The New England unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.8 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that New England’s jobless rate declined from a year ago when it was 5.9 percent. The national jobless rate declined from May to 5.3 percent and was 0.8 percentage point lower than in June 2014. (See chart 1.)

New England is one of nine geographic divisions nationwide. Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific had the highest jobless rate in June at 6.1 percent. The West North Central division had the lowest unemployment rate at 4.3 percent.

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