U3 unemployment rate by state, December, 2014
Here is the U3 unemployment report for December, 2014, by state and metro area:
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The lowest unemployment rate is 2.8% in North Dakota; the highest is 7.2% in Washington, DC. (The map doesn't show Puerto Rico, with its 12.1% unemployment rate.) All rates are U3 unemployment, ignoring long-term discouraged unemployed and part-time workers who would prefer to be working full-time, who are counted in the U6 rate. Currently, the U6 rate is approximately double the U3 rate.
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The lowest unemployment rate is 2.8% in North Dakota; the highest is 7.2% in Washington, DC. (The map doesn't show Puerto Rico, with its 12.1% unemployment rate.) All rates are U3 unemployment, ignoring long-term discouraged unemployed and part-time workers who would prefer to be working full-time, who are counted in the U6 rate. Currently, the U6 rate is approximately double the U3 rate.
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