January 27, 2011

Regional and State unemployment rates, December 2009 to December 2010

Unemployment rate changes from December 2009 to December 2010, by geographic division, seasonally adjusted
Region	December unemployment rate		Over-the-year unemployment rate change
Region	2009	2010	Over-the-year unemployment rate change
Northeast
New England	8.9	8.2	-0.7
Middle Atlantic	9.1	8.5	-0.6
South
South Atlantic	10.1	9.9	-0.2
East South Central	10.7	9.6	-1.1
West South Central	7.9	8.1	0.2
Midwest
East North Central	11.2	9.6	-1.6
West North Central	7.3	7.1	-0.2
West
Mountain	8.6	9.3	0.7
Pacific	11.6	11.6	0.0

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