Attention Economy


Monday, November 22, 2010

It's Not All Doom and Gloom for the US Economy

Parts of the Midwest are seeing a genuine boom - record agricultural exports and high global commodity prices being the primary drivers. Unemployment Rate in North Dakota is 3.7% !!!


Unemployment Rates by States - Sept 2010 (Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Rank
State
Unemployment Rates (%; Sept 2010; Source: BLS)
1
NORTH DAKOTA
3.7
2
SOUTH DAKOTA
4.4
3
NEBRASKA
4.6
4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
5.5
5
VERMONT
5.8
6
HAWAII
6.3
7
KANSAS
6.6
8
IOWA
6.8
8
VIRGINIA
6.8
8
WYOMING
6.8
11
OKLAHOMA
6.9
12
MINNESOTA
7
13
MONTANA
7.4
14
MARYLAND
7.5
14
UTAH
7.5
16
ARKANSAS
7.7
16
MAINE
7.7
18
ALASKA
7.8
18
LOUISIANA
7.8
18
WISCONSIN
7.8
21
TEXAS
8.1
22
COLORADO
8.2
22
NEW MEXICO
8.2
24
NEW YORK
8.3
25
DELAWARE
8.4
25
MASSACHUSETTS
8.4
27
ALABAMA
8.9
28
IDAHO
9
28
PENNSYLVANIA
9
28
WASHINGTON
9
31
CONNECTICUT
9.1
32
WEST VIRGINIA
9.2
33
MISSOURI
9.3
34
NEW JERSEY
9.4
34
TENNESSEE
9.4
36
NORTH CAROLINA
9.6
37
ARIZONA
9.7
38
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
9.8
38
MISSISSIPPI
9.8
40
ILLINOIS
9.9
41
GEORGIA
10
41
OHIO
10
43
INDIANA
10.1
43
KENTUCKY
10.1
45
OREGON
10.6
46
SOUTH CAROLINA
11
47
RHODE ISLAND
11.5
48
FLORIDA
11.9
49
CALIFORNIA
12.4
50
MICHIGAN
13
51
NEVADA
14.4