Unemployment Rate In Motor City Hits 17 Percent

In bad economic news coming out of the motor city, the unemployment rate in urban Detroit is at 17 percent which is a full two points higher than what was previously reported. All in all, the unemployment rate went higher to 17.1 percent the previous month and in May was an alleged 14.9 percent. Broadly speaking, the urban area of Detroit-Livoinia metropolitan is stated to be the highest of some forty-nine different urban centers with one million people according to the Labor Department reports. As an aside if you need more up to date and timely employment news then I suggest this resource. Alright now back to the main article; On the whole, these particular employment numbers are seen in other urban areas with Kokomo Indiana reporting a 22.8 percent jump in jobless rates over that of the same time in 2008. The unemployment rate now stands at a rather dismal 19.2 percent in that area.
Riverside and San Bernardino, California urban areas have the next highest rate of unemployment compared with other urban areas with an unemployment rate of 13.1 percent showing that even the Golden State is not immune to this type of thing.. Charlolette, Gastonia and Concord metro area in North Carolina showed an unemployment rate of 12.4 percent. Bismarck North Dakota showed the least unemployment with a 3.8 unemployment rate and the national unemployment rate stands at 9.5 percent in June and is expected to rise as high as 10 precnt before the year’s end.