March 9, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Midwest has lowest unemployment rate again
For the ninth
straight year, the Midwest had the lowest regional jobless rate in 1999.
[Chart data—TXT]
The unemployment rate for the Midwest was 3.6 percent. The next lowest
was in the South, where the rate was 4.1 percent. In the Northeast, the
1999 jobless rate was slightly higher than in the South, at 4.4 percent.
The West, at 4.9 percent, registered the highest unemployment rate for
the eighth consecutive year. The 1.3-percentage-point difference between
the highest and lowest regional rates of unemployment was the narrowest
range since 1991.
Three regions—the Midwest, South, and West—achieved the lowest
annual rates in their series. The Northeast registered its lowest jobless
rate since 1988.
These data are a product of the Local
Area Unemployment Statistics
program. To learn more, see State
and Regional Unemployment, 1999 Annual Averages
(USDL 00-56).
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