Regional and state unemployment rates were generally higher in June. Michigan again reported the highest jobless rate, 15.2%, in June. (The last state to have an unemployment rate of 15.0% or higher was West Virginia in March 1984.) The states with the next highest rates were Rhode Island, 12.4%; Oregon, 12.2%; South Carolina, 12.1%; Nevada, 12.0%; California, 11.6%; Ohio, 11.1%; and North Carolina, 11.0%. The Nevada, Rhode Island, and South Carolina rates were the highest on record for those states. Florida, at 10.6%, Georgia, at 10.1%, and Delaware, at 8.4%, also posted series highs.
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