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Regions and States

• Regional Consumer Price Indexes, April 2012 (05/24/2012)
• State employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/21/2012)
• State unemployment rates, March 2012 (04/23/2012)
• Unemployment by geographic region and division, February 2012 (04/02/2012)
• State employment: January 2011 – January 2012 (03/21/2012)
• State unemployment rates, 2011 (03/13/2012)
• State employment-population ratios in 2011 (03/01/2012)
• Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2011 (01/31/2012)
• State employment and unemployment, December 2011 (01/25/2012)
• State employment and unemployment, November 2011 (12/22/2011)
• Employment and wage trends in high-tech industries in Massachusetts (12/07/2011)
• State employment and unemployment, October 2011 (11/29/2011)
• State unemployment rates, August 2011 (09/23/2011)
• Statistically significant employment changes, August 2011 (09/22/2011)
• Employment and unemployment in the Northeast, July 2011 (09/06/2011)
• State unemployment rates, July 2011 (08/24/2011)
• Employment changes by state, July 2010–July 2011 (08/23/2011)
• Extended mass layoff events, second quarter 2011 (08/15/2011)
• Changes in state unemployment rates: June 2010–June 2011 (07/27/2011)
• States with statistically significant employment changes, June 2011 (07/26/2011)
• Initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs by region, May 2011 (06/23/2011)
• Over-the-year changes in state unemployment rates, May 2010–2011 (06/22/2011)
• States with statistically significant employment changes in May 2011 (06/21/2011)
• Pay comparisons between metropolitan areas in 2010 (05/27/2011)
• West reports highest regional unemployment rate, April 2011 (05/26/2011)
• State employment changes, April 2011 (05/25/2011)
• State unemployment rates, March 2011 (04/22/2011)
• States with statistically significant employment changes, March 2011 (04/21/2011)
• State unemployment rates, February 2011 (03/30/2011)
• State employment changes, February 2010–February 2011 (03/29/2011)
• State unemployment rates, January 2011 (03/14/2011)
• State employment changes, January 2011 (03/11/2011)
• State unemployment rates in 2010 (03/01/2011)
• State employment-population ratio declines, 2010 (02/28/2011)
• Employment and unemployment in the West, December 2010 (02/04/2011)
• Regional and State unemployment rates, December 2009 to December 2010 (01/27/2011)
• State employment changes, December 2009–December 2010 (01/26/2011)
• Share of long-term unemployment in States, 2007–09 (01/04/2011)
• State unemployment rates, November 2009 to November 2010 (12/27/2010)
• State employment changes, November 2009–November 2010 (12/23/2010)
• State unemployment rates, October 2010 (12/01/2010)
• State employment changes, October 2009–October 2010 (11/30/2010)
• Decreases in mass layoff initial claims in September 2010 (10/29/2010)
• Unemployment by geographic region and division, September 2010 (10/27/2010)
• State employment changes, September 2009–September 2010 (10/26/2010)
• Over-the-year changes in State unemployment rates (09/29/2010)
• State employment changes, August 2009–August 2010 (09/28/2010)
• State unemployment rates, July 2010 (08/27/2010)
• State employment changes, July 2009–July 2010 (08/26/2010)
• Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas in 2009 (07/27/2010)
• State unemployment rates, June 2010 (07/23/2010)
• State employment changes, June 2009–June 2010 (07/22/2010)
• Job openings in May 2010 (07/15/2010)
• State unemployment rates, May 2010 (06/28/2010)
• State employment changes, May 2009–May 2010 (06/25/2010)
• State over-the-month and over-the-year unemployment rate changes, April 2010 (05/28/2010)
• State employment changes, April 2010 (05/27/2010)
• State unemployment rates, March 2010 (04/22/2010)
• Over-the-month employment changes by State in March (04/21/2010)
• Job openings in February (04/07/2010)
• Geography of unemployment, February 2010 (04/01/2010)
• State employment changes, February 2010 (03/31/2010)
• State unemployment rates and over-the-month employment changes, January 2010 (03/12/2010)
• State employment-population ratio declines, 2008–09 (03/05/2010)
• Job openings rate, December 2009 (02/18/2010)
• State employment changes, December 2009 (01/29/2010)
• State unemployment rate increases, December 2008–December 2009 (01/28/2010)
• States with highest multiple jobholding rates (01/26/2010)
• Unemployment by geographic region and division, November 2009 (12/29/2009)
• State over-the-year employment changes, November 2009 (12/28/2009)
• State unemployment rates, October 2009 (11/27/2009)
• State employment changes, October 2009 (11/25/2009)
• State unemployment rates in September 2009 (10/26/2009)
• Average weekly wages: first quarter 2008-09 (10/20/2009)
• State employment changes, August 2008–August 2009 (09/22/2009)
• Geography of unemployment, August 2009 (09/21/2009)
• Job openings rates, by industry, July 2008 and July 2009 (09/10/2009)
• Payroll employment by State in July (08/26/2009)
• Hires rate at low point in June 2009 (08/14/2009)
• Average weekly wages among large counties, fourth quarter 2008 (07/23/2009)
• State unemployment rates: June 2009 (07/21/2009)
• States with the largest increases in unemployment rates, May 2008-May 2009 (06/22/2009)
• States with the highest unemployment rates, April 2009 (05/27/2009)
• Employment concentration: welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers (05/05/2009)
• Unemployment rates higher in all 50 states in March 2009 than a year ago (04/20/2009)
• Foreign-born workers by region, 2008 (03/31/2009)
• 2007-08 changes in State unemployment rates (03/03/2009)
• Highest State unemployment rates in 2008 (03/02/2009)
• Union membership by state, 2008 (02/03/2009)
• Unemployment rates by state in December 2008 (01/28/2009)
• Occupational injuries and illnesses, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (12/29/2008)
• Multiple jobholding in States in 2007 (10/09/2008)
• Over-the-month changes in State unemployment rates, August 2008 (09/22/2008)
• Energy prices and expenditures in the South, 1984-2006 (05/30/2008)
• Foreign-born workers by region, 2007 (03/31/2008)
• U.S. skiing employment (03/12/2008)
• 2006-07 changes in State unemployment rates (03/05/2008)
• Highest State unemployment rates in 2007 (03/04/2008)
• Lowest State unemployment rates in 2007 (03/03/2008)
• Union membership by State, 2007 (01/29/2008)
• States with lowest unemployment rates in December 2007 (01/22/2008)
• Hires rates by region, November 2006 and November 2007 (01/11/2008)
• Multiple jobholding in 2006 (10/30/2007)
• Layoffs by region in September 2007 (10/24/2007)
• Gross job gains and losses by State (08/31/2007)
• Layoffs by region in July 2007 (08/24/2007)
• Employment concentration in automotive industries (07/25/2007)
• Health benefit costs by region (07/06/2007)
• Mass layoffs in April 2007 (05/24/2007)
• Foreign-born workers by region, 2006 (05/03/2007)
• 2005-06 changes in State unemployment rates (03/22/2007)
• Fourth-quarter productivity growth revised downward (03/07/2007)
• States with highest unemployment rates in 2006 (03/06/2007)
• Lowest State unemployment rates in 2006 (03/05/2007)
• Union membership by State, 2006 (01/30/2007)
• States with lowest unemployment rates in December 2006 (01/24/2007)
• Multiple jobholding in 2005 (12/27/2006)
• Mass layoffs by region in November (12/26/2006)
• Job openings rate in August 2006 (10/12/2006)
• Mass layoffs in August (09/22/2006)
• The labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina (08/31/2006)
• Middle Atlantic division had highest earnings in June 2005 (07/26/2006)
• Hires rates by region, May 2006 (07/12/2006)
• Foreign-born workers by region (05/11/2006)
• Mass-layoff initial claims for unemployment insurance by State, March 2006 (04/21/2006)
• 2004 – 2005 changes in State unemployment rates (03/07/2006)
• Lowest State unemployment rate: Hawaii (03/02/2006)
• Multiple jobholding in 2004 (01/06/2006)
• Post-hurricane claims for unemployment compensation (10/26/2005)
• State unemployment rates in September 2005 (10/24/2005)
• Unemployment insurance claims due to mass layoffs, August 2005 (09/26/2005)
• Mass layoffs and geography, June 2005 (07/27/2005)
• May 2005 layoffs by region (06/27/2005)
• States and mass layoffs in March 2005 (04/27/2005)
• States with highest unemployment rate in 2004: Alaska and Oregon (03/14/2005)
• State with lowest unemployment rate in 2004: Hawaii (03/11/2005)
• Over-the-year changes in State unemployment rates, December 2004 (01/26/2005)
• Job openings in November (01/13/2005)
• Initial claims for unemployment insurance by region, October 2004 (11/26/2004)
• Shrinking employment in the information sector by State, March 2003–04 (10/19/2004)
• Unemployment insurance claimants by region (07/23/2004)
• Fewer separated in mass layoffs in most regions (06/02/2004)
• Changes in unemployment rates by region in January (03/11/2004)
• South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate again in 2003 (03/03/2004)
• Highest unemployment rate in 2003: Oregon (03/01/2004)
• Lowest unemployment rates in December 2003: North and South Dakota (01/28/2004)
• Multiple jobholders in 2002 (01/21/2004)
• Variation in workers paid Federal minimum wage by region (12/11/2003)
• Extended mass layoffs and the 9/11 attacks (09/10/2003)
• Growth in wages and salaries by region over the year (08/13/2003)
• June 2003 mass layoffs by region (07/29/2003)
• Earnings highest in Middle Atlantic division (07/22/2003)
• Compensation growth most rapid in Midwest over the year (05/12/2003)
• Regional variation in employment in 2001 (04/29/2003)
• Drops in employment-population ratios in most States (03/05/2003)
• Highest unemployment rate in 2002: Alaska (03/04/2003)
• South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in 2002 (03/03/2003)
• Wages and salaries increase fastest in Midwest over the year (02/04/2003)
• Moonlighting across the U.S. (01/23/2003)
• Largest pay gains in Delaware and Maryland (10/04/2002)
• Highest pay in 2001: Connecticut (10/01/2002)
• More layoffs in West, more laid off in Midwest in July (08/27/2002)
• New job openings and labor turnover survey (07/31/2002)
• Regional variation in employment (07/24/2002)
• Homeownership highest in Midwest and South (07/18/2001)
• Midwest had highest employment-population ratios in 2001 (02/28/2002)
• State with highest unemployment rate in 2001: Washington (02/27/2002)
• North Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in 2001 (02/26/2002)
• Average unemployment up in most States in 2001 (02/25/2002)
• Middle Atlantic tops in hourly earnings in 2000 (02/13/2002)
• Wages and salaries increase fastest in West over the year (02/11/2002)
• Benefits vary somewhat by region (12/20/2001)
• Highest increase in wages and salaries in West (11/01/2001)
• Highest pay in 2000: Connecticut (09/24/2001)
• Working more than one job in 2000 (09/21/2001)
• Massachusetts, California tops in pay gains (09/20/2001)
• Midwesterners are most likely to be on the job (08/01/2001)
• Displacement rate still highest in West (07/31/2001)
• Manufacturing employment by region, 1999 (07/25/2001)
• Hourly earnings highest in Middle Atlantic (07/10/2001)
• Highest unemployment rate in 2000: Alaska (03/06/2001)
• Virginia had lowest unemployment rate in 2000 (03/02/2001)
• Average unemployment down for most States in 2000 (02/26/2001)
• Fitness, wellness benefits moderately prevalent for State, local government workers (02/21/2001)
• Connecticut, New York tops in pay (12/06/2000)
• Washington State, Massachusetts lead in pay gains (11/20/2000)
• Multiple jobholding rates higher in North (11/08/2000)
• Union membership shows distinct geographic pattern (11/02/2000)
• Wages and benefits highest in Northeast (07/06/2000)
• Midwest has lowest unemployment rate again (04/04/2000)
• Iowa reports lowest unemployment rate in 1999 (03/01/2000)
• Unemployment decline widespread in 1999 (02/28/2000)
• Montana had the lowest pay in 1998 (01/11/2000)
• Washington State reports biggest pay gain again (12/16/1999)
• Midwestern States have top employment-population ratios (09/08/1999)
• Educational and health services employment most extensive in Northeast (08/16/1999)
• Agriculture employment most widespread by far in West North Central States (08/12/1999)
• Manufacturing employment most prevalent in Midwest (08/06/1999)
• Considerable variation in multiple jobholding by State (07/30/1999)
• Large variation in union membership by State (07/22/1999)
• Wages highest in West, benefits highest in Northeast (07/16/1999)
• Alaska has smallest pay gain in 1997 (06/25/1999)
• Washington State reports biggest pay gain in 1997 (06/24/1999)
• Consumers in the South spend less on entertainment in 1997 (04/30/1999)
• West region's mass layoffs decline the most during 1998 (04/29/1999)
• West, South lead employment growth by region in 1998 (04/21/1999)
• Consumer prices in the South rise 1.5 percent in 1998 (03/29/1999)
• 1998 consumer price rise in the West slightly above national increase (03/22/1999)
• Southeast region employs the most textile workers (03/18/1999)
• Consumer prices rise 1.7 percent in the Northeast in 1998 (03/08/1999)
• Midwest jobless rate lowest for eighth straight year (03/02/1999)
• Outside DC, largest federal employment share in Alaska (03/01/1999)
• Montana reports lowest weekly wage (02/22/1999)
• Northeastern States have highest weekly wages (02/19/1999)
• New Mexico had highest State unemployment rate at end of 1998 (01/26/1999)
• Three Midwestern States tie for lowest unemployment rate at end of 1998 (01/25/1999)
• Homeowner expenditures take more out of budgets in Northeast and West (12/15/1998)

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