WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * The District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate in July 2025 at 6.0 percent In July 2025, the District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate, 6.0 percent. The next highest rates were in California, 5.5 percent, and Nevada, 5.4 percent. South Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in July, 1.9 percent. In total, 21 states had unemploy  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P30-10) by Isabelle R. Notter and Sara Robinson entitled "Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2021." Here are excerpts: * * * HIGHLIGHTS * Based on median household income estimates for the 3,142 counties in the United States, 73.1 percent (2,298 counties) did not experience a significant change in real median household income between 2007 - the year before the Great Recession - and 2021. In the sam  more