The unemployment rate in Virginia in March stood at 6.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to a U.S. Labor Department report released today on state unemployment.
The rate rose from 6.6 in February, 6 percent in January and 5 percent in December.
Seasonally adjusting the jobless rate helps to see trends better, experts say.
The Virginia Employment Commission has not released the March unemployment rates for the metro areas and for each of Virginia's counties and cities.
Eight states had a jobless rate of at least 10 percent, while unemployment surged in Oregon, Washington and West Virginia as the worst employment slump in the postwar era rippled through the economy, the Labor Department report shows.
Forty-six states registered increases in the unemployment rate in March from the prior month, three states had no change, while North Dakota and the District of Columbia posted a drop, the Labor Department said.
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