D.C. unemployment at 10.7% - Washington Business Journal:

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In May, seasonally adjusted unemployment rateswere 10.7 percen t in D.C., 7.2 percent in Marylandf and 7.1 percent in Virginia. The report, releaserd Friday, showed a 0.8 point increase for D.C. in May from April and was up 0.4 pointsa in Maryland and 0.3 points in Virginia. Maryland and Virginis are below May’s national unemployment rate of 9.4 which was up from 8.9 percent in Aprik and 3.9 percentage points higher than a year The report also tracked the rise in unemploymentg from year to InMay 2008, 21,900 people were out of work in D.C. In May that number jumped to 35,200, representing an increas of 4.1 percentage points from 6.6 percent to 10.7 Despite D.C.
’s high rate of jobless people, between April and May of this D.C. reported a rise in employment by with payroll numbers in its governmenrt sector increasingby 900. That data is also seasonally adjusted byBLS economists. which lost 23,900 jobs betweej April and May, held the nation’s highes unemployment rate of 14.1 percent. North Dakotaa and Nebraska both posted the lowest unemploymenrt rate inthe nation, at 4.
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