Unemployment Rates by State 2008vs2007 ZT

States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from December 2007 to December 2008, seasonally adjusted
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     State                   | DEC 2007   |   DEC2008(p) |rate change(p)
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Alabama ........................|     3.7   |     6.7   |       3.0
Alaska .........................|     6.3   |     7.5   |       1.2
Arizona ........................|     4.2   |     6.9   |       2.7
Arkansas .......................|     5.5   |     6.2   |        .7
California .....................|     5.9   |     9.3   |       3.4
Colorado .......................|     4.0   |     6.1   |       2.1
Connecticut ....................|     4.8   |     7.1   |       2.3
Delaware .......................|     3.5   |     6.2   |       2.7
District of Columbia ...........|     5.7   |     8.8   |       3.1
Florida ........................|     4.5   |     8.1   |       3.6
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Georgia ........................|     4.5   |     8.1   |       3.6
Hawaii .........................|     3.1   |     5.5   |       2.4
Idaho ..........................|     2.7   |     6.4   |       3.7
Illinois .......................|     5.3   |     7.6   |       2.3
Indiana ........................|     4.5   |     8.2   |       3.7
Iowa ...........................|     3.8   |     4.6   |        .8
Kansas .........................|     4.2   |     5.2   |       1.0
Kentucky .......................|     5.3   |     7.8   |       2.5
Louisiana ......................|     4.0   |     5.9   |       1.9
Maine ..........................|     4.9   |     7.0   |       2.1
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Maryland .......................|     3.6   |     5.8   |       2.2
Massachusetts ..................|     4.3   |     6.9   |       2.6
Michigan .......................|     7.4   |    10.6   |       3.2
Minnesota ......................|     4.7   |     6.9   |       2.2
Mississippi ....................|     6.3   |     8.0   |       1.7
Missouri .......................|     5.3   |     7.3   |       2.0
Montana ........................|     3.2   |     5.4   |       2.2
Nebraska .......................|     2.8   |     4.0   |       1.2
Nevada .........................|     5.2   |     9.1   |       3.9
New Hampshire ..................|     3.4   |     4.6   |       1.2
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New Jersey .....................|     4.2   |     7.1   |       2.9
New Mexico .....................|     3.2   |     4.9   |       1.7
New York .......................|     4.6   |     7.0   |       2.4
North Carolina .................|     4.7   |     8.7   |       4.0
North Dakota ...................|     3.2   |     3.5   |        .3
Ohio ...........................|     5.8   |     7.8   |       2.0
Oklahoma .......................|     4.1   |     4.9   |        .8
Oregon .........................|     5.4   |     9.0   |       3.6
Pennsylvania ...................|     4.4   |     6.7   |       2.3
Rhode Island ...................|     5.2   |    10.0   |       4.8
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South Carolina .................|     6.2   |     9.5   |       3.3
South Dakota ...................|     2.9   |     3.9   |       1.0
Tennessee ......................|     5.0   |     7.9   |       2.9
Texas ..........................|     4.2   |     6.0   |       1.8
Utah ...........................|     2.9   |     4.3   |       1.4
Vermont ........................|     3.9   |     6.4   |       2.5
Virginia .......................|     3.2   |     5.4   |       2.2
Washington .....................|     4.6   |     7.1   |       2.5
Wisconsin ......................|     4.8   |     6.2   |       1.4
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