States with the highest unemployment rates 
and U.S. unemployment rate, April 2009


		Percent	

U.S.		  8.9	
Ohio		 10.2	
Nevada		 10.6	
North Carolina	 10.8	
California	 11.0	
Rhode Island	 11.1	
South Carolina	 11.5	
Oregon		 12.0	
Michigan	 12.9