Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia reported unemployment rate decreases in June, while five states had increases and six states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.

Twenty-four states recorded unemployment rate increases from a year earlier, while 22 states and the District of Columbia had decreases and four states had no change.

The national jobless rate edged down by 0.2 percentage points to 9.5 percent and was unchanged from June 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 21 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in 27 states and remained unchanged in two states.