Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Bad Out There

State level unemployment numbers come out later than the national numbers, so these are from September.

Michigan again recorded the highest unemployment rate among the
states, 15.3 percent, in September. The states with the next highest
rates were Nevada, 13.3 percent; Rhode Island, 13.0 percent; and
California, 12.2 percent. The rates in Nevada and Rhode Island set new
series highs. Florida, at 11.0 percent, also posted a series high.
(All state series begin in 1976.) North Dakota continued to register
the lowest jobless rate, 4.2 percent in September, followed by South
Dakota, 4.8 percent, and Nebraska, 4.9 percent.


Go big square states!

...Nebraska not quite as square as I remembered.