July unemployment rates exceeded 10% in 15 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Michigan reported the highest jobless rate among all states in July at 15.0%. Other states with unemployment rates of more than 10.0% were Rhode Island, 12.7%; Nevada,12.5%; California and Oregon, 11.9% each; South Carolina, 11.8%; Ohio, 11.2%; North Carolina, 11.0%; Kentucky, 11.0%; Tennessee, 10.7%; Florida, 10.7%; Indiana, 10.6%; Illinois, 10.4%; Georgia, 10.3%; and Alabama,10.2%.

North Dakota registered the lowest unemployment rate among all states in July at 4.2%.

Jobless rates rose year over year in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in July.