{"id":4487,"date":"2009-10-22T10:27:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=4487"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:40:20","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:40:20","slug":"unemployment-rates-by-state-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/22\/unemployment-rates-by-state-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment Rates By State In The U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jobless recovery, in case you were wondering, is a tidy euphemism for &#8220;the rich are fine now, but you sure as hell aren&#8217;t&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/unemployment-rate-by-state.JPG\" alt=\"The Unemployment Rate In The United States By State\" title=\"The Unemployment Rate In The United States By State\" width=\"588\" height=\"371\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4484\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2009\/10\/21\/widespread-job-losses-unemployment-rates-by-state\/\">the Wall Street Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The jobless rate was flat or declined in 27 states [in September]. Michigan still has the highest unemployment rate by far at 15.3%, as the state continues to suffer along with American auto manufacturers. Housing bubble hot zones Nevada, California and Florida still have rates over 10%, though California\u2019s rate dropped a bit from August. North and South Dakota have the lowest jobless rates. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have unemployment rates higher than the national average of 9.8%.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/business.theatlantic.com\/2009\/10\/parsing_unemployment.php\">Parsing Unemployment<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2009\/10\/the-unplanned-stimulus.html\">The Unplanned Stimulus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2blowhards.com\/archives\/2009\/10\/california_fadi.html\">California: Fading Lodestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calculatedriskblog.com\/2009\/10\/weekly-unemployment-claims-increase.html\">Weekly Unemployment Claims Increase<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calculatedriskblog.com\/2009\/10\/states-report-widespread-job-losses-in.html\">States Report Widespread Job Losses in September<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/delong.typepad.com\/sdj\/2009\/10\/two-nations.html\">Two Nations<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/economistsview.typepad.com\/economistsview\/2009\/10\/the-growing-case-for-a-jobless-recovery.html\">&#8220;The Growing Case for a Jobless Recovery&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2009\/10\/guest-post-a-new-civil-rights-movement-is-afoot-for-the-middle-class.html\">A New Civil Rights Movement is Afoot for the Middle Class<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualizingeconomics.com\/2009\/07\/27\/unemployment-great-depression-vs-great-recession\/\">Unemployment: Great Depression vs Great Recession<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/macroblog.typepad.com\/macroblog\/2009\/10\/the-growing-case-for-a-jobless-recovery.html\">the growing case for a jobless recovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[tags]state by state unemployment, unemployment rates, state unemployment rates, individual states, united states of america, american unemployment, pictures, graphs, map, map of unemployment in america, u.s. employment[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jobless recovery, in case you were wondering, is a tidy euphemism for &#8220;the rich are fine now, but you sure as hell aren&#8217;t&#8221;: From the Wall Street Journal: The jobless rate was flat or declined in 27 states [in September]. 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