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Gov. Youngkin announced that according to the BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, the labor force participation rate, which measures the proportion of the civilian population age 16 and older that is employed or actively looking for work, increased by .1 percent to 66.6 percent in January

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March 14, 2024
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Richmond, VA – State officials also said that according to BLS LAUS, the State’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January remained unchanged at 3.0 percent, which is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate.

The labor force increased by 8,558 to 4,588,251; and the number of employed residents increased by 8,212 to 4,448,520, as the number of unemployed residents increased by 346 to 139,731.  

Governor Glenn Youngkin reprotedly said:

“Virginia has seen incredibly strong job growth in our first two years, and we have an opportunity to drive even more people into the workforce.

This jobs report reinforces the importance of advancing an agenda that empowers job creation and business development to grow the Commonwealth.

We cannot go backwards; Virginia must keep moving forward.”  

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