North Dakota's nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February was 4.8 percent.
That's a slight decline from January's 4.9 percent rate and lower than the
5.3 percent rate posted in February 2009.
The North Dakota rate continues to be considerably lower than the national 10.4 percent unemployment rate posted in February.
"January and February are generally the highest unemployment rate months of the year in North Dakota," said Michael Ziesch, Job Service North Dakota research analyst.
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"Rates usually trend lower in upcoming months as seasonal employees begin calling their employees back for the year," he said.
There were 17,236 people unemployed in North Dakota in February compared to 17,690 in January and 19,125 in February 2009.
