{"id":213876,"date":"2010-01-22T11:09:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2010\/01\/22\/joblessness-across-the-us-december-unemployment-rates-by-state\/"},"modified":"2010-01-22T11:09:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:09:30","slug":"joblessness-across-the-u-s-december-unemployment-rates-by-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/213876","title":{"rendered":"Joblessness Across the U.S.: December Unemployment Rates by State"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just four states recorded a drop in the unemployment rate for December, indicating that though the labor market continues to inch toward stabilization widespread job growth still hasn’t arrived.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Labor Department<\/strong> reported that the unemployment for the nation as a whole held steady at 10% in December from a month earlier. Just 16 states and Washington D.C. have higher jobless rates than the national average.<\/p>\n

Most of the country continues to see job losses, but employment increased in 11 states and Washington D.C.<\/p>\n