LANSING, March 19, 2008 (AP): Michigan's regional unadjusted jobless rates for January ranged from a low of 4.8 percent in Ann Arbor to a high of 12.4 percent in northeast lower Michigan.

The state's major labor market areas, their seasonally unadjusted jobless rates for January and the change since December:

•  Ann Arbor, 4.8 percent, up from 4.7 percent.
•  Battle Creek, 7.2 percent, up from 6.8 percent.
•  Bay City, 7.6 percent, up from 7 percent.
•  Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 8.2 percent, up from 8 percent.
•  Flint, 9.5 percent, up from 8.2 percent.
•  Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 6.3 percent, up from 5.9 percent.
•  Holland-Grand Haven, 6.1 percent, up from 5.8 percent.
•  Jackson, 8 percent, up from 7.6 percent.
•  Kalamazoo-Portage, 6 percent, up from 5.7 percent.
•  Lansing-East Lansing, 6.1 percent, up from 5.7 percent.
•  Monroe, 8 percent, up from 6.6 percent.
•  Muskegon-Norton Shores, 7.5 percent, up from 7 percent.
•  Niles-Benton Harbor, 7.6 percent, up from 7.2 percent.
•  Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, 8.2 percent, up from 7.3 percent.
•  Upper Peninsula, 8.8 percent, up from 8.1 percent.
•  Northeast Lower Michigan, 12.4 percent, up from 11.1.
•  Northwest Lower Michigan, 9.2 percent, up from 8.5 percent.

Source: Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth