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Statewide May jobless rate jumps to 11.1 percent
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Published: June 19, 2009
Updated: 06/19/2009 10:27 am
The state's unemployment rate jumped to 11.1 percent in May, an increase of almost half a percent over April's figures, the N.C. Employment Security Commission said today.
The jump comes after three months during wich the rate had stayed between 10.7 and 10.8 percent.
Statewide unemployment has increased 5.2 percent since May 2008.
The commission said the state's work force decreased by 28,855 workers from April to May.
The nationwide rate for May was 9.4 percent.
North Carolina was one of eight states to register record highs for the number of unemployed, along with California, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. In all, 48 states and the District of Columbia recorded declines in employment.
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