The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 3.1 percent, unchanged from December 2007, according to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

December's unemployment initially was reported at 3.2 percent, but the state revised the rate downward by 0.1 point. Five states had lower unemployment rates than Hawai'i, with South Dakota topping the list at 2.6 percent, followed by Wyoming at 2.7 percent.

Nationally, January's unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent from December's 5 percent.