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North Carolina unemployment reaached from the borders of South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. Unemployment has hit in all 100 North Carolina counties. Capital is Raleigh has felt the recession, and its largest city is Charlotte was hard hit by layoffs.

Rates in August marked a seventh consecutive month another number plane high above the previous historic. Before this year, the highest state unemployment rate was 9.7 percent in 1983, a mass level match in January.

North Carolina's unemployment rate was nearly 11 percent plane since February, when it hit 10.7 percent, and has not changed more than a few percentage points since then.

State topped the national rate for the month of August, which was 9.7 percent. ESC has said that since the recession began in December 2007, unemployment has increased more than 116 percent in the state, compared with 98 percent nationwide.

However, the ESC said the number of initial claims for unemployment insurance in August, was at 20.092 from 82.299 a drop a month earlier. Of those who claim August, more than half were "attached" to a payroll, meaning that employees expect to be recalled to work.

"Unemployment will continue to rise, but who will rise less rapidly," Hall said. "It continues to be a serious, but not as severe. This does not make you better if you're unemployed."

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