MISSISSIPPI
Percent Unemployed Getting Benefits: 22% (14th lowest)
Percent Average Weekly Wage Covered: 28.3% (10th lowest)
Unemployment Rate: 7.5% (sixth highest)
Black Unemployment rate (2013): 13.9%
According to MarketWatch, Mississippi is the worst state in the country in which to be unemployed. With an average of just $194 a week, it is the only state offering unemployed residents less than $200 a week. This accounted for 28.3% of the average weekly wage in the year preceding April 2014, much lower than the 33% coverage unemployed Americans received nationwide.
Only 22% of applicants received unemployment benefits, below the national rate of 27%.
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