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February 2010 Wisconsin Unemployment Analysis

Localetrends monthly report on the state of unemployment in Wisconsin Cities and Counties. Overall, Wisconsin unemployment levels increased to 9.60% from 8.30% in the period from January to February 2010.
Over the six month period from October to February 2010, Wisconsin unemployment levels increased from 8.80% to 9.60%.
At the county level, Rusk County had the highest level of unemployment in Wisconsin at 14.30%, while Dane County had the lowest level of unemployment among Wisconsin counties at 6.30%.
Over the last month Bayfield County experienced the largest increase in unemployment levels in the state of Wisconsin with an increase from 10.80% to 13.50%, while
Over the previous six month period from October to February, Bayfield County experienced the largest increase in unemployment levels in Wisconsin with an increase from 6.90% to 13.50%.
Over the previous six month period from October to February, Menominee County experienced the largest decline in unemployment levels in Wisconsin with an decrease from 18.10% to 13.60%.
Over the previous one year period from February to February, Manitowoc County experienced the largest increase in unemployment levels in Wisconsin with an increase from 8.40% to 11.70%.
At the Wisconsin city level, Beloit had the highest level of unemployment at 18.30%,
while Caledonia had the lowest level of unemployment at 4.30%.
Over the last month, Manitowoc experienced the largest increase in unemployment levels with an increase from 11.70% to 14.40%.
Over the previous six month period from October to February, the city of Manitowoc had the biggest increase in unemployment levels with an increase from 12.30% to 14.40%,
while the city of Janesville had the biggest decrease in unemployment levels with a drop from 14.10% to %.
The city of Manitowoc had the biggest increase in unemployment levels in Wisconsin year over year, moving up from 9.70% to 14.40%,
with Janesville seeing the largest decrease in unemployment levels year over year dropping down from 13.20% to 13.10%.

Data for all Counties and Cities is listed below. Locations that had a month over month increase in unemployment are highlighted in red, locations that saw a decrease in unemployment are highlighted in green.