Meet the unemployment capitals of the US
“El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., recorded the highest unemployment rates in August 2011, 32.4 and 29.4 percent, respectively. All of the remaining seven areas with jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent were located in California,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics said yesterday. “By contrast, cities in the Great Plains states seem to be faring the best. “Bismarck, N.D., registered the lowest unemployment rate, 3.0 percent. The areas with the next lowest rates were Lincoln, Neb., and Fargo, N.D.-Minn., 3.6 and 3.9 percent, respectively.”
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