Приведенная таблица показывает очень неприятную статистику. 

 | Rate |
 |-----------------------| Over-the-month
 State | November | December | rate change(p)
 | 2008 | 2008(p) |
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Alabama ........................| 6.0 | 6.7 | 0.7
Arizona ........................| 6.3 | 6.9 | .6
Arkansas .......................| 5.7 | 6.2 | .5
California .....................| 8.4 | 9.3 | .9
Delaware .......................| 5.6 | 6.2 | .6
District of Columbia ...........| 8.0 | 8.8 | .8
Florida ........................| 7.4 | 8.1 | .7
Georgia ........................| 7.4 | 8.1 | .7
Hawaii .........................| 5.0 | 5.5 | .5
Idaho ..........................| 5.7 | 6.4 | .7
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Indiana ........................| 7.1 | 8.2 | 1.1
Iowa ...........................| 4.3 | 4.6 | .3
Kansas .........................| 4.9 | 5.2 | .3
Kentucky .......................| 7.0 | 7.8 | .8
Maine ..........................| 6.3 | 7.0 | .7
Maryland .......................| 5.3 | 5.8 | .5
Massachusetts ..................| 5.9 | 6.9 | 1.0
Michigan .......................| 9.6 | 10.6 | 1.0
Minnesota ......................| 6.4 | 6.9 | .5
Mississippi ....................| 7.2 | 8.0 | .8
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Missouri .......................| 6.8 | 7.3 | .5
Montana ........................| 4.9 | 5.4 | .5
Nebraska .......................| 3.7 | 4.0 | .3
Nevada .........................| 8.1 | 9.1 | 1.0
New Jersey .....................| 6.1 | 7.1 | 1.0
New Mexico .....................| 4.3 | 4.9 | .6
New York .......................| 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.0
North Carolina .................| 7.8 | 8.7 | .9
Ohio ...........................| 7.3 | 7.8 | .5
Oregon .........................| 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.0
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Pennsylvania ...................| 6.2 | 6.7 | .5
Rhode Island ...................| 9.3 | 10.0 | .7
South Carolina .................| 8.4 | 9.5 | 1.1
South Dakota ...................| 3.4 | 3.9 | .5
Tennessee ......................| 7.0 | 7.9 | .9
Texas ..........................| 5.7 | 6.0 | .3
Utah ...........................| 3.7 | 4.3 | .6
Vermont ........................| 5.7 | 6.4 | .7
Virginia .......................| 4.8 | 5.4 | .6
Washington .....................| 6.3 | 7.1 | .8
Wisconsin ......................| 5.6 | 6.2 | .6
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Несмотря на все убеждения в том, что кризис не влияет на положение рабочих
, данные статистики говорят сами за себя.