15 States Now Have Double-Digit Unemployment

Though overall unemployment figures dropped nationally from 9.5 percent in June to 9.4 percent in July, the Department of Labor reported on Friday that the number of states with double-digit jobless rates now totals 15.

The states where the workforce has been hardest hit during the recession are as follows:

Michigan: 15% unemployment
Rhode Island: 12.7%
Nevada: 12.5%
California: 11.9%
Oregon: 11.9%
South Carolina: 11.8%
Ohio: 11.2%
Kentucky: 11.0%
North Carolina: 11.0%
Tennessee: 10.7%
Florida: 10.7%
Indiana: 10.6%
Illinois: 10.4%
Georgia: 10.3%
Alabama: 10.2%

Drop is hardly the world we would think of…