Highest Unemployment Rate

By Vivian Giang At the end of 2012, the U.S. national unemployment rate was 7.8 percent and the country added 155,000 jobs in December, but these numbers still reflect a troubling economy with a long way to go. "This shows the depth of the recent employment recession -- worse than any other post-war ...

The unemployment situation across the United States changed very little in December, but the West is still the worst region to find a job, having the highest regional unemployment rate in the country at 10.9 percent, according to recently released numbers from the Department of Labor Statistics. The Pacific ...