Michigan had the highest jobless rate at 15.1 percent, followed by Nevada at 13 percent and Rhode Island at 12.9 percent.

As news broke on the closing of the Valero refinery in Delaware City, Delaware posted an 8.7 percent jobless rate in October. The Delaware Department of Labor reported the unemployment rate was up from 8.3 percent in October.

As news broke on the closing of the Valero refinery in Delaware City, Delaware posted an 8.7 percent jobless rate in October. The Delaware Department of Labor reported the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was up from 8.3 percent in October.

WASHINGTON- CALIFORNIA, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment last month as weakness in the labour market stretches from coast to coast and limits the economic recovery. Joblessness rose in 29 US states last month compared with 22 in September, the Labour Department said last Friday. Michigan had the highest jobless rate at 15.1 per cent, followed by Nevada ...

After rising much of the year, Odessa saw its jobless rate decrease for the third consecutive month when statewide figures were released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission.

FROM BLADE STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES Ohio's unemployment rate last month jumped to 10.5 percent, marking the first increase in three months as the jobless numbers climbed by 24,000. The figures, released yesterday by the state Department of Job and Family Services, said the rate climbed from 10.1 percent in September and was higher than 6.8 percent in October, 2008. The highest rate this year was ...

Iowa’s unemployment situation showed little improvement in October, as the state’s jobless rate returned to the 6.7 percent level it hit in August for the first time in 26 years. “Significant economic obstacles lie ahead for the state, and the October jobs report offered further evidence the Iowa economy continues to be challenged,” Iowa Workforce Development [...]

Indiana's jobless rate inched up last month as the Indianapolis area's recovery paused amid layoffs among government and leisure industry workers, labor market reports show.

Madison County's jobless rate for October was 7.5 percent, unchanged from September, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.

California's unemployment rate set another modern record last month as jobless numbers crept up slightly both statewide and in Monterey County.