WASHINGTON, March 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0379) on March 21, 2025, entitled "Metropolitan Area Employmnet and Unemployment - January 2025": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in January than a year earlier in 290 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 64 areas, and unchanged in 33 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 18 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent a  more