10:13 AM EDT, 03/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- State-level data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday showed the unemployment rate rose in one state, Florida, in February and held steady elsewhere.

The unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point in Florida. South Dakota had the lowest rate at 1.9% while Nevada had the highest at 5.8%.

The national unemployment rate was reported at 4.1% in February, up from 4.0% in January.

Nonfarm payrolls increased in three states and were little changed elsewhere. Nationwide nonfarm payrolls increased by 151,000 in February after a 125,000 jobs gain in January.

The largest payrolls gain in absolute terms was in Ohio, which added 23,100 jobs, followed by New Jersey with 19,200 jobs.