State unemployment steady

In Feb., 29 states had lower jobless rates vs. Jan., down from 45 states with declines the prior month. Only 7 in Feb. had statistically significant drops. Unemployment rates increased in 8 states, up from 1 in Jan., but only 1 state in Feb. had a statistically significant rise. N.D. kept the lowest jobless rate with 3.1%, then Neb. with 4%. Nev. still had the highest rate with 12.3%, though it fell 0.4 percentage point.
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