<![CDATA[Unemployment: The Hardest-Hit States (CHART)]]>

1.0 link 219037 <![CDATA[Unemployment: The Hardest-Hit States (CHART)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/22/unemployment-the-hardest_n_219037.html Michigan has the highest unemployment rate of any state at 14.1 percent, a distinction the state has held for 25 of the last 26 months.

The next-highest unemployment rates after Michigan's were found in Oregon (12.4 percent), Rhode Island and South Carolina (12.1 percent), and California (11.5 percent), according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday. The unemployment rate reached double-digits in five states and the District of Columbia in May. The national rate is 9.4 percent.

Some economists...

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