Oregon jobless rate remains No. 1
Herald and News, Friday, June 13, 2003

PORTLAND  (AP)---Unemployment rose again in May, to 8.2 percent, approaching the peak of 8.4 percent reached in January 2002 and likely to keep Oregon the national leader for joblessness.

Unemployment reached 8 percent in April, and the May increase was yet another signal that any economic recovery in Oregon has stalled.

The Oregon jobless rate was more than a full two percentage points higher than the national rate of 6.1 percent for May, the highest unemployment rate for the United  States since July 1994.