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Virginia jobless rate hits 11-year high

Oct 02,2008

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Virginia Jobless rate hits 11 year high

Virginia’s unemployment rate remains lower than the national average, but it jumped to 4.6 percent in August, up from 3.2 percent in August 2007, according to the Washington Business Journal.

That is the highest statewide unemployment rate since January 1997.

Northern Virginia continues to boast some of the lowest jobless rates in the nation, though the number of workers filing for unemployment benefits is rising in this region too. The unemployment rate in Northern Virginia was 3.6 percent, up from 2.4 percent a year ago.

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