Posted on 02/03/2009 4:45:32 PM PST by SeekAndFind
In December 2008, Michigan and Rhode Island reported the highest jobless rates, 10.6 and 10.0 percent, respectively; Wyoming posted the lowest unemployment rate among the states.
The Rhode Island rate was the highest in its series. (All state series begin in 1976.) Four additional states recorded rates of 9.0 percent or more: South Carolina, 9.5 percent; California, 9.3 percent; Nevada, 9.1 percent; and Oregon, 9.0 percent.
Wyoming posted the lowest unemployment rate, 3.4 percent, followed closely by North Dakota at 3.5 percent.
Overall, 10 states and the District of Columbia registered significantly higher jobless rates than the U.S. figure of 7.2 percent, 22 states reported measurably lower rates, and 18 states had rates little different from that of the nation.
These data come from the BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. More State unemployment statistics are available in "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: December 2008"
Siphon hose.
aww, man, I wuz gonna say dat.
Nice try... but the worst didn't hit until 1981. The Reagan tax cuts didn't bring strong results for almost two years.... then the boom happened. Also, we're not talking about individual states...we're talking about the country as a whole. Nationally, we are in better shape now than in 1981. Outside of the financial meltdown brought on by Democrat/Marxist programs such as Fannie Mae (which was created during the Carter Administration, btw) which were manipulated by Barnie Frank, Maxine Waters, Christopher Dodd, just to name a few who thwarted every attempt to rein it in and stop it from blowing up. Even with banks in trouble, our economy GREW 1.83% in 2008.
The real reason South Dakota has such low unemployment is that people simply leave the state when they lose work, and virtually nobody moves TO North Dakota. The state’s population peaked in 1930. They also have a hard time keeping their young people, a source of much hand-wringing in the state, which is graying rapidly.
There seems to be at least one employed poet...
Yoopers secede !
You are right, 7.3% unemployment rate in 1981 (AZ)
Looks like the states that are faring the best are ones that produce food and raw materials.
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