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Unemployment Rates Rose Nationwide During 2009
From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
by D. Tim Clark
March 4, 2010
Annual average unemployment rates rose in 2009 in all regions, divisions,and states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment-population ratios decreased across all of these geographic areas as well.The U.S. jobless rate jumped by 3.5 percentage points from the prior yearto 9.3 percent, while the national employment-population ratio fell by 2.9points to 59.3 percent.
Regional Unemployment
All four regions posted statistically significant unemployment rate in-creases from 2008. The West experienced the greatest jump (+3.8 percentagepoints), followed by the Midwest (+3.6 points), South (+3.4 points), andNortheast (+3.0 points). The West, at 10.1 percent, and Midwest, at 9.6percent, registered jobless rates significantly higher than the U.S. ratein 2009. The Northeast and South, at 8.4 and 8.9 percent, respectively,both had rates significantly below the national figure. In 2009, the Westrecorded the highest annual jobless rate in its series.
All nine geographic divisions also reported statistically significant over-the-year unemployment rate increases in 2009, with the largest occurring inthe Pacific and East North Central (+4.1 and +4.0 percentage points, respec-tively). The divisions with the smallest rate increases were the West NorthCentral (+2.4 percentage points) and West South Central (+2.6 points). Threedivisions registered unemployment rates over 10.0 percent: the Pacific divi-sion posted the highest rate, 10.9 percent, followed by the East North Central,10.6 percent, and the East South Central, 10.2 percent--all three rates weresignificantly above the U.S. rate.
The divisions with the lowest jobless rateslast year were the West North Central, 7.3 percent, and West South Central,7.4 percent. In addition to these two, the Middle Atlantic, Mountain, and NewEngland divisions had rates significantly below the national figure. Two divi-sions reported the highest jobless rates in their series in 2009: the Pacific,10.9 percent, and South Atlantic, 9.5 percent.
State Unemployment
All 50 states and the District of Columbia posted statistically significantunemployment rate increases in 2009. Michigan and Nevada experienced thelargest increases in their jobless rates (+5.3 and +5.1 percentage points,respectively). Seven additional states recorded rate jumps of at least 4.0percentage points.
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