Unemployment News:

unemployment-rates Unemployment unemployment-rates Unemployment  unemployment-rates Unemployment - Bing News Unemployment inched up in August - Philadelphia Daily News
... unemployment rate inched up to 9.6 percent in August as public and private employers, for the third straight month, laid off more people than they hired, the Department of Labor ... as he urged Congress to pass ...

Unemployment rates rise in spite of additional jobs - Columbia Missourian
... the private sector created more jobs in both months ... reflected smaller losses in construction, temporary help services and non-census government jobs. Still, hiring has now been weak for four straight months.

U.S. jobless rate rises to 9.6 percent - Macomb Daily
That deprives consumers of cash and reduces their ability to spend. That is one of the main reasons economic growth is likely to be so weak for the rest of this year that the jobless rate could keep rising and hit 10 ...

Unemployment rates drop - ENC Today
The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina reported unemployment rates dropped in Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties during the month of July. In total, 86 counties across the state showed a decrease ...

Bedford unemployment shows sharp decrease - Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Bedford County's jobless rate fell nearly a full percentage point in July to 11.8 percent, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the state's department of labor and workforce development. Estimates for ...

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%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%Rhode Island9.3%
South Carolina8.4%South Dakota3.4%
Tennessee6.9%Texas5.7%
Utah3.7%Vermont5.7%
Virginia4.8%Washington6.4%
West Virginia4.6%Wisconsin5.6%