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California's Unemployment Rate Jumps to NEW REcord 12.5% http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/20/news/eco...
Unemployment rates rise in 29 states
More states report rising unemployment rates, though fewer report joblessness above the national average in October.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Thirteen states reported unemployment rates above the national average of 10.2% in October, and a growing number reported rising jobless rates, according to a government report released on Friday.
Overall, jobless rates increased in 29 states and the District of Columbia last month, while they fell in 13 states, according to a monthly Labor Department survey on state unemployment.
In September, 23 states and Washington D.C. reported that their unemployment rates increased, and 14 states had jobless rates above the national average.
Michigan remained the state with the highest rate of unemployment at 15.1%, Nevada had the next-highest rate, 13%, followed by Rhode Island at 12.9%, California, at 12.5%, and South Carolina at 12.1%.
North Dakota continued to post the lowest jobless rate, coming in at 4.2%. It was followed by Nebraska with 4.9%, South Dakota at 5%, Montana at 6.4%, and Vermont and Utah at 6.5%.
Earlier in November, the Labor Department reported that the nation's unemployment rate rose above 10% for the first time since 1983
California's Unemployment Rate Jumps to NEW REcord 12.5% http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/20/news/eco...
Unemployment rates rise in 29 states
More states report rising unemployment rates, though fewer report joblessness above the national average in October.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Thirteen states reported unemployment rates above the national average of 10.2% in October, and a growing number reported rising jobless rates, according to a government report released on Friday.
Overall, jobless rates increased in 29 states and the District of Columbia last month, while they fell in 13 states, according to a monthly Labor Department survey on state unemployment.
In September, 23 states and Washington D.C. reported that their unemployment rates increased, and 14 states had jobless rates above the national average.
Michigan remained the state with the highest rate of unemployment at 15.1%, Nevada had the next-highest rate, 13%, followed by Rhode Island at 12.9%, California, at 12.5%, and South Carolina at 12.1%.
North Dakota continued to post the lowest jobless rate, coming in at 4.2%. It was followed by Nebraska with 4.9%, South Dakota at 5%, Montana at 6.4%, and Vermont and Utah at 6.5%.
Earlier in November, the Labor Department reported that the nation's unemployment rate rose above 10% for the first time since 1983