Unemployment in Michigan fell .2 percent to 15.1 percent in October. Michigan has been plagued with the worst unemployment in country, hitting 15.3 percent in September.
Despite the drop, it continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the country, followed by Nevada with 13.3 percent. Michigan lost 263,000 jobs since this time last year, though state officials announced Wednesday that 39,000 payroll jobs had been added to the economy since the start of October.
Joblessness in Michigan has caused significant problems for the state budget, which is expected to encounter tremendous difficulty making up for gaps formed by revenue losses once stimulus money runs out in 2011.
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