The New York Times (those ingenious devils) have created an interactive map that helps you find out your state’s “broad” unemployment rate. The term “broad” in no way indicates this is any sort of fuzzier rate at all. It’s only broad because it includes people who are working part-time but want to work full time (underemployment) and those who want to work but have just given up on the job search the last four weeks (dispirited job-seekers).
Using this broader definition, pun intended, the top states are:
- California with 20%
- Oregon with 23%
- Rhode Island and Michigan with 22%.
I told you this map wasn’t uplifting, just useful.
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