October 01, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Metropolitan area over-the-year unemployment rate increases, August 2009

August 2009 unemployment rate, and over-the-year change August 2008�August 2009, selected metropolitan areas
	August		Over-the-year change
	2008	2009 (P)	Over-the-year change
Bismarck, ND	2.9	3.3	0.4
Great Falls, MT	4.1	4.9	0.8
Fairbanks, AK	5.5	6.4	0.9
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	6.4	12.0	5.6
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA	6.1	11.8	5.7
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV	7.0	13.4	6.4
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	9.1	16.1	7.0
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	9.1	17.0	7.9
Footnotes: (P) Preliminary

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