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Michigan Unemployment Rate: From Worst To ‘We’re No. 16!’

Michigan’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7 percent in July, the 16th lowest among the states. The national unemployment rate in July was 4.3 percent. Michigan had the highest unemployment rate in the nation from April 2006 to February 2010, a span of 47 months.

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