State-by-State Unemployment

Courtesy of Drudge comes word of the latest unemployment information (March to March) for all the states in this handy map. Click on it to get to the interactive at Wall Street Journal.

Contrary to what I expected, Wyoming is in the top 5 least changed unemployment in the last year (1.2% increase). Texas faired not as well, 13th at 2.1%. For family in Indiana, the news isn't good: unemployment change is 7th for most change at 4.7%, almost as bad as Michigan's 5%. Virginia was 3.2% and New York 3% increase.



UPDATE: From Commentary's Contentions: A Bloomberg report that just this March Indiana's unemployment joined Oregon, California, Michigan, and West Virginia, all over 10%.

A “collapse” in production of recreational vehicles in the area of Elkhart, Indiana, combined with links to the auto industry have contributed to the surge in unemployment in the state, said Marc Lotter, communications director for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.