State's January unadjusted joblessness at 8.1 percent

LANSING (AP) -- Michigan's seasonally unadjusted unemployment has risen 0.4 percentage points in the latest monthly report to 8.1 percent. The Department of Technology, Management & Budget released regional joblessness figures for January last Thursday. The statewide rate in January is down from 9.9 percent one year earlier. The department says January's unemployment rates ranged from a low of 5 percent in the Ann Arbor region to a high of 13.2 percent in the northeastern Lower Peninsula. It says the rate was 8.5 percent in the populous Detroit area, a 0.5-point increase. The state says weather typically drives up unemployment in winter months. ---------------- Online: Jobs report: http://1.usa.gov/Ny3MOK. Department website: http://www.michigan.gov/dtmb. Published: Mon, Mar 24, 2014