High Unemployment Rates in States w/ High Taxes and Greater Unionization
Who would have guessed that the states with the highest unemployment also had higher taxes and a higher percentage of union workers... From The Volokh Conspiracy:
The six states with the highest unemployment rates are:
- 12.6% Michigan
- 12.1% Oregon
- 11.4% South Carolina
- 11.2% California
- 10.8% North Carolina
- 10.5% Rhode Island
The six states with the lowest unemployment rates are:
- 5.2% Iowa
- 5.2% Utah
- 4.9% South Dakota
- 4.6% Nebraska
- 4.5% Wyoming
- 4.2% North Dakota
