State’s unemployment rate holds steady

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s unemployment rate remained at 11.5 percent in March, both above the national and southern regional figure, the federal Labor Department reports.

The rate, on a seasonally adjusted basis, was unchanged from February. It was the third straight month for unemployment to be at 11 percent or higher in the state — and the seventh consecutive month the rate has been at least 10 percent.

The national unemployment rate for March was 9.7 percent. The Labor Department said that in the South, the jobless rate was 9.8 percent for the second consecutive month. In March 2009, the regional rate was 8.4 percent.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, Mississippi registered 150,300 unemployed workers in March, up from 149,500 in February and 115,300 in March 2009. Over the past year, the state has lost 19,800 jobs, the Labor Department said.

Nationally, 24 states recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, while 17 registered rate decreases. Mississippi was among nine states that had no change.

One Response to “State’s unemployment rate holds steady”

1. fACTcHECKER Says:
   April 21st, 2010 at 4:33 am

   You must realize that Republicans are hypocritical to blame president obama, when under bush the recession started, republicans and so called conservatives love to make fun of “liberals” as they call them even though many of them may be more moderate, they give haley barbour and “conservative” (who are not really conservative in the sense of certain issues) a pass.

   So the republican party and talk radio would blame obama and not missisppi politicans and so called conservative ones for mississippi’s unemployment.