WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS, NEW MEXICO CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE. NEW MEXICO HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT. THE LATEST NUMBERS SHOW THAT IN JANUARY, IT WAS 6.7 PERCENT.
ALASKA HAD THE HIGHEST RATE IN DECEMBER, AND NEW MEXICO WAS NUMBER TWO, BUT THE TWO STATES FLIP-FLOPPED IN JANUARY, LEAVING NEW MEXICO WITH THE HIGHEST JOBLESS RATE IN THE U-S.
NEIGHBORING COLORADO, MEANWHILE, HAD THE THIRD LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AT 2.9 PERCENT.
