State posts largest percentage job loss in U.S. over past year, report shows - JSOnline

State posts largest percentage job loss in U.S. over past year, report shows - JSOnline

By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel

April 24, 2012 11:00 a.m.

Wisconsin is the only state that had "statistically significant" job losses over the most recent 12-month period, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From March 2011 to March 2012, Wisconsin lost 23,900 jobs. That was the largest decrease in percentage terms in the country.
Those job losses came from both the public and private sector, but the public sector job losses (17,800) were larger than the private-sector job losses (6,100).
At the same time, Wisconsin was one of 18 states that had a statistically significant drop in the unemployment rate during the same period, from 7.6% to 6.8%. Read Full Article Here | JSOnline