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Michigan along with four other states recorded seasonally adjusted unemployment rates of 6.3 percent in January, meaning they all tied for the 11th highest rate in the nation among the 50 states.
According to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Alaska, New Jersey, Connecticut and Oregon all had jobless rates of 6.3 percent in January along with Michigan.
Mississippi and Nevada at 7.1 percent had the highest unemployment rate. North Dakota again led the nation with the lowest jobless rate at 2.8 percent.
Michigan again had the highest unemployment rate among the Great Lake states.
Minnesota had the lowest at 3.7 percent.
Behind Minnesota came Wisconsin at 5 percent, Ohio and Pennsylvania both at 5.1 percent, New York at 5.8 percent, Indiana at 6 percent and then Illinois at 6.1 percent.
