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Georgia posts highest state jobless rate

September 19, 2014

Georgia posted the highest unemployment rate among all states in August at 8.1 percent, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mississippi and Rhode Island followed at 7.9 percent and 7.7 percent, respectively.

North Dakota again posted the lowest unemployment rate in August at 2.8 percent.