The job market is thriving in nearly a dozen states including South Dakota and Utah at the same time high unemployment persists in other places like Hawaii and New York – underscoring the recovery’s unevenness.
The unemployment rate in February was less than 4% in ten states, but double that, or more than 8%, in seven others including the District of Columbia, according to Labor Department data released Friday. The national unemployment rate was 6.2% in the month.
