Friday, July 10, 2009
The Economy Tennessee's Teen Unemployment 2nd in the Nation
Posted by Pete Kotz on Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:41 AM
According to new Bureau of Labor statistics, Tennessee now has the 2nd highest teen unemployment in the country. The state's jobless rate for minors is now at 36 percent, significantly higher than the national teen rate of 24 percent. And with the over all unemployment rate at 10.7, Tennessee's jobless rate has soared a whopping 72 percent since just last year.
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