Oklahoma's jobless rate dips in February

 
By Laurie Winslow - Tulsa World
Published: March 25, 2011

Oklahoma ’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 percent in February, according to information released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics .

February’s rate was down from January’s 6.6 rate, and also below the 7.3 high that Oklahoma hovered at from December 2009 through March 2010.

Nationwide, Oklahoma was among 41 states and the District of Columbia that posted unemployment rate decreases from...


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