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Last week the White House claimed that

Ben Bernanke: Long-Term
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Congress Ponders Adding GED Requirement to
We can all agree that it’d be great if every adult in America possessed a high-school degree or at least a GED equivalent. But to deny

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In December, with time running out on extending

Unemployment Rates for the 50 States.



Collected from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

StateRateStateRate
Alabama6.1%Alaska7.3%
Arizona6.3%Arkansas5.7%
California8.4%Colorado5.8%
Connecticut6.6%Delaware5.6%
District of Columbia8.0%Florida7.3%
Georgia7.5%Guam
Hawaii4.9%Idaho5.7%
Illinois7.3%Indiana7.1%
Iowa4.3%Kansas4.9%
Kentucky7.0%Louisiana5.3%
Maine6.3%Maryland5.3%
Massachusetts5.9%Michigan9.6%
Minnesota6.4%Mississippi7.2%
Missouri6.7%Montana4.9%
Nebraska3.7%Nevada8.0%
New Hampshire4.3%New Jersey6.1%
New Mexico4.3%New York6.1%
North Carolina7.9%North Dakota3.3%
Ohio7.3%Oklahoma4.7%
Oregon8.1%Pennsylvania6.1%
Puerto RicoRhode Island9.3%
South Carolina8.4%South Dakota3.4%
Tennessee6.9%Texas5.7%
Utah3.7%Vermont5.7%
Virgin IslandsVirginia4.8%
Washington6.4%West Virginia4.6%
Wisconsin5.6%Wyoming6.7