10:17 AM EDT, 09/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- State-level data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday showed the unemployment rate rose in three states in August, fell in two and held steady elsewhere.

The unemployment rate increases were in Maryland and Delaware, where it rose by 0.2 percentage point each, followed by Minnesota where it rose by 0.1%. The rate fell by 0.3 percentage point in Colorado and 0.1 percentage point in Alabama.

South Dakota had the lowest rate at 1.9% while Washington D.C had the highest at 6%.

The national unemployment rate was reported at 4.3% in August, up from 4.2% in July.

Nonfarm payrolls rose in Utah, fell in Washington D.C and were little changed elsewhere. Nationwide nonfarm payrolls increased by 22,000 in August after a 79,000 gain in July.