Nevadas unemployment rate of 14.4 percent is the highest for any state in the nation, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is more than triple the 4.4 percent unemployment rate Nevada experienced in November 2006 when Congress faced its last mid-term election and Democrats took control of both houses of Congress from Republicans.
Sen. Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) became Senate majority leader in January 2007, following his partys victory in the November 2006 election.
The national unemployment rate was 5.4 percent at the time of the midterm election in November 2006. The BLS announced this morning that in September of this year, the national unemployment rate was
9.6 percent, holding steady from 9.6 percent in August. (BLSs most recent state-by-state unemployment rates are for August of this year. The agency says it plans to release Septembers state-by-state unemployment rates on Oct. 22.)
Nevadas
14.4 percent unemployment rate for August 2010 was
the highest single monthly unemployment rate Nevada has experienced in the 34 years since 1976, the first year for which state unemployment rates are posted on the BLS website.