evidence: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls [...] As per the Household Survey Data, The number of unemployed persons declined by 326,000 to 7.2 million. The Unemployment rate decreased by 0.2% and stand at 4.5 percent in March. Both measures were down over the year. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult women (4.0 percent), Whites (3.9 percent), and Hispanics (5.1 percent) dropped in March. The unemployed rates for adult men (4.3 percent), teenagers (13.7 percent), Blacks (8.0 percent), and Asians (3.3 percent) showed little or no change. [...] Employment. As per BLS, Unemployment rate at Wisconsin stands at 3.7% and Minnesota at 4.0%. Wisconsin showed statistically significant employment changes from January 2017 to February 2017, about 11,100 i.e. 0.4 %. Percentage change in nonfarm employment in Wisconsin stands at 0.1% to 1.0% and Minnesota at slightly higher range of 1.1% to 2.0%. The statewide labor market continues to improve, with the March seasonally adjusted unemployment rate now at 3.4 percent, down from 4.1 percent this time last year. The unemployment rate has gone down even though the state labor force has grown over the last 12 months, which means job growth is more than keeping pace with the number of new job seekers.