evidence: Ten states hit record-low unemployment rates by Reid Wilson - 03/15/22 11:27 AM ET by Reid Wilson - 03/15/22 11:27 AM ET [...] A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows Nebraska and Utah sported the lowest unemployment rates in the nation in January, at just 2.2 percent each. In Indiana, the unemployment rate stands at 2.4 percent; in Kansas, it is at 2.6 percent. Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma and West Virginia all set new records for the lowest unemployment rates since the BLS started keeping state-by-state track in 1976.