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November job growth was stagnant in all but 17 states
How do you feel about the job market in your state?
By Eric Revell, Countable News
This content leverages data from USAFacts, a non-profit that visualizes governmental data. You can learn more on its website, Facebook, and Twitter.
- While the national unemployment rate declined to 6.7% in November, only half of all states saw their unemployment rates decline and the number of jobs increased in only 17 states.
- The states with the highest unemployment rates in November were New Jersey (10.2%), Hawaii (10.1%), and Nevada (10.1%); while five states had unemployment rates below 4% ― Nebraska (3.1%), Vermont (3.1%), South Dakota (3.5%), Iowa (3.6%), and New Hampshire (3.8%). The USAFacts chart below shows the November unemployment rate in each state:
- Although Hawaii’s unemployment was still among the highest in the country in November, it had the largest monthly drop in unemployment from 14.2% to 10.1%. New Jersey experienced an increase in the unemployment rate of 2.2 percentage points in November, as the rate rose to 10.2%. This USAFacts chart shows the monthly unemployment rate dating back to November 2019 in the five states with the highest unemployment rates in November 2020:
- Only two states reported employment levels in November 2020 that were statistically equal or higher than their employment level in November 2019 ― Utah (+0.47%) and Idaho (-0.01%) ― as this USAFacts chart shows:
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