Michigan's unemployment rate dipped slightly to 14.3 percent in January.
The seasonally adjusted jobless rate reported Tuesday is down from a revised rate of 14.5 percent in December. The state says the unemployment rate hasn't changed much since the middle of 2009 based on recent revisions to jobless statistics.
Michigan added an estimated 6,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in January. Manufacturing jobs increased while education and health service jobs declined.
Michigan's jobless rate was 11.3 percent a year ago, according to revised figures.
Michigan has had the nation's highest jobless rate for four consecutive years.
The national unemployment rate was 9.7 percent in both January and February. Michigan's February rate is due out later this month.
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