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MADISON - The latest unemployment
figures show that Racine, Beloit and Milwaukee remain the Wisconsin
cities hardest hit by joblessness.
A report released Wednesday by the
state Department of Workforce Development says unemployment in
Racine was 11.8 percent last month. That's a 0.1 percent improvement
from October, but still worst among the 31 municipalities with at
least 25,000 residents.
The unemployment rate was 11.2
percent in Beloit and 10.0 percent in Milwaukee.
Caledonia and Madison had the two
best rates, at 3.2 percent and 4.4 percent respectively.
The state's overall unemployment rate
dropped from 7.7 percent to 7.3 percent. At the same time, the
latest jobs report showed a loss of 14,600 jobs last month,
including 11,700 in the private sector. The jobs number and
unemployment figure are derived from different surveys.
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