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View All NewsRhode Island posts highest jobless rate
June 23, 2014
Rhode Island posted the highest unemployment rate among all states in May at 8.2 percent, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mississippi and Nevada followed at 8.0 percent and 7.7 percent respectively. Georgia and Kentucky were next at 7.5 percent each.
North Dakota posted the lowest unemployment rate in May at 2.6 percent.