33 States and D.C. All Added Jobs in March

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released some upbeat news Friday as 33 states and the District of Columbia all added jobs in March.

Maryland led all states with the addition of 35,800 jobs in the month. Virginia was next with 24,500 additional jobs and was followed by Pennsylvania (22,600), Indiana (16,600) and New York (11,700).

The biggest declines occurred in Michigan, which lost 9,500 jobs in March, followed by Nevada (7,100) and Florida (4,000).

Other statistics of note include: California ( down 458,600) and Texas ( down 160,800) had the largest one-year job losses, North Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate at 4 percent, and 15 states and D.C. had double-digit unemployment rates in March with Michigan (14.1 percent) the highest.

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