[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2136635/posts

“Are you looking for a job [or a career]?”

*Note: This thread is updated on a regular basis.

[umgud]

10.8% in my county. Kern County, CA.

[cripplecreek]

WOOO HOOO Michigan wins!!!!!

[MichiganConservative]

Jenny said I’d be blown away.

[penelopesire]

How do you get stats on all of the states? it would be interesting to compare unemployment between long run republican states and democrat ones.

We can already see some of the stark stats from the table you posted.

[Joiseydude]

Here's a chart hat displays the unemployment rate for all 57 states.

[1-Eagle]

Still nowhere near 1976-1980 under the Carter Administration which posted double-digit inflation & double-digit unemployment. Around 93% of us are still working nationwide... is the cup 7% empty, or 93% full? This downturn has been badly overplayed to lull Americans into a Socialist trap. May God give us the wisdom not to accept it.

[Star Traveler]

I wonder how long it will take to get to 25% unemployment. Probably two years, I guess...

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Interesting is that one of the most conservative states, South Carolina, has a high rate....while one of the more liberal states (North Dakota) is next to lowest.

Could it be that South Carolina has one of the most Economic Anti-American Senators, Lindsey Graham (pro-illegal, pro-Globalist)......and that North Dakota has one of the more pro-American Senators, Byron Dorgan (anti-illegal, pro-American economics)?

[libh8er]

Michigan is a failed state. In the not too distant future it will be hard tell Michigan apart from Somalia.

[tvdog12345]

Green states (in the chart) don’t worry - you will catch up.

[billmor]

The unemployment rates are pretty bad, in some States, the worst in 25 years, in others, the worst since WW II...For those interested, here is a Timeline of the Great Depression and towards the bottom there is a chart showing the unemployment rates during that era which ran from 1929 to roughly 1945..Would you believe a 24.9 % unemployment rate in 1933 which started dropping after FDR took office...Here is the URL
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Timeline.htm

As further verification of the unemployment rates, here is the URL to the Bureau of Labor Statistics which shows the unemployment rates during the Depression, as well as the union scale wages during that time...

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030124ar03p1.htm

[mrsmith]

"Unemployment rates by state in December 2008"

There seems to be at least one employed poet...

[CowboyJay]

Looks like the states that are faring the best are ones that produce food and raw materials.