Arkansas’ unemployment rate was 7.2 percent in February, unchanged from January, the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
February’s unemployment rate is one-tenth of a percentage point lower than February last year and well below the February 2011 rate of 8.0 percent, Kimberly Friedman, spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services, said in a statement.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.