From today’s JTB (emphasis is mine):
The January unemployment rate increased in Joplin and the tri-state area and statewide, increasing to approach the national level.
Joplin's unemployment rate increased to 8.3 percent in January, up from 8 percent in December, according to information released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, while the state rate rose to 9.9 percent from 9.3 percent.
The Joplin and state rates are near the national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 9.7 percent.
In other Missouri metro areas, the Springfield unemployment rate rose to 9 percent in January, up from 8.5 percent in December. Kansas City's rate increased to 9.1 percent from 8.5 percent in December, and the jobless rate in St. Louis hit 10.7 percent, up from 10 percent a month earlier.
Nationally, unemployment rates increased in January for 363 of the 372 metropolitan areas, with 187 areas reporting jobless rates of at least 10 percent, the BLS reported. The three highest rates were in California - El Centro, at 27.3 percent; Merced, at 21.7 percent; and Yuba City, at 20.8 percent. The lowest rates are in Fargo and Bismarck, N.D., which both recorded unemployment rates of 4.8 percent.
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