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Calif. Unemployment Hits Record 11.2%

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 17, 2009 12:51 PM CDT

(Newser) – The unemployment rate in California rose to 11.2% in March, the Los Angeles Times reports today. A loss of 62,100 jobs puts the state at the highest jobless level since 1976, when recording started. It trails only Michigan (12.6%), Oregon (12.1%), and South Carolina (11.4%). California has lost 637,400 jobs in the past 12 months, and its jobless rate far exceeds the national average of 8.5%.

Hundreds jam a hallway waiting to enter the National Career Fairs job fair event in search of employment at a hotel in San Francisco.
Hundreds jam a hallway waiting to enter the National Career Fairs job fair event in search of employment at a hotel in San Francisco.   (AP Photo)
An unemployed woman tries to track her missing unemployment insurance benefits.
An unemployed woman tries to track her missing unemployment insurance benefits.   (AP Photo)
A former sheet metal worker looks for job opportunities at the Northeast LA One Stop Work Source California center in East Los Angeles.
A former sheet metal worker looks for job opportunities at the Northeast LA One Stop Work Source California center in East Los Angeles.   (AP Photo)
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northeast
Apr 20, 2009 1:19 AM CDT
California, RI, Oregon, and Michigan are the top four...probably those dirty conservatives to blame, right?
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