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Mississippi jobless rate dips as fewer seek work
Mississippi’s unemployment rate dipped in April, but mainly because fewer people were looking for work.
However, a separate survey of employer payrolls continued to rise, suggesting Mississippi’s slow climb out of recession continues.
Both sets of figures were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The jobless rate fell to 9.1 percent from 9.4 percent in March. Mississippi continued to have the third-highest unemployment rate among states. […]