5 states' jobless rates top 12%

[OhioChick]

Source: Cnnmoney.com

California, Nevada and Rhode Island hit record-high unemployment rates, Labor Department says.
September 18, 2009: 11:08 AM ET


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Five states posted jobless rates above 12% in August, according to federal data released Friday.

California, Nevada and Rhode Island each hit record-high rates, the Labor Department said.

Michigan led the nation in unemployment, with a rate of 15.2%, while Nevada was next at 13.2% and Rhode Island was third at 12.8%. California and Oregon were tied for the fourth spot, each with unemployment at 12.2%.

In August, 27 states and the District of Columbia recorded month-over-month unemployment rate increases, while 16 states posted a decrease in unemployment and seven saw rates hold steady.

Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The total number of nonfarm jobs fell in 42 states and the District of Columbia, while 8 states saw an increase.




Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/18/news/economy/state_unemployment/index.htm

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Things are looking up. :sarcasm:

[xchrom]

1. grim. very, very grim. nt

[ChromeFoundry]

2. what idiot took away my recommend on a high unemployment thread? n/t

[ihavenobias]

3. Someone who still has a job? n/t

[Doctor_J]

5. There are some unrec'ers at DU

who unrec nearly every thread.

[TheWatcher]

7. Probably one of the cheerleaders who is drunk off the Bernanke Kool-Aid about the Recesssion being

Over.

The Powers That Be have worked very hard to brainwash everyone into believing that Kool-Aid represents reality.

So unemployment can go to 30% in ANY state, or even the entire country, and they would tell us it's a lagging indicator, and that The Economy is growing at such a strong rate that it cancels it out.

We The People are on our own.

Those who have Sold The Lie simply do not care.

[emilyg]

4. Sad. Kick.

[Vidar]

6. K&R

[JonQ]

8. But just think how many jobs have been

created/saved in those states! Really they could have 50% unemployment, so that's like a 40% drop. So hurray!

[Iowa]

9. K & R

[DCKit]

10. BushCo* Legacy. Sorry about the bandwidth.