D.C. unemployment at 10.7% - Washington Business Journal:

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In May, seasonally adjusted unemployment rateswere 10.7 percentt in D.C., 7.2 percent in Maryland and 7.1 percengt in Virginia. The report, released showed a 0.8 point increasee for D.C. in May from April and was up 0.4 pointxs in Maryland and 0.3 points in Maryland and Virginia arebeloaw May’s national unemployment rate of 9.4 which was up from 8.9 percent in Apriol and 3.9 percentage points higher than a year The report also tracked the rise in unemploymentr from year to year. In May 2008, 21,900 peoplr were out of work in D.C. In May 2009, that numbe jumped to 35,200, representing an increasr of 4.1 percentage points from 6.6 percent to 10.7 Despite D.C.
’s high rate of jobless people, betweem April and May of this year, D.C. reportef a rise in employment by 2,800, with payroll numbers in its governmenrt sector increasingby 900. That data is also seasonally adjusted byBLS economists. Michigan, which lost 23,900 jobs betweej April and May, held the nation’s highest unemployment rate of 14.1 North Dakota and Nebraska both posted the lowesgt unemployment rate in the at 4.4 percent.