Unemployment rises in 30 states in January

Source: AP

WASHINGTON – Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.

The data is somewhat better than December, when 43 states reported higher unemployment rates, but worse than November, when rates fell in most states.

Still, five states reported record-high joblessness in January: California, at 12.5 percent; South Carolina, 12.6 percent; Florida, 11.9 percent; North Carolina, 11.1 percent; and Georgia, 10.4 percent.

Michigan's unemployment rate is still the nation's highest, at 14.3 percent, followed by Nevada, with 13 percent and Rhode Island at 12.7 percent. South Carolina and California round out the top five.

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Link: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-10/unemployment-fell-in-nine-u-s-states-in-january-labor-says.html


Try this one for a little less ngativity.

mark

I am. Your post is pitiful....maybe worse. Yea....Yiipppiii....9 out of 50 states have increases in employment.

What a child you are.

I like your FAUX news style of manipulating facts though.

... the first sentence from that report: "The unemployment rate decreased in nine U.S. states in January and climbed in 30, signaling the thawing of the labor market is not broad-based."

No kidding it's not broad-based.

Is like saying, well, my two legs and my right arm have been cut-off, but I still have my left arm! Hurrah!

"Still, five states reported record-high joblessness in January: California, at 12.5 percent; South Carolina, 12.6 percent; Florida, 11.9 percent; North Carolina, 11.1 percent; and Georgia, 10.4 percent.

Michigan's unemployment rate is still the nation's highest, at 14.3 percent, followed by Nevada, with 13 percent and Rhode Island at 12.7 percent. South Carolina and California round out the top five."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/10/unemployment-rises-in-30_n_493454.html

there is NO good way to spin this news.

By Alana Semuels
March 11, 2010

For many California areas, unemployment rates moved persistently higher in January, indicating that the national economic recovery hasn't yet translated into jobs for the Golden State.

New county-by-county figures released by the state Wednesday showed that in eight counties, more than 1 in 5 people were out of work. Moreover, revised numbers for last year show that fewer people were employed than was previously believed.

The state was one of five, along with Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, that reached their highest unemployment rates since the government began keeping track in 1976, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California's was 12.5% in January, up from 12.3% in December.

"The unemployment rate will be persistently at this high level for at least a few more months," said Esmael Adibi, an economist at Chapman University in Orange.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cal-jobs11-2010mar11,0,3667613.story