March 7, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
West Virginia reports highest level of unemployment
With a 1999
unemployment rate of 6.6 percent, West Virginia reported the highest
unemployment rate of any State. Alaska followed with an unemployment rate
of 6.4 percent.
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Three other States plus the District of Columbia had unemployment rates
in excess of 5.5 percent in 1999. These included the District of Columbia
at 6.3 percent, Oregon at 5.7 percent, Hawaii at 5.6 percent and New
Mexico at 5.6 percent.
Of the eleven States with jobless rates above 5.0 percent in 1999, seven
were in the West. The West registered the highest unemployment rate (4.9
percent) of the four regions for the eighth consecutive year.
These data are a product of the Local
Area Unemployment Statistics
program. To learn more, see State
and Regional Unemployment, 1999 Annual Averages
(USDL 00-56).
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