Unemployment Rate – New Jersey

The recession’s toll: Number of N.J. children with an unemployed parent has spiked dramatically, Census says, By Stephen Stirling, August 29, 2013, Star-Ledger: “A new U.S. Census study shows New Jersey is slowly crawling back after faltering dramatically during the Great Recession. And families with children may have the highest climb. The number of New Jersey families with children who have at least one unemployed parent has risen sharply since 2005, at nearly double the national rate…”