates in January than in December, 8 states saw an increase in the rate, and 14 states had unchanged unemployment rates.

January state unemployment rates ranged from a low of 2.8% in both North Dakota and South Dakota to a high of 6.7% in Mississippi:

jan 2016 state unemployment rate map
Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from Bureau of Labor Statistics
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