Unemployment by state

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California's 0.9% gain wasn't enough for it to stay tied for 3rd place? Amazing.

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I can't decide what the proper comment on West Virginia's location is, so I'll just laugh.

The low unemployment states tend to get way more money from the federal government than they send there. Damn deadwood.

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West Virginia certainly isn't a low unemployment state. Let's just say that it's position on the list shows quite how much of a joke official unemployment statistics are...

Of course it's not a low unemployment state, and the statistics are a joke, but they probably have a real unemployment below the national average thanks to all of the federal spending there.

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West Virginia certainly isn't a low unemployment state. Let's just say that it's position on the list shows quite how much of a joke official unemployment statistics are...

Of course it's not a low unemployment state, and the statistics are a joke, but they probably have a real unemployment below the national average thanks to all of the federal spending there.

Employment rate in WV for the past few years has been around 50%; U.S average is like 60%.

Real unemployment isn't 100%-employment, there are obviously people without a job who don't want one.

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Obama won 6 of the 7 states with an unemployment greater than 10%. He won 5 of these by double digits. His margin was around 15 points better than Kerry in most of these.

Obama won only 6 of the 19 states with an unemployment less than 7%.