What They Are Reading in the States: Record-Low Unemployment Rates Across the Country

Across the country, local news outlets are highlighting how President Biden's economic plan is driving low state unemployment rates, historic job creation, and rising consumer sentiment.

President Biden remains committed to growing our economy from the middle out and bottom up—not the top down.

See below for a sampling of what Americans are reading:

• Alaska Business Magazine: Alaska Employment: 313,600 Jobs Puts December Unemployment at 4.5
• WACH (FOX Columbia, SC): South Carolina's unemployment rate remains low, keeps pace with national average
• KRLS (Knoxville, IO): Local Unemployment Rates Drop In December

• Lakeshore PBS (PBS Northwest IN): Indiana unemployment rate improves in December
• Inside Indiana Business: Indiana unemployment trends downward in December
• WTRC-FM (South Bend, IN): Indiana's December unemployment rate stands just below national rate

• Wahpeton Daily News: Minnesota gained 800 jobs between November-December '23

• Lincoln Journal Star: Unemployment rate stays steady in Nebraska, rises in Lincoln
• The Nevada Globe: Nevada Unemployment Highest in Nation Despite Job Gains in December

• The Robesonian: North Carolina December unemployment rate 3.5%, unchanged from November
• WNCT (CBS Eastern NC): NC unemployment rate unchanged from December
• KFYR-TV (NBC/FOX Bismarck, ND): State's unemployment remains lowest in the nation
• WDAY (ABC Forgo-Moorhead, NC): North Dakota's unemployment rate ties with Maryland with the lowest in the country
• WZFG (Fargo, ND): North Dakota's unemployment rate ties with Maryland with the lowest in the country

• Mercer County Outlook: Mercer County With Ohio's Lowest Unemployment Rate In December 2023
• KQEN (Roseburg, OR): Douglas County Employers Add 170 Jobs In December
• WACH (FOX Columbia, SC): South Carolina's unemployment rate remains low, keeps pace with national average
• Overton County News: Overton County unemployment rate lowers to 3.4% in November
• The Center Square Texas: Texas adds more jobs in 2023 than any other state
• Wisconsin Examiner: Wisconsin unemployment remains low in December as jobs continue to grow