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Among the steepest declines were Pennsylvania, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, while several saw increasing unemployment rates, including Texas, Arizona and North Carolina, according to Labor Department figures Tuesday.
The national unemployment rate dropped more than expected in September to 7.9% from 8.4%, a decline driven in part by a lower labor-force participation rate, Labor Department data showed earlier this month.
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