BLS: Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York Had Highest Unemployment Rates in June 2020
July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily:
Massachusetts had the highest unemployment rate in June, 17.4 percent, followed by New Jersey, 16.6 percent, and New York, 15.7 percent. The rates in these three states set new highs. (All state data begin in 1976.) Kentucky had the lowest unemployment rate in June, 4.3 percent.
Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia had jobless rat . . .
Massachusetts had the highest unemployment rate in June, 17.4 percent, followed by New Jersey, 16.6 percent, and New York, 15.7 percent. The rates in these three states set new highs. (All state data begin in 1976.) Kentucky had the lowest unemployment rate in June, 4.3 percent.
Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia had jobless rat . . .