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Wisconsin, colorado, and florida. nevada, michigan, and north carolina still have some of the worst unemployment rates of some of the swing states coming in at 11.8%, 9.6%, and 9.3%. nevada, in particular, has some of the highest foreclosures per home unit during the housing crisis. and economists tell me it's had the worst economy of any swing state. >> yeah. well, we have the president, who's leading in most of the battleground states according to the polls from the nbc/"wall street journal"/marist, as well as cbs/"new york times" quarterback quinnipiac polls, how important are these states ...

These people. >> i'm just curious if people are aware of the extremes when it comes to unemployment rates. if you look at them we have nevada and north dakota. nevada has the highest unemployment rate. we talk about that one all the time at 11.8%. north dakota has the lowest, just 3% there. >> well, there is a big despa dispari disparity. where we're seeing the highest unemployment rates, florida, nevada, battleground states, that's where the housing crisis will end up being the worst. where there was the biggest housing bubble, and the biggest pop. and you're actually see that places that did...

Manufacturing jobs have been moved overseas, most of them going to china. that's because since 2000, 50,000, 5-0, 50,000 factories have closed here in america. this week, the government released statistics on state unemployment rates over the past 12 months. think about the recovery. in almost every battleground state, there has been a sizable drop in unemployment. in ohio, for example, the unemployment rate is at 7%. down 1.6% from a year ago. in the state of virginia, it's at 5.9%. in iowa, it's 5.2%. in nevada, it's still high at 11.8%. but it's come down nearly 2% over the past year. now, ...

State, there has been a sizable drop in unemployment. in ohio, for example, the unemployment rate is at 7%. down 1.6% from a year ago. in the state of virginia, it's at 5.9%. in iowa, it's 5.2%. in nevada, it's still high at 11.8%. but it's come down nearly 2% over the past year. now, over the past year, 30 states have seen significant drops in unemployment compared to the national average. we could be doing even better with a stronger manufacturing base, as president obama is trying to implement day in and day out. we certainly would be doing much better if romney's economic model had not alr...

♪ jenna: well, right now the battle for the swing states becomes ever important now that we're 18 days away from the election, and we have some brand new numbers on the economy. today we received the state unemployment rates. we get the nationals early in the month, and then each state turns in theirs a couple weeks later. and it's important to note that 22 states have higher unemployment rates than the national average including many swing states, nevada is one of 'em. check out the unemployment rate in the state of nevada,11.8% still. in fact, for the last 31 consecutive months it has had ...