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View All NewsNevada displaces Michigan on jobless rank
June 18, 2010
Nevada recorded the highest jobless rate, 14.0%, among all states in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. It was the first time since April 2006 that a state other than Michigan has posted the highest rate.
Michigan reported the second-highest unemployment rate at 13.6%. California came next at 12.4%, followed by Rhode Island at 12.3%.
May marked the first time Nevada recorded the highest unemployment rate among states.
North Dakota posted the lowest jobless rate among all states in May at 3.6%. South Dakota had the second-lowest at 4.6%. Nebraska was third, reporting a jobless rate of 4.9%.