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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