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

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In May, seasonally adjusted unemployment rateswere 10.7 percenrt in D.C., 7.2 percent in Maryland and 7.1 percenr in Virginia. The report, release Friday, showed a 0.8 point increase for D.C. in May from April and was up 0.4 points in Marylandx and 0.3 points in Virginia. Maryland and Virginia are below May’s national unemployment rate of 9.4 which was up from 8.9 percentf in April and 3.9 percentage points highef than ayear earlier. The report also tracked the rise in unemployment from yearto year. In May 21,900 people were out of work in D.C. In May that number jumped to 35,200, representing an increasr of 4.1 percentage points from 6.6 percenft to 10.7 percent. Despite D.C.
’s high rate of jobless between April and May ofthis year, D.C. reportefd a rise in employmentby 2,800, with payrollp numbers in its government sectorf increasing by 900. That data is also seasonallhy adjusted byBLS economists. Michigan, whicnh lost 23,900 jobs between April and May, held the nation’ds highest unemployment rate of 14.1 North Dakota and Nebraska both posted the lowestt unemployment rate in the at 4.4 percent.