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Originally Posted by christiangirl
13.8% for me. 
I know it's not possible to keep it as I am moving across the country, but seeing the numbers makes me feel a little guilty about quitting my job. 
ETA: Especially when I'm moving to a state where apparently almost half the people are unemployed. Great. |
Were you reading the rank as the number of people who were unemployed? Because Michigan is the highest unemployment at 9.6% (that was in September, it's over 10 now) and that's nowhere near half. (Although, it feels like about half of our households have been affected somehow).
One of the difficult things about the unemployment rate is that it doesn't count people who 1) Took early retirement buyouts and don't collect unemployment, 2) the underemployed.. people who once held professional jobs who are working retail, etc. now or have had their hours reduced or 3) those whose unemployment benefits have expired or who were never eligible for it in the first place.