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States With Fastest-Growing Unemployment

The national unemployment rate is rising faster than any of us might like, but in some states it’s rising even faster.  The following states saw their unemployment rates increase by at least one percentage point in a single month (Nov. 2008-Dec. 2008).

STATE

% INCREASE

DEC 08 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Indiana (+1.1) 8.2%
South Carolina (+1.1) 9.5%
Massachusetts (+1.0) 6.9%
Michigan (+1.0) 10.6%
Nevada (+1.0) 9.1%
New Jersey (+1.0) 7.1%
New York (+1.0) 7.0%
Oregon (+1.0) 9.0%

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