But the same survey found 1, 000 more people seeking work - an apparent contradiction, as employment and unemployment are rising at the same time, explained by an increased number of people saying they're in the workforce.
"This project, already under construction, is generating a significant number of jobs in an area of Oregon that has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state, " the company said in a written statement.
Further, high persistent unemployment levels have had an adverse impact on the number of employer-sponsored health insurance enrollments as many employers have cut healthcare benefits in response to market conditions.
Thursday's jobless figure also means that the number of unemployed workers receiving unemployment benefits jumped to an all-time high, just below 5.0 million, marking the fourth straight week those receiving benefits have been at a record level.
Despite being hit harder by the housing depression than most states and having an unemployment rate over 8%, the city continues to draw an increasing number of tourists annually.
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With an estimated 40% unemployment rate, Swaziland's need to increase the number and size of small and medium enterprises and attract foreign direct investment is acute.
The result of that terrible recession was a dramatic increase in unemployment and a dramatic increase -- or an increase, rather, in the number of people who need assistance -- needed assistance.
And I spoke with Mary Frances Berry earlier, the former head of the Civil Rights Commission, and she said that there needs to be come type of targeted approach for those who continue to be in that number of -- the large unemployment number, and she said an anti-poverty approach, a poverty agenda, per se.
But most of the early news stories left out an even bigger number: black unemployment at 16.5 percent, black male unemployment a whopping 17.6 percent.
This year's annual census of schools in England showed an increase of more than 21, 000 in the number of pupils eligible for free school meals - an increase attributed to rising unemployment.
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